Re: movement
| From: | René Uittenbogaard <ruittenb@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 27, 2006, 20:05 |
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On 3/27/06, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote:
> Hi!
Hi!
> Ik loop de stad in.
> I walk the city in
> 'I walk into the city.'
>
> vs.
> Ik loop in de stad.
> I walk in the city
> 'I walk in(side) the city.'
What a great language Dutch is :) Although it can only do this with
two or three prepositions, I guess. The only other one I know of is
"op" (on):
Ik loop de straat op.
I walk onto the street.
Ik loop op the straat.
I walk on/in the street.
Jackson Moore wrote:
> > > Are there any constructed languages that were designed to maximize or
> > > systematize the portion of grammatical meaning expressed through the
> > > variation of word order? How do analytic natural languages differ in
> > > the way they permutate word order? Are there languages, constructed
> > > or natural, in which it is used for purposes other than voice and mood?
My (very) sketchy conlang Tacsóy uses the place of the verb in the sentence
to mark honorifics (thank you, Charlie, for the correct terminology!)
http://www.ewoudnet.nl/ruittenb/tacsoy/grammar.html#sentences
Éylo,
René
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