For a long time it has bothered me that there is no way in L (and therefore in S) to indicate only that a focus is added to or removed from the argument ...
For any particular default argument structure there are three argument structures that the new suffixes can replace. One pair changes -F to +F and vice versa,...
In a message dated 8/5/2006 9:48:12 AM Central Standard Time, ... P/F-s (xwa): va/va'a, ve, ve'u, vi/vi'a, wa, wa'u, wi, wo/wo'a, wu/wu'a, ye+, yu+ xa > wo...
I have made full entries of the words that in L are given only in notes, i.e., 237 new entries. As usual, I have not included any of the notes, so these are...
Removing a focus from an argument structure with "wo" is not the same as using the anti-middle. The anti-middle still implies the existence of the deleted ...
How much do these six gems weigh? Yen vominxwap kokas zifek yarik zongas? The blood on my hands probably angered your siblings. Yobin valanzib jewes wonig...
How much do these six gems weigh? Yen vominwep kokas zifek yarik zongas? Your friend didn't read the license plate because his eyes are bad. Yozun teyonwep...
I knew the engineer that was killed by a hearse at the cemetery. Wa'uxeb yaras retos zag xe'arinzilap rutos zonlad heros zok wod murocis. This sentence was...
This is an explanation of a major change in the argument structure suffixes and how they're used. They are still compositional, but I have added some new ...
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The coffee in the hospital was barely hot. Volap zobuc la{coffee}s womug mevibas. Your son wanted his teeth to keep themselves clean. Vagrab wapaz yasas...
Please put the flag in front of the movie theater. Woprenzwix'a nuzis mejaklos. You weren't used to what I was used to. Yozun wuklib yasas zaz wuklib yaras...
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How necessary is the sixth pocket? Yen yusubenmab zungac pamus zicofek? How fast is that stolen boat? Yen voqenwop helis helis yastek zongas? The heavy...
The author had better not kill himself. Yutiben yozun ye'on xe'arinzipap reyes. Wipe the door knobs with this rag. Tuplex pohosi vig piqesu tunjed nigres...
I have changed the passive and middle suffixes from "la/lu" and "ma/mu" to "le/lo" and "me/mo". The word for 'dog' is "betes" now instead of "beses". I also...
Rick Morneau, creator of Saweli's source language, Latejami, is taking a leave of absence from Latejami for the foreseeable future. He doesn't know when (or...
I have introduced a new modifier: "su" - 'sex'. It occurs in the words tusuf - mate, have sex with. tusundes - sex, intercourse, copulation, coitus,...
I have moved the meaning 'orange' from modifier "fa" ('five/orange') to "sa" ('happy/music/singing'). The affected words are: fefas > fesas carrot [the...
I've moved all the words with classifier "je" ('plant/animal substance') to "jo" I've changed classifier "je" ('plant/animal substance') to "jo". I've split...
I have split classifier "jo" ('plant/animal substance') into "ji" ('animal substance') and "jo" 'plant/mixed/indeterminate substance'). Here are the affected...
I've split classifier "ku" (organic things) into two classifiers: ga'u (organic things that were part of a body; i.e., parts of a body after the body is gone)...
Good splitting. How come "skeleton" is not a "whole of all bones"? Bye, Stephan ... From: MorphemeAddict@... To: saweli@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday,...
In a message dated 12/3/2006 12:31:18 PM Central Standard Time, ... I've thought all along that a skeleton should be a collection/group of bones (i.e.,...
1) I have split several more classifiers to permit finer distinctions. In most cases the first two letters remain the same (but see "ti", "to"). If a ...
I've split some more of the classifiers, this time the activities. te activities te'e activity produces a physical result te'u activity in which the action of...
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