Re: CHAT: Unconventional pronoun systemsshow us yours!

In Nu Aves Khara-Ansha, the language of the sacred hunt, I've got a combined
definite article/second person singular pronoun used to publically address
those which whom one is on an intimate relationship who are higher in the
social scale than oneself, "Nuaa" as in "nuaa Praleyo", Thou Praleyo.  It is
also used wryly by mothers to their children.

Wesley Parish

On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 04:02, you wrote:
> In Ayeri, I used to have inanimate second person pronouns. I
> have not found any need for them up to now, so I think I'll
> give up the idea again.
> Anyway, I have to rewrite some parts of the grammar because
> while writing down the Ayeri grammar, the language
> developed further on in my head without me changing what I
> wrote. I noticed this because someone recently asked me for
> a German translation of the Ayeri grammar (she might
> subscribe to the list, I recommended her here).
> Nevertheless I'm going to finish translating my stuff
> before I correct the English version. It's due to my
> timetable which has extended very much now that I'm in 12th
> grade: On Monday I have the first two lessons free (8 -
> 9:40am), but school until 3:45pm, on Tuesday school is from
> 8am to 4:30pm (!!), Wednesday from 8am to 1:10pm, Thursday
> from 8am to 3pm with Physical Education from 4:30 to 6pm.
> And finally on Friday, I have school from 8am to 3pm. Some
> free lessons in between, though. After school homework,
> teachers say we should be capable of all-in-all two hours
> of doing homework everyday -- plus learning for class
> tests ... This leaves me actually no time for anything at
> the moment. I hope things will get better when I'm finished
> with school in June 2006. If I should really going to study
> Linguistics or should better learn _Verlagskaufmann_
> (what's that in English?!) I don't know yet.
>
> And yes, I'm also using "der", "die" and "das" with names
> occassionally. E.g. like in "Der Markus hat aber gesagt,
> dass ..." ("The Markus has said that ...") Maybe this is
> due to my mother coming from the south. She grew up in
> Lörrach, which is not very far from Basel, though on the
> German side of the border.
>
> Carsten
>
> --
> Eri silveváng aibannama padangin.
> Nivaie evaenain eri ming silvoieváng caparei.
> - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Le Petit Prince
>   -> http://www.beckerscarsten.de/?conlang=ayeri
--
Wesley Parish
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