Re: Innovative Adverb Formation

In a message dated Sat, 13 Jul 2002 12:22:01 +0200, cinga@GMX.NET writes:

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> --- In conlang@y..., Elliott Lash <AL260@A...> wrote:
> > cinga@G... writes:
>
> > Hmm, if you'll indulge me, i'm going to not comment on the rest
> > of your message (although, the idea is similar to something I
> > came up with for Nindic:  e + adjective = adverb).
>
> Is the |e| a separate word or a prefix?  Do you have to repeat the
> |e| if you have more than one adverb?
It's a separate word, meaning "in" (and hence extending it's semantic realm to
include "in an X way". It causes spirant mutation:

e phan "in a small way, smally" (smally? ...i dunno if that's a word)

I can't think of any good adjectives at the moment.

> > Rather, a
> > chance coincidence between Silindion, Nindic and Obrenje has
> > just occured!
> >
> > Silindion:
> >  malna "god"
> >  malanya "gods"
> >
> > Nindic:
> >  mala "god"
> >  melaen "gods"
>
> Is it a coincidence that Silindion seems Quenya-like and
> Nindic
> Sindarin-like?  ;-)
Well...yes and and no.

The phonology of Silindion is based on Quenya (vaguely..very vaguely). It's major
grammatical aspects seem Greek/Latin/IndoEuropean based. Of course, I got the
idea of conlanging from Tolkien, so in that respect yes.

Nindic is what would happen to the Silinestic roots if a mixture of Germanic/Welshish
sound changes occured. So, since Sindarin's development from Proto Eldarin is
similar to Welsh's developement from PIE, then there are similarities
phonologically. Of course, the same might be said of Brithenig or..any other
P-Celtic-Influenced conlang.

so, yes and no :)

Elliott Lash