Re: [Look ma, No verbs!]

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From: dunn patrick w <tb0pwd1@...>
To: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
Date: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Look ma, No verbs!]


>On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Edward Heil wrote:
>
>> Some suggestions....
>>
>> 1. When you're getting so sparse, why bother with singulars and plurals?
If
>> necessary, throw in an adjective for "single" or "multiple."  Otherwise,
leave
>> it unspecified.
>
>*nods*  I hate plurality.
>
>> 3. How do you say "it was raining?" :)
>
>My guess would be "rain."  :)
>
>
>--Patrick
>
Here's another, slightly more complex example I was playing with: (The
vocabulary is borrowed and adapted from my other conlang, Tazhi)

In the old city my grandfather found many hidden places where he could watch
people unobserved.

Desko kuva pada padru lovo zalta badu jeko pudna nerevo lozhi raze nablo
speka nevizo tu vizavo mani.

Desko kuva pada padru
finding-person-ADJ of-mine-ADJ of-father-ADJ father-N;

lovo zalta badu;
place-to-find-ADJ old-ADJ city-N;

jeko pudna nerevo lozhi;
thing-found-ADJ many-ADJ hidden-ADJ places-N;

raze nablo speka nevizo tu;
where-CONNECTOR enabled-ADJ watching-ADJ unseen-ADJ he-PN;

vizavo mani.
watched-thing-ADJ people-N;