Re: Spoken Thoughts ( My second, better formed, non crappy Language)

> Or you could add other dimensions to the definite/indefinite distinction.
> What about a distinction between the noun immediate to the discourse vs.
> another one? For example, use separate articles to specify the difference
> between "a man" vs. "a different man" and "the man" vs. "the other man".
>
> Just a couple quick ideas.
>
> Marcus
>
Gevey doesn't use articles, but does make use of "impersonal
pronouns" (using the possessive [genetive] case) to demonstrate such
differences, much in the same way as personal pronouns are used

[the main example is for subject noun, the bracketed example is for
direct object noun]:

   a/the man - loife    (ye loif)
   this man - telaan loife    (ye telaan loif)
   that man here- tuzon loife    (ye tuzon loif)
   that man over there - tagron loife    (ye tagron loif)
   the other (a different) man - bozen loife    (ye bozen loif)
   some men - shen loifem    (yem shen loif)
   both men - ambon loifem    (yem ambon loif)
   all men - elen loifesh    (yesh elen loif)
   no man - nelen loife    (ye nelen loif)
   my man - ten loife    (ye ten loif)
   his/her man - ken loife    (ye ken loif)

etc

Sometimes conlanging vexes me. I thought Gevey was pretty much
complete grammatically, then I wake up one morning thinking "what
exactly is the difference between adjectives and nouns in Gevey",
which leads on to other thoughts, and ends in a decision to merge
adjectives into nouns - meaning lots of work amending the grammar, and
the examples, and the web pages; instead of inventing words or
translating phrases or working on the "teach yourself Gevey" book!

Rik, knee deep and vexed...


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