Talk:Conlang/Intermediate/Grammar/Verbs

Verblessness
Has there been any verbless conlangs that doesn't use relationals like Kēlen, but uses a different method to prevent the usage of verbs? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.85.166.212 (discuss • contribs) 12:03, 10 April 2013


 * Afaik, eliminating verbs is a daunting proposition; it's remarkable that one plausible approach has been devised. There was another language presented at one of the language construction conferences that, iirc, also attempted to eliminate verbs &mdash; and its solution turned out interestingly similar to Kelen's.  It'd be interesting to see if there's a fundamentally different plausible approach.  --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 13:29, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Case
Can verbs have cases, like nouns and pronouns? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.85.166.212 (discuss • contribs) 12:03, 10 April 2013


 * When one says "noun case", one is talking about a making on a noun that indicates what role it plays in the sentence in relation to the verb of the sentence. So any sort of marking on a verb would be by definition not a case.  However, verbs are marked with various information, and one is free to imagine them being marked with some distinction that isn't usually marked in other languages.  Verbs are commonly marked according to active versus passive voice, which is related to the way its noun arguments are marked for case.  Perhaps other markings on a verb that change the meanings of the noun cases in other ways?  --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 13:22, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Proverbs
If there are pronouns can there be proverbs? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.85.166.212 (discuss • contribs) 21:09, 11 April 2013


 * Sure. A verb that stands for another verb?  In English, the verb to do often does this.  It's spelled with a hyphen to avoid confusion:  pro-verb.  --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 06:58, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Clarification requested
In the Polypersonal marking section, there is a reference to "one language" but it is never specified WHICH language has forms for multiple subjects. Can we get that identified?

Thanks, Westley Turner (discuss • contribs) 23:09, 6 November 2017 (UTC)