Re: New lang (got bored)

In a message dated 2/14/2000 2:03:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,
keolah@APN.DHS.ORG writes:

<< Here's one sentence, written three ways..
(1) azaru ka nu zari na mibi - "Sing a song did the gnome"
(2) azari vu zaru ka na mibi - "The song is sung by the gnome"
(3) amibi va zaru ka nu zari - "The gnome sings a song"

 zar - root for 'sing'
 mib - root for 'gnome'
 ka - present tense
 na - this noun is performing the action
 nu - the action is performed upon this noun
 va - the noun performs this action
 vu - this action is performed upon the noun >>
Very interesting.  It seems to be a variant of a "trigger system" that others
have been discussing (I tend to call this "focus system" but the terms seem
equivalent).  So would it be correct that (1) is the neutral, unmarked word
order? (2) shows focus on "song" object focus, or passive in English terms?,
and (3) shows agent/actor focus?