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on 3/8/03 1:08 PM, Rob Speer at rspeer@hidden.email wrote: > On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 10:18:15AM -0700, Rex May - Baloo wrote: >>> somdiq ? Some thing, something: somda - some (pron.); >>> henidiq ? Any thing (noun): henida - any (pronoun); >> Not sure about these two. Feedback? > > That meaning of "som" is idiomatic to English, and wouldn't be at all > useful except next to "diq". "ta diq" already means that. You are right. "Ta" covers this base. > > I'm not sure about "heni". There are places where you have to say > "anything" instead of "something" in English for no real reason (like "I > can't see anything"), but there are also times when you can use both and > "anything" emphasizes that it doesn't matter what it is. I suppose that > as long as it's only used in the second case, "heni" would be good. Anybody know any tricks from other languages for this usage? > >>> zoydiq ? No thing (noun): zoyda - none (pronoun); >> Either this or just buda, budiq, bujin >> feedback? > > Whatever the word for "zero" is should serve this purpose. And that is indeed 'zoy.' Agreed. > >>> kuldiq ? all things, every thing: kulda - all (prn.); >>> gerdiq ? other thing, another (n.): gerda - (an)other; >>> gaqdiq ? the thing just mentioned: gaqda - that ref. >> 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!" > > I like that. Good. Me too. Probably should be "Dwa tiq ceda!" for such a brusque order. -- >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/ceqli/