Re: Question about transitivity/intransitivity
| From: | Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, June 21, 2003, 15:47 |
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>>Prefixes:
>>s- = acquired
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>What do you mean by "acquired"? I'm assuming it's an aspect, but I've never
>heard of it before.
Sorry, That's how I think of it when working with that conlang.
It's more or less present tense. "s-", "t-" and "ts-" are prefixes for nouns
as well as verbs, and for Bes Dis'z, carry a sense of duration.
E.g.
sitís = I talk, I am talking
titís = I talk frequently, I'm known for talking
tsitís = I was born talking, I talk all the time
sillog = my name (newly acquired)
tillog = the name by which I've been known for some time
tsillog = the name I was given at birth
sifil = my acquaintence
tifil = my friend
tsifil = my sibling
>>t- = habitual, frequent, associative
>>ts- = intrinsic
>>r- = intransitive
>>y- = generic/nomic
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