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Conlangery #134: Converbs

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What Is the Difference Between S and v Languages?

Okuna is now a verb final language. It's different from languages like Spanish, where verbs tend to lexicalize the trajectory of motion. And so I was thinking about how in my language am I going to say things like the paper flew off the table if I don’t have a word for off, right? If I don't have a preposition that means off. So, in part, making a kuna into a language that lexicalizes the trajectory as the main verb. To have a verb that means something like to go off of a surface was sort of the solution that I had. At the same time I was making some changes to the case system and wanting

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