Re: Mapwords

--- Peter Bleackley
<Peter.Bleackley@...> wrote:

> A mapword is a word whose entire purpose is to
> define the grammatical
> structure of a sentence.
> Any thoughts?
Although I don't have the languages worked out
much, I know that Daine languages don't have
clearly defined ideas of tense. To specify a
timeframe other than "now", they use such a
construction to define the time of the sentence.
Similar to your mapword, but much more specific
in its application.

Padraic.


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Ne savem rhen cong quen dormises l' Etang; mays ieo savem que ne dormises
rhen di solèz.
    -- per tradicièn Ewrnor



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