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Re: CHAT: YAC: or more exactly: yet another conlang sketch

From:Carlos Thompson <carlos_thompson@...>
Date:Monday, October 30, 2000, 10:53
By the way, I'm waiting for comments.

Modals: (present, past, future)
 positive indicative: pá /pa/, pé /pe/, pov /pow/
 negative inidcative: ýr /9Yr`/, ár /ar`/, ér /er`/
 interrogative: cé /ke/, cij /ki/, cov /kow/
 irrealis: ah /V?/, eh /E?/, oh /O?/
 potential: sø`n /s9n:/, sy`n /syn:/, sùn /sUn:/

Personal pronouns: (unnumbered, singular, dual, plural)
  Note that animates use nominative for the sobject of intransitive
verbs, while inanimates use absolute for the subjects of intransitive
verbs.

  nominative/ergative:
  1st exclusive:  gij /gi/, fegij /p\I"gi/, cagij /kI"gi/, giin /gin/
  1st exc + 3rd: ón /own/, feón /p\M"own/, caón /kM"own/, ónen
/"ownMn/
  1st inclusive: tjél /tSel/, fetjél /p\I"tSel/, catjél /kI"tSél/,
tjelen /"tSeln=/
  1st inc + 3rd: luda /"l}d@/, feluda /p\I"l}d@/, caluda /kI"l}d@/,
ludan /"l}dn=/
  2nd exclusive: bá /bA/, febá /p\@"bA/, cabá /k@"bA/, bán /bAn/
  2nd inclusive: misa /mis@/, femisa /p\I"mis@/, camisa /kI"mis@/,
misan /"misn=/
  3rd animate: é /e/, feé /p\I"e/, caé /kI"e/, én /en/
  3rd real: lij /li/, felij /p\I"li/ , calij /kI"li/, liin /lin/
  3rd neuter: cih /k1?/, fecih /p\I"k1?/, cacih /kI"k1?/, cihen
/"k1?n=/
  reflexive: na /n@/

 acusative/absolute
  1st exclusive:  gih /g1?/, fegih /p\I"g1?/, cagih /kI"g1?/, gihen
/"g1?n=/
  1st exc + 3rd: òn /On:/, feòn /p\@"On:/, caòn /k@"On:/, onnen
/"On:@n/
  1st inclusive: tjell /tSEl:/, fetjell /p\@"tSEl:/, catjell
/k@"tSEl:/, tjellen /"tSEl:n=/
  1st inc + 3rd: lud /lUd/, felud /p\M"lUd/, calud /kM"lUd/, luddnn
/"lUdn=/
  2nd exclusive: bah /bV?/, febah /p\@"bV?/, cabah /k@"bV?/, bahen
/bV?n=/
  2nd inclusive: mis /m1s/, femis /p\I"m1s/, camisa /kI"m1s/, missen
/"m1sn=/
  3rd animate: èh /E?/, feèh /p\@"E?/, caèh /k@"E?/, èhen /E?n=/
  3rd real: él /el/, feél /p\I"el/ , caél /kI"el/, élen /eln=/
  3rd neuter: cí /ki/, fecí /p\I"ki/, cací /kI"ki/, cín /kin/
  reflexive: ná /nA/

Articles:
There is only definite article and this comes after the noun phrase,
the articles are:
  animate: e /@/
  real: el /l=/
  neuter: ci /kI/

Syntax: SVO (V2).
The usual unmarked syntax for transitive verbs is:
  SVMOC, where M is the modal and C any complement.
When topic is fronted, the subject is placed after the verb (before
the modal).
For intransitive verbs, the syntax is:
  SVMC
When topic is fronted, the subject is displaced after the modal
(before any other complement).
In interrogative sentences, the interrogative word is fronted (either
the interrogative modal or the interogative pronoun: i.e. cuun /k}n/ +
article)

  Gij flerda pé dimbe el -- I burned the house
  Dimbe el flerda gij pé -- The house I burned
  Cij flerda gij dimbe el -- Did I burn the house?
  Gij flerda ár dimbe el -- I didn't brun the house.
  Cuun el flerda gij pé -- what did I burned?
  Cuun el flerda gij ár -- what didn't I burned?
  Gij flerda eh dimbe el, flerda sy`n tibbuna el -- If I had burned
the house, I would have burned the garage

-- Carlos Th