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Re: Adjectives, Particles, and This ( etc ), and Conjunctions...

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Thursday, January 18, 2001, 2:29
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 17:40:07 -0800 Barry Garcia
<Barry_Garcia@...> writes:
> Tagalog has a three way distinction: > itó - this > iyán - that (near listener) > iyón - that (away from both speaker and listener) > Tagalog seems to use the above for different uses, with some > changes, such as demonstratives of place: > ditó - here > diyán - there (near listener) > doón - there (away from both) > Showing manner in verbs: > ganitó - like this > ganyán - like that > ganoón - like that > It's all pretty regular, and would seem artificial at first (Well, i > thought it did). > ____________________________ > Yours truly, > Cesar Javier Jaime Garcia
- Reminds me of Rokbeigalmki...darnit, all the ideas are already taken by those natlangs :-P ! dhaz / dhu = this / that paz / pu = here / there taz / tu = now / then kaz / ku = here&now / there&then also interestingly: az = i uz = it -Stephen (Steg) "for you i will also give... a ferret." ~ *not* Eyal Golan, "Yafa Sheli"