Conlangery Podcast cover image

Conlangery #44: Negation

Conlangery Podcast

00:00

El Rojo Carro in Spanish Is a Latin Superlative

One of the features of latin over time is that the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives could be used simply as intensives. The process became generalized in breath ending and the suffix isav which to me is looks like it's probably the um latin superlative isimum. It just means very right right because if the em shifted and got became like a frick like a Frickitive which is yes absolutely happen that was okay and then it's lostYeah finally yeah okay so it's not really necessarily a new idea but it is but it's not how the superlatives are formed in authentic languages.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app