Re: Gz^rod|in (Grammar : verbs)

Nik Taylor wrote:

> Adrian Morgan wrote:
> > 'yeq' (to live) ==> 'yer^^' (to
> > have ongoing life).
>
> What do you mean by that second gloss?
Appearance = Double lambda
Sound = ar in barn / a in father

The reason for the transformation is that a vowel
may not be surrounded by two 'r' sounds. I haven't
written down rules of this nature yet, but a few
are vaguely there in my head :-)

> > Now for a question. In languages with negative
> > verbs, how do you say must not, can not, etc?
> > I assume that adverbs are used, such as:
> >   I by-compulsion do-not = I must not do it
> >   I by-capability do-not = I can not do it
>
> I think that regular auxilaries can be used.
> I must do-not = I must not do it;
> I must-not do = I don't have to do it;
> I can do-not = I'm able to not do it;
> I can-not do = I am unable to do it, I can't do it.
Thanks VM. I decided that there would be negative
verbs and only realised this issue later.

Would my guess work, though, in theory?

Adrian.
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