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Re: CHAT: Star Wars and its conlangs

From:Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...>
Date:Monday, May 24, 1999, 15:20
Nik Taylor wrote:

>Tom Wier wrote: >> For example, I'm pretty sure I saw a consistent use of -sa /-s@/ >> to indicate possession: I am pretty sure /mis@/ is what was >> used to indicate "my" > >However, Jar-Jar once said /misa no laik dis/, where /misa/ >appeared tobe used as a subject, and also, something like /misa >h@ngri/ or something like that, for "I'm hungry"
I haven't seen the movie yet, but I'm guessing that this is because Jar-Jar speaks a trigger language. So /misa no laik dis/ could also mean something like "my not liking of this", and /misa hangri/ could also mean "my hunger". In trigger languages, many nominal phrases and verbal phrases sound exactly alike. -kristian- 8-)