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Re: No pronoun, no article

From:Adam Walker <carrajena@...>
Date:Wednesday, October 22, 2003, 4:53
--- Christian Thalmann <cinga@...> wrote:
> --- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Adam Walker > <carrajena@Y...> wrote: > > > Interesting info. I thought about deriving > > Carrajena's pronouns from "ipse", but ended up > > deriving them from "illum", "illam", "illud" with > > corruption from "eum", "eam" and "id" which gave > > "jun", "jan" and "jid". > > You can still use "ipse" as an intensifier, as > Jovian does... > |is Rec ipfe| [i reC ipf] "the King himself", |nun > ipfe| [nun > ipf] "right now", |ad iwu ipfe| [ad i:vz ipf] "to > the very > bottom". >
Except that C-a is from Vl unlike Jovia so "ipse" had already gone to "isse" which would make "isi" which already means "that". Of course, I guess it could do double duty. I sorta like that bettre than "si" doing TRIPLE duty as "if", "yes" and "self". Adam
> > -- Christian Thalmann
===== Il prori ul pa&#38621;veju fi dji atexindu mutu madji fached. -- Carrajena proverb