[YG Conlang Archives] > [engelang group] > messages [Date Index] [Thread Index] >
On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 9:07 PM, And Rosta <and.rosta@hidden.email> wrote: > > You could in principle get a l/q contrast in > "They discussed (the property of) being canine" > "qa grka csna'ika" > > "They discussed the dog" > "la grka csna'ika" > > Instead of "qa grka", maybe you could have > "li smi la grka ckjika csna'ika" > Where "li smi la grka ckjika" is "the property of being canine". That's two sentences: (li smi la grka ckjika) (csna'ika), but "li la grka ckjika csna'iki" works. Also "la grka li ckjika csna'iki", "dogs, being them they discussed". mu'o mi'e xorxes