Re: proverbs?

My artlang, Eviendadhail, has a pro-verb.
(I call it a pro-verb, rather than a proverb, because the latter means a
maxim or an expression.)

In Eviendadhail, though, pro-verbs are much simpler than in yours.  In
it, all (regular) verbs end in -ü (u-umlaut), which is a seperate
syllable from the rest of the verb.  the exception is the one proverb,
'tü', which is the only monosyllabic vewrb in the language.  It is
conjugated just like a regular verb, but with a /t/ (I think) added to
the front.  (All conjugation suffixes begin in vowels.)

For example, to eat is mänü.  He/she/they eat is mäneth.  However, if
'to eat' was the last verb said, and the meaning is made clear by
context, one could also say 'teth', which means something like
'he/she/they do the thing I just said.'

I hope this all makes sense!

-M

Heather Rice wrote:
>
> I was just going through my conlang filling in details
> on the grammar, when I chanced to glance at my
> proverbs section.  Now, we all know that pronouns are
> substitutes for nouns or noun phrases, but why not
> have substitutes for verbs or verb phrases.  I call
> these proverbs (I think there is some other term that
> uses the word "proverb", but I can't remember what.)
> Are there languages that have proverbs?  Has anyone
> developed a system of proverbs for their conlang?
>
> Here is mine.
>
> It combines the tense prefix (or suffix) and the
> gender, and the number suffix.
>
> Example-
> k- = past
> -k = future
> o = masculine
> a = feminine, etc.
> -s = plural (really original, this one.  :-))
>
> Past       Future
> ko  ka     ok  ak
> kos kas    oks aks
>
> if my verb is say, "kbroya" (k = past, a = feminine)
> my proverb would be "ka". Proverb of "broyok" would be
> "ok".
>
> How do other people do it?
>
> HEather
>
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