Re: Person distinctions in languages?

>Are there any languages that break the pattern of
>first-second-third-(fourth) person? I'm trying to
>model a system that doesn't use such distinctions, but
>I can't figure out how to make it coherent or
>intelligible without perhaps a model to base it on.
In Spanish, if you don't use the pronouns and only use conjugation, using
the 3rd person singular marker can indicates that it is a 3rd person
subject(el, ella) or a respected 2nd person(usted)

And, in south-american spanish, the 3rd person plural conjugation may also
indicates a 3rd person subject(ellos, ellas) or a 2nd person one, not
necessarly respected (ustedes), they don't use 2nd person plural in
South-America

You may mix you 2nd and 3rd person pronouns and markers, that would mean
that the argument don't contain the speaker (and, if you want, its number)


- Max

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