Re: inalienable possession

On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Matt Pearson wrote:

> Sally Caves wrote:
>
> >Exactly.  In Welsh prepositions are conjugated according to person:
> >
> >gennyf i, ganndo ef,
> >with me, with you, etc.
> >
> >A remarkable feature that I don't think is peculiar only to the Celts.
>
> It seems to be a common feature of verb-initial languages.  Berber and
> Malagasy both have 'inflected' prepositions.
I've been thinking of using active and passive participles
to replace all prepositions. Is that possible in natlangs?