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Re: Circumfixes?

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Wednesday, June 6, 2001, 14:15
On Wed, 6 Jun 2001 04:56:19 -0500 Danny Wier <dawier@...> writes:
> "at" + noun-nom = adessive "at, on" > "at" + noun-acc = allative "onto" > "at" + noun-gen = ablative "from" > "in" + noun-nom = inessive "in" > "in" + noun-acc = illative "into" > "in" + noun-gen = ellative "out of" > English does this too, just with compounded prepositions like > "onto", "out of", > "upon". > Anybody else use circumfixes or circumpositions in their conlang, or > a dual-morpheme case marking system? > ~DaW~
- Rokbeigalmki doesn't use circumfixes, but it's case/preposition system can compound. When that happens, the first stays in the normal 'short' form, while the second disconnects and assumes it's 'long' form. for example: ta' (long form: taur) = in wa' (long form: waur) = to ra' (long form: raur) = outside la' (long form: laur) = on nga' (long form: ngaur) = from wa'+la' = wa'laur = onto wa'+ta' = wa'taur = into la'+ta' = la'taur = hanging from the ceiling ra'+ra' = ra'raur = completely/far outside nga'+la' = nga'laur = above wa'+wa' = wa'waur = towards wa'waju-a = to the house ta'waju-a = in the house wa'taur waju-a = into the house The 'long forms' of the caseprefixes/prepositions are also nouns: taur-a = the inside laur-a = the surface ngaur-a = the source waur-a = the destination -Stephen (Steg) "i have seen the others, and i have discovered that this fight is not worth fighting; i have seen their mothers, and i will no other to follow me where i'm going. so take a shower, shine your shoes; you ain't got time to lose; you are young men, you must be living - go now, you are forgiven..." ~ "the general"