Group Conlang : all 10 cases needed for all-noun predicate

If we're having noun-rooted predicates I SUBMIT to your comments the TEN
FOLLOWING CASES which allow

1. to make verbs from all nouns (and reversely through integration of cases)

2. to forget about passive, reflexive and causative verbal voices :-)

SEE EXAMPLES IN THE END OF POST

It works for me : I use them everyday in my languages :

1. EQU
equative = to be of the category, the class of (man, plant, building, etc.)

2. GEN
to possess, to be loosely related to (a car, a pen, a garden, etc.)

3. ATT
attributive
= to have as one's own absolute feature (red color, shape, mood, head, eyes,
home, brother, country)

4. APP
applicative = to apply (a hammer, a nail, weapon) on someone else

5. AGE
agentive = to be used, to behave, to work as (a hammer, a chair, a result, a house)

6. PAT
patientive
= to undergo, to suffer, to take the brunt of (a blow, a blade, a club), to be
directed (a talk, a reproach)

7. BEN
benefactive = to use, to process as (a chair, a bed, food, one's eyes, a house) to the
benefit of oneself,
also : = to perceive, to sense, to feel (sound, image, taste, love, fear)

8. TOP
topic = to be the intangible subject of (a speech, a look, a discussion, etc)

9. FAC
factitive
= to make/bear (a move, a thought, a song), to grow (fruit, leaves), to bear
(result, a child), to inspire (awe, love, fear, joy) from one's own features
(not through an agent).

10. CAUS
causative :
= to have someone else do something
= to make something done through someone else


EXAMPLES

CAUS-si ATT-fraro di-wire

'I make my dog red'

CAUS-si EQU-'bird' di-frare

'I turn a bird into a dog'

CAUS-si FAC-fraro PAT-bird di-kjake

'I have my dog bite the bird'

CAUS-si BEN-fraro AGE-chairo di-sit-e

'I have my dog sit on the chair'

etc.

Try it in any way, upside-down, etc. : you get a case for any noun in the phrase :-)

Mathias

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