Re: Error rate, Circumlocution, and Cappucino

Paul Bennett wrote:

>What monomorphemic (or compound) words in your conlang(s) need to be
>circumlocuted in English? Likewise, what single words in English (or your
>native language) have to be circumlocuted in your conlang(s)?

I know that in Vbazi, the verb for "to turn" encodes if the subject turns on
itself or around something.

There is the verbal root "-mjal-" that means "to hold (something) in the
hands for a short time before dropping (it)" (maybe because it is hot and
the holder dropped it or maybe for any reason).

There is an intransitive verbal root, "-pyzd'l-" that, when dynamic, means
"to increase in quantity" and that has its "reduce" equivalents and each
have their equivalents for quality instead of quantity.

The verbal root "-gamait-", when static, means "to be in the way", "to be an
obstacle".

The static intransitive verbal root "-haikilt-" means "to be in uniform" and
its dynamic equivalent is "to put on a uniform".

The static verb "-njak-" means "to be under the influence of a drug".

The dynamic verbal root "-gjemz-" means "to be using a non-firearm (blade,
stick...)".

The verbal root "dazdik" means "to have the shape of" or "to take the shape
of" depending of its dinamicity.

The root "-vjap-" means "to be reproducted in a way that is similar to the
reality" (talking about the containt of a drawing, a painting, a picture or
anything that wants to represent something).

The auxiliary "-nav-" is translatable in "it is important that"

The auxiliary "-zgyk-" is translatable in "it seems that"

The auxiliary "-bib'l-" is translatable in "it is established that"

The auxiliary "-nywp-" is translatable in "some say that"


Are these good circumlocutions? I hope having been original in at least some
of them.


But I am not aware of something that needs more than one word to be
expressed in Vbazi because when I see such a situation I create a new word,
maybe I should find some meanings that could be only said by more than one
word.


- Max