Re: CHAT: Back on the list; Anti-conlanging bigots

In a message dated 12/6/01 10:22:50 AM, trwier@MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU writes:

<< >     Had I known this before I created my first language, I would've

> created some sort of case for objects of prepositions.

Russian does this, I'm told.  Georgian comes close, but doesn't

really fit the bill. >>

    Yeah, Russian has a prepositional case with /-ye/ as the ending: [yA Zivu
v moskvye] I live(1s) in Moscow(prep).  It also marks motion with the
accusative, which could be where Zamenhov got his idea: [yA idu nA parku] I
go to the park(acc).  Then again, it's probably not that uncommon.

-David

"Zi hiwejnat zodZaraDatsi pat Zi mirejsat dZaCajani sUlo."
"The future's uncertain and the end is always near."
                --Jim Morrison

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