Re: HELP: Is this sensible?

Hi!

Carsten Becker <post@...> writes:
> > In this case, your case assignment should be equal to
> > that of English, which, I'm sure, you do not want, since adjectives
> > can select different cases in your language.
>
> I'd handle the verbs in the examples like English, yes. I guess I still
> stick far too much to the IE systems I'm used to.
That's quite normal. :-) My first language (and I had to do it without
the help of any other conlanger at that time) was very IE at first and
then moved towards Finnish, then X, then Y and finally was something
very unique. :-)

As Ayeri was, seemingly, started in December 2003, it's quite
impressive: I did not even know that I should think about phonetics
when I started Fukhian (no internet, *sigh*).  Fukhian is still *very*
chaotic wrt. phonetics.

> Heh, the next two weeks I'm not at home. I'm in Gießen for having a
> working practice ("Praktikum") there I must have for school.
Ah, Gie"sen.  I'm in Marburg quite often.

> The similarity to Tagalog has already faded I think. It's getting more
> and more IE :(
Hmm, from your webpage, it does not look IE at all to me.

> > [...]
> >
> > Your language seems to be different in structure, in that it has as
> > case what Tagalog has as triggers.
>
> Yes, I'm addicted to case ;)
That's a very, very good thing! :-) Learn Hungarian or Ithkuil! :-)))

> *sigh* I thought I would have understood what triggers are about
> ...
When I read the Tagalog book (the one I quoted the examples from) for
the first time, I could not believe people can handle that kind of
structure while speaking. :-) It took a while to see the difference to
voices in IE languages.  But it is not too different on the other
hand.

**Henrik

PS: Your homepage says: 'Leider stie"s dieses Interesse an Linguistik
    nur auf wenig Verst"andnis bei meinen Eltern und Klassenkameraden
    :(' Haha!  Start inventing a script and put signs in that script
    everywhere in the house, especially a sign with your name on your
    room's door.  They'll get used to it.  My parents and friends got
    used to it, too. :-)))