Re: invicem

--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Adam Walker <carrajena@Y...> wrote:

> So how would you express an idea like, "They entered
> the house by turns," in French?  I can't imagine there
> not being some way to express the concept.
Un après l'autre?



> "Instead of" in
> > French is mostly "au lieu de" or "à la place de"
> > (less frequent). They are
> > synonyms ("place" and "lieu" both mean the same:
> > "place, position").
>
> Thanks for the info.  "in stead of" is another concept
> I need to learn how to express in C-a.
You can use |pro| in Jovian, especially in the context
|pr'asse| "per pound" or |pr'ei| "instead" (adv.).  If
you want to emphasize the "standing in for someone"
meaning, you could use |in logu (+ gen.)| [im blo:g].
The spatial meaning "before" is no longer very common;
|ande| is used in this sense.  So if someone said he
put a dog hut |pro dowu| [prA zo:v], people might think
he tore his home down and built the hut in its stead.

Unlike other Romance languages, |pro| can't be used
for benefactive meaning.  The dative fulfills that role.
If you need to specify the benefactive meaning out of
other possible meanings of the dative, you can use the
expression |ei causa (+ gen.)| [e gawz] "for the sake":

Au id tic.  [aw it tiC] "I'm doing this *for* you" or
    "...*to* you"?
Au id tu ei causa.  [aw it tu e gawz] "I'm doing this
    for your sake."
Au id ad te.  [aw id at te] "I'm doing this to you."



-- Christian Thalmann

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