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on 3/27/02 1:14 PM, Mike Wright at darwin@hidden.email wrote: >>> >>> You could use the nominalized version of the first verb: >>> >>> Da komka kway kay ho dorm. >> >> That seems to mean "His eating is fast and goes to sleep". I'd want the da >> repeated. And somwhow I especially want the sa there with 'possessive' forms >> "Dasa komka kway, kay da ho dorm." >>> >>> Or, the subject could be repeated in order to prevent the adverb from >>> applying to the second verb: >>> >>> Da kway kom kay da ho dorm. >> >> Yes. I like it. >> >>> >>> Or, we could simply require that the adverb immediately precede the >>> verb in order to apply--even if it means repeating the adverb: >>> >>> Da kwaysa kom kay kwaysa ho dorm. >> >> Certainly. > > So, will you make it a rule that either the subject or the adverb > should be repeated? Yes, or rather, the rule is that in a series of verbs, the modifier of the first verb only applies to the first verb. If it is to apply to both it must be repeated, or ,if you get all mathmatical in talking to your computer or something, you could say: Da kway (kom kay ho dorm). Parentheses to be pronounced, of course. Da kway taw kom kay ho dorm betaw. This would be extreme and very technical. this is the kind of stuff Loglan does a lot, but requires. I want it to be possible for scientific usage. > > > > This has gotten long. How many actual topics do we have here? A lot. I'll call this one modification in series -- >PLEASE NOTE MY NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS: rmay@hidden.email > Rex F. May (Baloo) > Daily cartoon at: http://www.cnsnews.com/cartoon/baloo.asp > Buy my book at: http://www.kiva.net/~jonabook/gdummy.htm > Language site at: http://www.geocities.com/ceqli/Uploadexp.htm >Discuss my auxiliary language at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/txeqli/