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

From:Rik Roots <rikroots@...>
Date:Saturday, December 30, 2000, 10:46
> 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... -- http://homepages.enterprise.net/rikroots/gevey/index.html The Gevey Language Resource.