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Re: adjectives -> adverbs

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Sunday, March 21, 1999, 0:39
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" ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]