Difference between revisions of "Talk:Diminutives in Luganda"

Revision as of 11:22, 6 January 2011

Good evening Medadi,

I agree diminutives and their use is an interesting topic.

Let me make some editorial suggestions. The list of inherently cl12 nouns should perhaps also come as a table.

Your table deserves some clean-up. I started with the first two rows. :)

The following examples are interesting, but I would really need some more discussion of these examples. Why is the diminutive used in these sentences. What is the context, that is, when would you typically say such as sentence.

--Dorothee Beermann 19:52, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

From Medadi:

Dorothee, thank you so very much for your kind help. I say again, thank you!

Pardon me, I seem not to clearly understand the sentences you refer to. Kindly point out the sentences in question.

Hi again,

I was referring to the following paragraph:

Classes 12/13 have very few nouns that inherently belong to these classes, and these inherently assigned nouns are not semantic diminutives.  
Examples of inherently assigned nouns to class 12 are: akajanja (no plural), akateebe (deep water), akatandaalo ‘raised table-like structure for 
drying utencils’, akakongovvule  óuncle’, akakunizo ‘puzzle’, akalulu ‘vote’, akamooli ‘ventilator’,  .... Class 13otu has only one inherent noun, 
otulo sleep (no plural). 
Class 14OBU (plural) has many inherently assigned nouns to it, for instance: obulo millet, obubaka message, obuugi porridge, obukeedo raw material 
for making a basket and so on. 

In addition I think it would be good to make your table more consistent.

--Dorothee Beermann 11:22, 6 January 2011 (UTC)