Jim Henry wrote:
>I've recently thought of a system that's much simpler than
>that of gjâ-zym-byn or Ithkuil, but more specific than the vague
>Indo-European genitive. There are three genitive cases or
adpositions:
>
>1. equal (or coordinate) association
>2. subordinate, inferior association
>3. superordinate, superior association
>man-GEN2 rescue = the rescue by others of the man in danger
>man-GEN3 rescue = the rescue performed by the man of someone in
danger
Nice. So you would also use this distinction to disambiguate
"the fear of the wolf" - "la peur du loup"?
wolf-GEN2 fear, in which the wolf is feared
wolf-GEN3 fear, in which the wolf fears
In Calénnawn, I've been using the elative preposition _num_:
búhibu cor ðówba
fear GEN dog (no word for 'wolf' yet): the dog fears
búhibu num ðówba
fear ELAT dog: the dog is feared
René
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