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Thank you Rick for the answers.
When I downloaded the dictionary the link to the
grammar wasn't there yet. Or maybe I just didn't see it. Anyway, I'm working
with the reference manual now.
In a dictionary, the information if something is
a verb, a noun, a prefix and so on, is given. Anyway, I wouldn't need that kind
of information _now_, as I have understood the difference between kyu and gyu,
for example.
I found out about the uppercase words... I was
reading a printed version of the dictionary, and I didn't see that they were
links. Oops.
For the rest I got your point. Thank you. (It
will help me memorize the vocabulary better.)
Bye,
Stephan
----- Original Message -----
To: Ladekwa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 8:42
PM
Subject: Re: [Ladekwa] Changes to
Ladekwa
"Stephan
Schneider" <sts@hidden.email>
wrote:
>
> - I think it was for a period of a few pages very
difficult for me to disti=
> nguish between modifier and classifier. I
think this kind of distinction sh=
> ould be made to the user of the
dictionary, as this is what it's all about,=
> isn't it?
>
I disagree. It's a dictionary, not a grammar. Grammatical
information
is in the reference manual.
>
> - Links to the
opposite / antonym word elements would be really helpful.
>
Good
idea! The links will appear in the next upload.
>
> -
How does the definition of UPPERCASE words work? For instance, "gijo"
=3D=
> "FILM"?
>
Click on them and find
out.
>
> The audio files are about the former dialect of
Ladekwa. Could you make ava=
> ilable the newer versions of the audio
files?
>
I'm working on it. Be patient.
>
> I
think it must be "co" for "living room" and "byeco" for "room".
>
I
disagree. Not all sections of buildings are rooms. For
example,
"staircase" and "balcony" are not rooms.
>
>
Otherwise it should be "gyukyu" for "chair".
>
"Kyu" becomes the
modifier "gyu" BECAUSE a chair is 'folded'. In other
words, the
meaning of the classifier provides a clue to the meaning of
the
modifier. Also, I like to avoid using a modifier with its
own
classifier.
You asked many questions that are fully answered
in the reference
manual. You really should read it before reading the
dictionary.
Sorry.
Regards,
Rick Morneau
http://www.eskimo.com/~ram
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