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...
I've changed the classifiers for the modals, both epistemic and deontic, to forms with apostrophes. The order has also changed, to better reflect similarities...
I recently changed the modifiers again, so that there are more of them to choose from, and so that there would be more structure to them. I'm not really happy...
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Jan 29, 2007 3:44 pm
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(Ye'an) tu'axlanlef mes yarik yengad? Tu'axlanlef as yasud sesabac. Notes: 1) As in Latejami, the past-perfect (ye'an) is the default verb tense and is not...
I have learned of a simplified chemical language called SMILES - SMILES (Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry System) is a line notation (a typographical...
In a message dated 3/21/2007 7:00:52 AM Central Daylight Time, ... Welcome Paolo! There has been little activity here lately, but if you have any questions ...
I've decided to use the bare vowels as classifiers for anaphora. The particular vowel chosen will be the (first) vowel of the noun's classifier. E.g., the...
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Apr 21, 2007 6:24 pm
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Welcome to my Saweli group, rexxia! I work on Saweli almost every day, but don't often get new material posted. If you have any questions or comments, I'd be...
hi steven / stevo, you made me think and remember an old issue of saweli (since when it used to be katanda). my "stupid" question has always been: how should ...
hi stevo, again: another application of this construction would be "topicalization". let's topicalize "donald" in the sentence "donald is watching tv". this ...
In a message dated 5/13/2007 1:10:20 PM Central Daylight Time, ... I think it could be a regular A/P/F verb, where "he" is A, "me" is P, and "a friend" is F....
In a message dated 5/13/2007 1:29:04 PM Central Daylight Time, ... There is already a means for doing precisely this, I believe. The Saweli word is "zuxlip"...
I thought of an A/P/F verb, too. (I missed writing in this notation. :-) ) But I think it is not adequate, because there is no change implied in the action...
In a message dated 5/13/2007 6:56:48 PM Central Daylight Time, ... "Veheb" (to hear) is P/F, not A/F. As for the second meaning you give, I don't see how that...
Ah, yes, of course P/F. Thanks. The difference between the two sentences lies the "deicticity", (I don't know how to name this a better way). "He heard her...
In a message dated 5/14/2007 10:09:56 AM Central Daylight Time, ... Is this more than the distinction between "He heard her (who was) in the garden" and "He...
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