Re: speaking and saying (was: Re: Forget it)
| From: | Sally Caves <scaves@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 26, 1999, 0:33 |
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Matt Pearson wrote:
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> Sally Caves asked:
>
> >What are the results of your course on language invention?
>
> I posted some details of Nattiki, together with a few sample sentences,
> about a week ago.
Yes, and if it were a perfect world I would remember all 1900 posts I've
received in the past month! Sorry, but I missed that one. As the
quarter
draws to a close for you, I hope you'll post some summary remarks about
the experience.
The only new things since then are:
>
> -- Negation will be marked with the particle "mi" before the verb:
>
> Ichaloowoni "I love you"
> Mi ichaloowoni "I don't love you"
>
> -- Yes/no questions will be marked with the particle "bawi":
>
> Nachaloola "You love me"
> Bawi nachaloola? "Do you love me?"
> Bawi mi nachaloola? "Don't you love me?"
>
> -- We also invented some conjunctions, a handful of quantifiers, and
> the numbers from one to ten. Unfortunately I don't have my dictionary
> handy, so I can't tell you what they are. The conjunctions I remember
> are:
>
> da "and"
> ep "but"
> zigaa "because"
> maki "when, as, while"
> bado "after"
>
> Tebobjeeta kuumajalaatem da putaakatem
> 3p-Prog-eat.lunch elephant-Nom and hamster-Nom
> "The elephants and hamsters are eating lunch"
>
> Ichaloowoni zigaa nadee boopa
> 1s-love-2s because 2s-be crazy
> "I love you because you're crazy"
>
> The only numbers I remember are:
>
> ed "one"
> zee "two"
> fuu "three"
> ...
> pup "six"
> ...
> gao "nine"
> sup "ten"
>
> Iokima fuuop dibutmudokop
> 1s-Pst-see three-Acc magician-Acc
> "I saw three magicians"
>
> This coming Friday we'll do reflexives/reciprocals, modal verbs,
> and maybe evidentials...
>
Sounds good, Matt. We love ya!
Sal