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RE: [sasxsek] Order inside compound words ?

> [mailto:sasxsek@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of narfee

> What is the difference between
>
> mo iesxuan.
>
> and
>
> mo uanxies.

Actually the first would be saying "I am hunger." To say "I am
hungry" would be "mo uan ies" (lit: I want {verb} eat {object}).
Sasxsek compounds are head last, but declarative sentences are
SVO.


> dumxmacino
>
> and
>
> macinxdumo
>
>
> Do we have to base ourselves on the english language ? like...
I
> want-eat... or there's a specific order like I eat-want.


> Hunger is iesxuan wich means I eat-want

"want" as a noun head with "eat" modifying it so that it refers
to a specific type of desire, that is the desire to eat.



> but computer is dumxmacino wich is think-machine...

Again, head last. Semantically though this could work as
"think-machine" or "machine-think-er". I suppose at this point
the selection of the head would be more emphatic.

BTW: It would be "dume" (=thinker), not "dumo" (=thought).
"-e" is the agentive noun. The best way to explain "-o" would
be to loosely relate it to the Mandarin "-zi (?)", and it could
correspond to several differnt endings of E-o like "-ado",
"-ido" or "-ajxo".






Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:42 pm

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salam! What is the difference between mo iesxuan. and mo uanxies. or dumxmacino and macinxdumo Do we have to base ourselves on the english language ? like... I...
narfee
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Jul 18, 2008
4:36 pm

... Actually the first would be saying "I am hunger." To say "I am hungry" would be "mo uan ies" (lit: I want {verb} eat {object}). Sasxsek compounds are head...
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sasxsek
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Jul 18, 2008
10:45 pm

Oh, thanks ! (it's getting clearer everyday ) BTW, I found I'm hungry... mo iesxuani. great day !...
narfee
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Jul 25, 2008
5:32 pm

... Your sentence has no verb. The best way for "I'm hungry" is "mo uan ies" (I want to eat), or even "mo uan iesare" (I want food). You could possibly put...
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