Re: Unilang: the Grammar

David Peterson wrote:


>     Ah...  I actually have exactly that kind of a thing; I just never thought
> of applying it to that situation.  I use it tie together two verbs that I
> want to express are being done by the subject at the same time: "He sighs,
> wishing he were somewhere else".
There is a nice triple compound in the -gua!spi reference grammar:

        \do /suy     -pne       -qmy     \kqua
        It  swims:to penetrates is:above the:water
        It swims down through the water.

        (q = /S/, y = /I/)

Note that in -gua!spi the subject *is above* the water, whereas English
uses "down" to supply the direction of motion.  The level tone "-"
indicates a dvandva ("and"-type) compound.

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