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On 1/2/06, Rex May <rmay@hidden.email> wrote: ........ > go sel hon. I sell books. > go honsel. I'm a bookseller. > > We don't need zer in this case, because 'sel' means sell, or be a > seller, whereas 'tun' means 'is a cartoon'. > > I pick zer over kar because it's easier to pronounce as a ....... > I think I'll go wit 'zer' unless anybody can think of a better form. > 'Ser' is available. Anybody prefer that? I am not particular about zer, ser, kar or fe; but I am curious about your using zer to mean both "to do" and "doer" instead of "to do" and "doing, action, deed"; similarly "sel" = "to sell" and "seller" instead of "to sell" and "sale, act of selling". To me the latter seems a more natural way to use verbs nominally; but either should work as long as it's consistent throughout the language. I would also generally prefer consistent use of "pro" vs. "jin" for "habitual doer" compounds. E.g. "honselpro" instead of "honseljin". -- Jim Henry http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry/conlang.htm ...Mind the gmail Reply-to: field