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Some, most, and all of the partitives (2014-11-26 01:20:05) :
[quote Rhetorica, Illúbequía: Dis, Major Belt 1][h2]Qualitative partitives[/h2]
These never changed from the archaic pattern of using word order:
[gb][g purple-having]zithuri[/g] [g 1.SG.GEN]si[/g] [g hair-F.SG.Ø]khríméa[/g][/gb]
My purple hair.[/quote]
So this does this mean "the part of my hair that is purple"?
owned by hwhatting, last edited 2014-11-26 01:20:05.
Is English in the early stages of losing pronoun case and verb concordance? (2014-11-26 00:51:24) :
[quote dhok, Deacon, Norman, United States]
[i]Me [26 M] caught my girlfriend [21 F] of 3 months with another guy a couple weeks ago.[/i]
[i]Me [19 M] just ended a friendship [18 F] due to feelings of affection.[/i][/quote]
These read more like "Me: 26 M, caught my girl..." to me, not as actual sentences, especially as they are post titles.
owned by kusuri, last edited 2014-11-26 00:53:06.
Anthologica Diplomacy -- Winter Edition (2014-11-25 19:44:23) :
Right, so with this clusterfuck going on I think we will have to extend the deadline by a day so that Zayk can attempt to halfways play the game (Zayk you are hereby officially named Italy).
[b]Orders Due: 22:00 UTC 2014/11/27[/b]
owned by Hallow XIII, last edited 2014-11-25 19:44:23.
What to do with this morpheme (2014-11-25 14:57:38) :
[quote Rhetorica, Illúbequía: Dis, Major Belt 1]How about... a [i]normalizer[/i]? Like an intensifier, but underscoring the idea of average, normal, or typicalness, whereas an unqualified noun would encompass a broader range of possibilities.[/quote]
Definitely an interesting idea... but this would become a second set of inflections, ideally, although it *could* be interpreted as a different degree of definiteness, and hmm.
owned by twabs, last edited 2014-11-25 14:57:38.
Some, most, and all of the partitives :
This started out as a yes-I-must-talk-about-this-now thread, but it occurs to me I have no idea what I'm doing, so instead of just soliciting feedback I'd like to invite others to share their partitive systems also.
[h1]Partitives in Lilitika[/h1]
There are three categories of partitives in Lilitika:
(a) constructions where a set, general term exists; these are usually vague cases such as "some of the people" or "half of the night"
(b) constructions where a reference mu...
owned by Rhetorica, last edited 2014-11-25 14:46:21.
Interesting features thread (2014-11-25 14:38:39) :
The default meaning of using a dimension word (e.g. width, height, size, weight) as an adjective in Lilitika results in a minimal form, e.g. [i]evegzí[/i] (small) from [i]evegze[/i] (size). To create a "large" word, the generic prefix [b]kel-[/b] ("great") must be added on (i.e. [i]kelevegzí[/i]), and for "medium," a negation is performed with [b]al[/b]([b]e[/b]|[b]é[/b]|[b]ez[/b])[b]-[/b], (i.e. [i]alvegzí[/i]). This originates in a cultural background that encouraged and normalized modesty....
owned by Rhetorica, last edited 2014-11-25 14:38:39.
Grrr Thread (2014-11-25 14:11:32) :
Sleep is conquerable. Simply do not attempt to have it, and you will be successful in all your cadavers.
owned by Rhetorica, last edited 2014-11-25 14:11:32.
What to do with this morpheme (2014-11-25 14:03:31) :
How about... a [i]normalizer[/i]? Like an intensifier, but underscoring the idea of average, normal, or typicalness, whereas an unqualified noun would encompass a broader range of possibilities.
owned by Rhetorica, last edited 2014-11-25 14:03:31.
Interesting features thread (2014-11-25 13:26:14) :
Modern Quazian has a ten-vowel system split into front (/i e æ y ø/) and back (/ɯ ɤ ɑ u o/) vowels. A single word can switch vowel classes as part of its inflectional routine, like so:
[b]ŋakka[/b] "word (nom.)"
[b]ŋäkkää[/b] "word (acc.)"
where Classical Quazian had [b]ŋak'a[/b] and [b]ŋak'a ja[/b]; later the accusative clitic [b]ja[/b] merged with the preceding word and the [i]-j-[/i] deleted, turning the preceding vowel into a front vowel. Since the penult was stressed, ...
owned by dhok, last edited 2014-11-25 13:31:48.
What to do with this morpheme (2014-11-25 10:11:49) :
[quote hwhatting, Disinterest][quote Tsar Нють, Function]Something like gender or another noun class seems to me unlikely to be marked with a suffix on that much of the vocabulary; [/quote]
Why do you think so?[/quote]
Small reference frame? But yeah, I'll give a greater consideration to that. Although... I do kinda like the idea of having three ways to mark definiteness (the third is a sort-of-definiteness distinction on the verb in the third plural.)
[quote Hallow XIII, Monsignor ...
owned by twabs, last edited 2014-11-25 10:14:04.
Anthologica Diplomacy -- Winter Edition (2014-11-25 07:20:15) :
I have had a chance to reflect further on the situation, and I've come to the conclusion that despite feeling otherwise most of the time, I may not currently be emotionally fit to cope with some of the realities of this game. I hope I can be forgiven for having signed up in the first place; it's not always obvious what one will and will not be able to deal with gracefully.
My apologies, and I wish Zayk well in his... interesting... new task.
In the event he is unwilling or a re...
owned by Radius, last edited 2014-11-25 07:20:15.
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