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demuan 101: pronouns

From:Fabian <rhialto@...>
Date:Saturday, April 10, 1999, 18:32
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

        1    2    3    4
time    kiki liki wiki ziki
noun    kix  lix  wix  zix
method  kite lite wite zite
reason  kyet lyet wet  zet
place   kiba liba wiba ziba
person  king ling wing zing
------
plural  s-   s-   x-

Plural of the time row has the meaning of 'these/those/yonder days'.
Plural of noun row is 'these/those/yon'
Plural of place row is 'hereabouts/thereabouts/yon region'

        1    2    3    4
time    now  then wiki when
noun    this that yon  which/what
method  thus           how
reason                 why
place   here there     where
person  I    you  he   who

every-xxx is formed by prefixing bama-
some/any-xxx   "    "    "    "  nani-
no-xxx         "    "    "    "  nene-

---
Fabian
Rule One: Question the unquestionable,
ask the unaskable, eff the ineffable,
think the unthinkable, and screw the inscrutable.