Re: Figure This Out

On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:41:15 -0400, Rob Haden <magwich78@...> wrote:

>On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:51:54 -0400, Jeffrey Jones <jsjonesmiami@...>
>wrote:
>
>>9. pikantom tuperu suna
>>   You'll see the sleeping dog here.
>
>_-to_: locative suffix
>_-m_: 2(sg/pl) transitive subject
OK

>So far, it seems like the language has the following rules:
>
>- Word-order: VSO, noun-adj, noun-poss, generally right-branching
>- Tense/aspect marked with prefixes
>- Transitive verbs mark subjects and objects with suffixes
>- Intransitive verbs mark subjects with prefixes
>- Directional particles can become verbal suffixes
>- Plural is unmarked, singular marked by prefix _tu-_
Mostly right! It turns out that that transitive verbs can also have
argument prefixes, although they occur less often and didn't show up in the
first set of sentences. I like your idea about singular and plural, even
though it turns out not to be the case. I'm learning about how to come up
with sample sentences from this.

Jeff

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>- Rob
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