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Re: Forget it

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Tuesday, May 25, 1999, 2:28
On Mon, 24 May 1999 13:59:59 -0300 FFlores <fflores@...> writes:
>Not precisely -- in Drasel=E9q, you ask questions by >raising the entonation a bit only, except for yes-no >questions, where you also prefix ke- to the verb (or >use _ke_ as an independent sentence-final particle). >There's no real need for a particle analogous to >Japanese _ka_. The development of _nu`n_ was just a >matter of wearing out a phrase, probably _nutan a_ >"oh, forget (it)", that kept appearing at the end >of non-serious questions. A parallel development of >"serious question" particle is very unlikely, tho >could happen, maybe with a contraction of an expression >that claims for the attention of the hearer. Not in >Drasel=E9q from where I'm looking at it. :)
>--Pablo Flores
Well, this isn't exactly the same thing, but AAFMC, the word for "speak" in Rokbeigalmki, which i've always considered a bit 'too long', is _(wa')guvdhab_ [guvDab]. It's actually a worn down form of the phrase _(wa')gub thab_, "(to) sound trust", with "sound" in the sense of "to make a sound". Originally, the phrase meant "to say something certain", as opposed to asking a question (_guvai_ [guve@] , the [e@] is part onomatopeic and part descended from the yes/no question particle _ha'_), etc. There's also the word _gubalg_, "slander", from _gub_ (sound/speak) + _balg_ (evil). -Stephen (Steg) ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]