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interesting pronouns

From:Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...>
Date:Saturday, May 24, 2003, 22:12
i was just thinking about pronouns today and i thought of something
really interesting that i could use in kinsi rorotan...
endas = first person singular (I)
nadas = second person singular (thou)
dadas = third person singular (he, she, it)
narad = ???

"naran", the plural of "narad" is sort of an "inclusive" first person
plural pronoun (like quenya... "endan" is the "exclusive"), but i'm not
sure what to call the singular form. i'll leave it to you to guess when a
pronoun like this would be used... do any other languages have a pronoun
like this?

also, i guess this is as good a time as any to explain why the masculine
singular agent forms of the pronouns "end", "nad", and "dad" end in "s":
there's a rule in kinsi rorotan that causes -VdVd to become -VdVs... a
similar rule causes -VdVdV- to become -VtV- (the middle vowel is lost if
it's the same as on of the other two, i'm not sure what happens if it's
not...)

--
Robert Wilson (aka kuvazokad, eltirno, edeí...)
http://www.kuvazokad.tk/ -- http://kuvazokad.free.fr/
http://www.bultarswan.tk/
vkky vnkynvj vknyknj ykkv knvy?  karkalone kontoko?  kinsi rorotan kinsa
nadas?  baitta ke farzaiyai?  qxracc pqqattiircx iia kxqqhwiiallccre?
spreken þu viserdya? pake biru ka pa rede?

"boys speak in rhythm
and girls just lie."
  -- anberlin - "foreign language"

"i put out disco's inferno in the early eighties
i would not be in a boy band, punk gets all the ladies
i could take the backstreet boys or hanson or n'sync
britney spears and ricky martin, we all think you stink"
  -- trendy - "punk rocker"

"and i'm only gonna pierce my left ear
and i've been workin on this mustache all summer long
and my favorite band will always be tears for fears
and i'm gonna wear a pink tux to the prom"
  -- relient k - "in love with the 80's"

"don't try to shut me up
don't try to put words in my mouth
i'm not about plastic skin
i gotta get out, i gotta get out, in"

 -- (hed) P.E. - "blackout"

narav teraz' iroti
kojes krat erarota
kuna, ysivaz' entas
naradas krat zuny narav
kuraz dityvyszi, radyji, sa rodyji
dimokrosi zosa endas
d' erensa dades kirs ins wiz

"They are not in Baghdad.  They are not in control of any airport.  I
tell you this.  It is all a lie.  They lie.  It is a hollywood movie.
You do not believe them."
  -- Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, Iraqi Minister of Information

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