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Re: demuan 101: pronouns

From:Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Saturday, April 10, 1999, 18:21
Fabian wrote:

> Prety self-explanatory, really. Question words go at the start of a > sentence. None of these words ever take an article. > > I king > thou ling > he wing (also she) > we sking > you sling > they xwing > > it tam > them stam
Why do articles change number according to ablaut variations (i.e., that between i and e) plus <s-> or <x->, but pronouns don't? That is, why not <king> for "I" and <skeng> for "we"? ======================================================= Tom Wier <artabanos@...> ICQ#: 4315704 AIM: Deuterotom Website: <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/> "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero." There's nothing particularly wrong with the proletariat. It's the hamburgers of the proletariat that I have a problem with. - Alfred Wallace ========================================================