Re: Attached Verbs

On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Patrick Jarrett wrote:

> Hey guys, I just got back from a trip. It seems I do my best conlanging on the
> road. I dont know if this is new, and since my reach of real languages is
> short I do not know if it is something I created or not.
>
> In my language, most verbs are regular words. But some more common ones, (forms
> of be, make) are attached to the nouns which do the actions.
>
> An example is the verb for be is -slo
> If I wanted to say "I am man" I would do as follows.
> pa (long a) is the pronoun for I,
> pa + tah (ergative case) + -slo + -ntel (the present tense ending) akee +
> ma(long a) (absolutive ending)
>
> the final sentence would be
> "patahslontel akeema"
>
> Is this new? Or did I reinvent the wheel :)
>
> Patrick
Not entirely new, I'm sure.
                  ^^^

:)  But cool if carried out to an extreme.

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