Re: mandatory possession in Chasma"o"cho

Grandsire, C.A. <grandsir@...> wrote:

[snipped info]
> NOTE 2: When used with an adjective that follows the noun, the adjective
> must also carry the same possessive suffix as the noun, as a kind of
> "agreement in possession". So 'my woodlike ear' (silly example, but I
> can't find another adjective right now) is:
> 'hec roesze"u"thac' /h'Ek ROjs'2T@k/ or
> 'hetarc roesze"u"thutarc' /het'aRk ROjs'2T@t@Rk/
This makes a lot of sense, since there's a universal about that
(I think, adjectives following nouns take the noun's inflections,
or something to that effect). But can you use the short form for
the noun and the long form for the adjective, to avoid having
such long phrases? Or maybe some playing with the construct
state (noun-const adjective-poss)...

Just my 2 centavos,


--Pablo Flores
  http://draseleq.conlang.org/pablo-david/