Re: proverbs?

I had a single proverb in q~'u^pl!.  It referred to the immediately
predeeding verb and showed that it referred to two nouns in the subject
section of the sentence.  q~'u^pl! grammar allowed no transitive verbs so
proverbs couldn't be used for in that situation.  To express a transitive
idea you had to pair an active and a passive verb.  Proverbs were only used
when two different nouns were performing the SAME action and occurred in
immediate sequence in the noun phrase.

Adam

So lift the cup of joy and take a big drink.
In spite of it all it's a beautiful world.
-------Suzanne Knutzen




>From: Heather Rice <florarroz@...>
>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>Subject: proverbs?
>Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 20:52:44 -0700
>
>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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