Re: adjectives -> adverbs

On Sat, 20 Mar 1999 14:53:08 +0100 Daniel Andreasson
<noldo@...> writes:
>Hello y'all!
>
>Lately I've been curious as to how adverbs are=20
>formed out of adjectives.=20
>
>But then I run out of ideas. Do you guys know
>of any cool way of doing this? There has to
>be some unusual way in like African or Australian
>languages for example.
>
>Hope you can give me some ideas,
>
>Daniel Andreasson
Natlang:

Hebrew doesn't really have that many true adverbs....mostly, what is
translated as an adverb is actually a construction "with [noun]", so
"silently" = _be-sheqett_ ("with silence"), or "easily" = _be-qalut_
("with ease").  The few true adverbs that i know include _heiteiv_ "well"
(as opposed to _tov_, "good") and _l'att_ "slowly".  There doesn't seem
to be any kind of pattern to them.


Conlang:

Rokbeigalmki builds both adjectives and adverbs straight out of the
verb-noun root.  Adjectives are prefixed by _sud_, _sad_, or _sid_
depending on whether it's basic, comparative, or superlative:

goiyat = tallness
sudgoiyat = tall
sadgoiyat = taller
sidgoiyat = tallest

Adverbs are made by affixing _elikuh-_ /ElikV/ to the front of the verb.
The corresponding adverbial forms to _sad_ and _sid_ are _elikaa-_
/Elik&/ and _elikih_ /Elikih/.

dimwa = silence
elikuh-dimwa = silently
elikaa-dimwa = more silently
elikih-dimwa = most silently

"Elikuh" and it's other forms are descended from the pattern
_ilu_(all)+_ka'_(like) also found in _ilu:ka_ ("such (a)", "so") and
_i:luka:_ ("the same as, exactly like").

oz ilu:ka goiyath = he's such a tall person
dhaz-a i:luka: dhu-a = this one is the same as that one
izoi-mwe ilu:ka elikuh-dimwa = she moves so silently

You can also use the preposition/case-prefix _sa'_, "with/using", in
order to make a more abstract adverb form....the difference between
_elikuh-dimwa_ and _sa'dimwa_ is that the elikuh- form means the
"silence" is more internal and a part of the subject, while the sa' form
implies that it is more affected.


-Stephen (Steg)
 "hhalomot zeh b'emet"

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