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Re: Sketch of Germanech 4/4: Syntax

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, December 6, 2001, 1:56
Jörg Rhiemeier wrote:
> You mean something like German "Den Hund biss der Mann nicht"? > German can do that because it has distinct nominative and accusative > articles in the masculine. There is no such distinction in Germanech > (except in 1st and 2nd person pronouns), hence there can't be both SVO > and OVS.
You could borrow the English method of using auxilaries, "The dog did the man bite not", or something to that effect. -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42