Re: "To Be" In Silindion, Observations

Hallo!

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 17:09:57 +0100,
Carsten Becker <naranoieati@...> wrote:

> On Sunday 02 January 2005 21:04, Jörg Rhiemeier wrote:
>
>  > The present tense marker is indeed -a-.  I have been
>  > thinking more than once to change it to -@- (i.e., a
>  > vowel matching the root vowel), but that would cause
>  > problems with verbs with /i/ or /u/ as root vowels (with
>  > /i/, the present indicative would fall together with the
>  > subjunctive, with /u/, with the future tense).  However,
>  > as I think about it, -@- perhaps is not such a bad idea,
>
> According to the "dtv Atlas Deutsche Sprache", it is not
> unusual for languages that certain things fall together and
> this is why there arise irregularities -- though the book
> said this usually happens due to sound changes. To avoid
> confusion, workarounds have to be found. This adds a bit
> more naturalism to a language. I guess you know that,
> anyway, but I wanted to show off ;-)
Yes.  I am aware of that.

> Regarding the works of you both guys, it's awesome as usual!
> Are there grammars of Albic and Elliott's langs available
> yet? It'd certainly be interesting.
I posted a grammar of Old Albic to this list on June 21, 2004;
it is conveniently accessible via

http://talideon.com/concultures/wiki/?doc=Albic

Greetings,

Jörg.

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