Re: CHAT: Star Wars and its conlangs

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-)