Re: Phenomena
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 6, 2000, 8:40 |
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At 09:04 04/03/00 +1300, you wrote:
>>
>> Known by the incredibly silly name "non-pro-drop languages". ObConlang:
>> Brithenig is non-pro-drop. There is a theory that all non-pro-drop
>> languages either are, or formerly were, verb-second as well.
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>In that language 'sa blyw', she is raining.
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"She" is raining?! Interesting. What is the reason why the impersonal form
is feminine and not masculine? Is the feminine the unmarked gender?
Christophe Grandsire
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