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

From:Adrian Morgan <morg0072@...>
Date:Tuesday, March 14, 2000, 0:53
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. -- http://www.netyp.com/member/dragon http://www.flinders.edu.au