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Re: THEORY: The fourth person

From:Danny Wier <dawiertx@...>
Date:Friday, April 30, 2004, 14:30
From: "Danny Wier" <dawiertx@...>

> bwarg "he fought" (really perfective aspect, i.e. "he has fought me") > bwargm "he fought me" > bwargt_j "he fought thee" > bwargs "he fought him" > bwargt "he fought her" > bwargn "he fought it" > bwargmw "he fought another" (-/N/ in some dialects)
Correction: the -mw at the end is one consonant: /m_w/, not two.
> k'at' "cat" > k'at'm "my cat" > k'at'@t_j "thy cat" > kat'@s "his cat" > kat'@t "her cat" > kat'n "its cat" > kat'm_w "another's cat"
And all the k's are ejective, not just the first three. Bad brain day yesterday.