Post by Hooligan on Mar 3, 2007 0:55:43 GMT -6
Fellow Talossans --
The Glheþinéir was created to assist in the word-by-word translation from English into Talossan, and I made it smart enough to know how to conjugate verbs.
All verbs ending in -irë (and which don't end in -tirë) are irregular verbs that follow the same conjugation rules as the verb "irë" ("to go or come").
According to the grammar, then, the verb "pustavirë" (to become involved with) would take the "pustav-" front part, and cram it up against the conjugation of the "-irë" (to go/come) back part.
Well, when "irë" is congujated, many of the resulting words begin with the letter v. As one quick example, the second person singular indicative present tense of "to go (or come)" -- in other words, "YOU go (or come)" -- is "vás".
That suddenly-appearing V introduces a curiosity when "pustavirë" is conjugated. As one example, it causes "YOU become involved with" to become "pustavvás" -- yes, that's right: you get two v's in a row.
The doubled-v seemed wrong, and so after discussions with other linguists, and research into the Old Talossan roots and rules, it has been decided that the proper orthography (spelling) of conjugations of pustavirë shall eschew the double-v. If the conjugation of "irë" results in a "back part" that starts with a "v", then this v is dropped, since the "front part" ("pustav-") already has all the v you need.
Accordingly, the Glheþinéir on our Website has been retrained, and "you become involved with" (for example) now translates to "pustavás" (with a single v).
Pustavirë is currently the only verb in our lexicon that has a root stem ending with "v" and which is conjugated based on the v-manufacturing verb "to go/come" (irë). If ever another verb ending in "-virë" is adopted, this new word will also (in the Glheþinéir and in real life) follow this same "don't-bother-doubling-the-v" rule.
Hooligan
The Glheþinéir was created to assist in the word-by-word translation from English into Talossan, and I made it smart enough to know how to conjugate verbs.
All verbs ending in -irë (and which don't end in -tirë) are irregular verbs that follow the same conjugation rules as the verb "irë" ("to go or come").
According to the grammar, then, the verb "pustavirë" (to become involved with) would take the "pustav-" front part, and cram it up against the conjugation of the "-irë" (to go/come) back part.
Well, when "irë" is congujated, many of the resulting words begin with the letter v. As one quick example, the second person singular indicative present tense of "to go (or come)" -- in other words, "YOU go (or come)" -- is "vás".
That suddenly-appearing V introduces a curiosity when "pustavirë" is conjugated. As one example, it causes "YOU become involved with" to become "pustavvás" -- yes, that's right: you get two v's in a row.
The doubled-v seemed wrong, and so after discussions with other linguists, and research into the Old Talossan roots and rules, it has been decided that the proper orthography (spelling) of conjugations of pustavirë shall eschew the double-v. If the conjugation of "irë" results in a "back part" that starts with a "v", then this v is dropped, since the "front part" ("pustav-") already has all the v you need.
Accordingly, the Glheþinéir on our Website has been retrained, and "you become involved with" (for example) now translates to "pustavás" (with a single v).
Pustavirë is currently the only verb in our lexicon that has a root stem ending with "v" and which is conjugated based on the v-manufacturing verb "to go/come" (irë). If ever another verb ending in "-virë" is adopted, this new word will also (in the Glheþinéir and in real life) follow this same "don't-bother-doubling-the-v" rule.
Hooligan