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Rex May - Baloo wrote: > > Okay, the way I see it, Ceqli needs four particles: > > 1. To become (Esperanto ig^i) > 2. To cause (Esperanto igi) > 3. To cease being (the opposite of #1) > 4. To cause to cease (opposite of #2) > > Now, originally I had ho meaning become: > > Go ho dorm. I go to sleep, fall asleep. > Go dormho. I go to sleep. > > And kaw meaning cause. > > Go kaw zi dorm. I cause you to sleep, put you to sleep. > Go dormkaw zi. I put you to sleep. > > They can be used as suffixes, Esperanto style, or as words in their own > right, a la English and Mandarin. I believe, tho, that when used as > suffixes, the resulting compound will again form a pseudo-morpheme. I don't see the point of such suffixes. I would hold off on adding complications to the syntax just on the off chance that they may become useful. Why not wait until the need becomes obvious, then deal with it? And why suffixes rather than prefixes? When does the logic of Ceqli syntax demand a suffix, and when does it demand a prefix? > Now, there isn't much possible difference between dormho and ho dorm that I > can see, but something might develop. And that would be the time to consider it. > Now, I think we need two more words which will basically work this way: > > Go X dorm. I wake up (Go dormX) > Go Y dorm zi. I wake you up (Go dormY zi) Is the aim to have only "positive" morphemes, and to create all "negative" morphemes by modification? Will "I vomited" be the "Go pa X kom"? And will "I stood" be "Go pa X stu"? Or will it be "Go pa X pron"? > These would also apply thus. > > Go jiY da. I kill him. And "resurrect" could be "jiYY". Another approach might be to create compound verbs like "kawbuji" for "kill", "hobuji" for "die", "kawbudorm" for "wake up" (transitive) and "hobudorm" for "wake up" (intransitive). > Also, they'd be good for words like undo, untie, undress, etc. > > Reactions, and suggestions for the forms of the words? -- Mike Wright http://www.CoastalFog.net ____________________________________________________________ "The difference between theory and practice is that, in theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; in practice, however, there is." -- Anonymous