--- In conlang@y..., Jeff Jones <jeffsjones@E...> wrote:
> OK. To start with, here's the present indicative of {ca'dare} and {bezire}
>
> stem ca'da ["ka:.d3] beaze ["bjaeZ]
> 1ps ca'da-go ["ka:.doG_w] beaze-go ["bjae.ZuG_w]
> 2ps ca'da' ["ka:.da:] beazi' ["bjae.Zi:]
> 3ps masc ca'da-se ["ka:.dES] beaze-se ["bjae.ZIS]
> fem ca'da-sea ["ka:.dE.S3] beaze-sea ["bjae.ZI.S3]
> 1pp ca'da`u [ka:"dAow] bezi`u [bjE"Zuuw]
> 2pp ca'dase [ka:"daeS] bezise [bjE"ZiiS]
> 3pp ca'da' ["ka:.da:] beazeo' ["bjae.Zo:]
Interesting phonology... final vowels seem able to intrude into the
preceding stressed syllable... and is that a rounded voiced velar
fricative there? o_O
Do the apostrophes represent phonemic length? What does the gravis
represent?
I assume {ca'dare} means "to sing". What about {bezire}?
> The enclitic subject pronouns (-go, -se, and -sea) are dropped leaving the
> stem when
> a) an emphatic subject pronoun or other explicit subject occurs, or
> b) in answer to a yes/no type question.
> In the latter case, some dialects will also use the stem form for 2ps and
> less commonly 3pp.
>
> The pronouns tu (2ps), di and de (3pp) may be used for clarification
> without being emphatic. De is an optional specifically feminine form.
That sounds good. Using clitics is a clever way to make new
conjugations... and allowing them to be dropped increases efficiency.
That was already quite informative. Now how about a Paternoster? ;-)
-- Christian Thalmann