Re: Tentative Ebisedian number system

--- In conlang@y..., "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@Q...> wrote:

> What do people think of this idea? Good? Bad? Crazy? Stupid? :-)
Nice.  And in fact quite similar to what Obrenje does.  ;-)

Obrenje is head-first, but quantifiers, demonstratives etc usually
come before the head noun.  The Obrenaj don't view this as a breach
in the head-first rule, though: They interpret the quantifier,
demonstrative etc as the head noun.  Changes in that order can be
used for subtle nuances.

|xim| "my"
|warve| "dog" (definite form |warev|)

|xim warve| lit. "mine of dogs": The dog that belongs to be.

|warev xim| lit. "the dog mine": The dog, which happens to belong
to me.

Both of these would be translated as "my dog" in English.  The
latter might also be rendered as "the dog of mine".


-- Christian Thalmann