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elv ned'm concurrent pronoun systems

From:Joe Mondello <rugpretzel@...>
Date:Saturday, March 6, 1999, 20:16
 last night I discovered the following quirk of ned'm grammar.  There are =
two
pronouns systems that are apparently unrelated.  when a verb is used with
pronoun system 1 it takes its meaning1.  when used with pronoun system2 (t=
he
weryool, or so called "pain pronouns"). They take a completely different,
usually unrelated meaning.  weryoolich exist only in the nominative case, =
and
when a verb is used with its weryool meaning the pronouns is always explic=
it
except in cases of poetic ambiguity.  pronouns system 1 is as follows:

1s=09es
1p=09du
2s=09em
2p=09bu
3s=09*
3p=09gu

pronouns system 2:
=09
1=09chay
2=09goo
3=09dey
someone, (used when peron is unspecified/unknown)=09=F3

while verbs taking in pronoun system use a large array of aspect suffixes,
pronoun system 2 verbs use tense prefixes that are related to the preposit=
ions
l=F3 (from) and tsi (towards) and the aspect is expressed by the modal ver=
b tsek
which changes only according to pronoun system 1.

e.g . loy =09meaning1-to like, meaning2- to molest, touch against one's wi=
ll

es loyu =F3rm mesh
I-1 like-1s sister of-you
I like your sister

chay l=F3loy =F3rm mesh
I-2 past-molest sister of-you
I molested your sister

first of all i would like to hear any comments on this system.  Also i am
wondering if anyone knows of any nat- or con-langs with this system or one
like it=09.
pacs precs
Joe Mondello