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> on 3/7/03 6:41 PM, Ray Bergmann at rayberau@hidden.email wrote:
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> > somdiq - Some thing, something: somda - some (pron.);
> > henidiq - Any thing (noun): henida - any (pronoun);
> Not sure about these two. Feedback?
I prefer henidiq. (and for that matter, henida). I just like its ring.
>
> > zoydiq - No thing (noun): zoyda - none (pronoun);
> Either this or just buda, budiq, bujin
> feedback?
Zoydiq, likewise, and also for its visual impact!
>
> The more I think about it, the less I like gaq. How about reserving "co"
> for the 'abstract' position word meaning "the just-mentioned position", so
> coda would replace gaqda. That leaves us with "ce". Could that mean "the
> about-to-be-mentioned position"? "Ciq tiq ceda!" would mean "listen up!"
Agreed. I like the invention of "co" in Glosa and think it very useful.
To me "ce" is a master stroke!!
> >
> > Does "da" mean third person pronoun "one" as well as
> > "he/she/it"? In that case then "cada" could indeed
> > replace "cavo", unless "vo" meaning individual is
> > another possible variation in this group: that (adj.),
> > that (pron.),that thing, that one, that individual,
> > that person, that place, that sort of, that time, that
> > amount, that reason,....
> Yes, I think 'vo' is now superfluous. Make sense to everybody?
> I think there is no pronoun 'one' in Ceqli, in the sense of "One speaks
> English here". Better to use a be-formation.
> Ci Heqlabol bezu. Here English-language is-used. (I like zu better than
> ploy for 'use')
In general, I subscribe to the dictum that the passive is to be
eschewed, so I prefer using a "one" form, of any kind, over a "be" form,
even though it might be shorter.
John (not really a curmudgeon)