Re: Verb order in Montreiano

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>But seeing this made me want to ask: In what order do people like to
>settle on grammatical features (whether or not said features are later
>revised)?
.........

> (Which is
>why I double-took when I saw your message, because word order is
>something I decide on really early.)  But my eyes have been opened to the
>possibility of other ways of doing things.  :-)  Enlighten me?

Well, I hadnt actually set the word order. It was in the back of my mind
set as SVO: Tu comist a mi casa. So, i had been going along with that. I
havent had a lot of time to really think about Montreiano with school and
work (I havent done anything with the grammar since oh....february). So,
when i read Padraic's archives for Brithenig, i saw the message talking
about that order, and since I liked it so much in Tagalog, i decided that
would be the main order. I also think the sentence looks cleaner this way
(i think learning Tagalog has kind of influenced me to like monosyllabic
pronouns to go after the polysyllabic nouns ;)).

But, generally, when i do my languages i start with what's easiest usually
(although i do admit, word order is THE easiest bit of the grammar, i
think). I dont usually follow a plan, though i tend to like to get the
basics out of the way first and then tackle the harder problems later.

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