Re: MADJAL New corpus and some questions

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From: "Gary Shannon" <fiziwig@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 8:58 PM
Subject: MADJAL New corpus and some questions


> 268 entries in the Corpus now.
> http://fiziwig.com/corpus.html
>
> Nobody has yet discovered how plurals are formed in
> Madjal, or questions either.
Fadjo mem Jan khi pulam.
Temin mem Marja khi shokhasta.
Temin im khi pulam.
Marja em temin im khi shokhasta.

> For example, given the statement:
>
> Fadjo em Jan khi pulam. = John ignited the torch.
> Scholars of Madjal have yet to discover how the
> coresponding question is written: Did John ignite the
> torch?
Fadjo em Jan khi pulam pesh?

> And how is "Selam aki mwana ta'ha" turned into a
> question?
Aki mwana ta'ha selam em pesh?

Sally

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