Re: Lingua Frakas...TMA (tenses,mood & aspects)

In a message dated 2000/05/14 09:08:16 PM, Nik wrote:

>Pidgins/creoles sometimes have *more* complexity in certain aspects than
>the lexifier, especially after being used for a while, the best example
>is Bislama [and other pidgins/creoles in the region] which has pronouns
>like _yumitrifala_ (1st person inclusive trial), because, of course, the
>local languages make those same distinctions.  So, if the local
>languages used a complex tense/aspect system, it might make sense that
>Synthrax would do that with the lexifier's words.
    True. Not to mention the inclusive & exclusive plural 3rd person pronouns
found in several pidgins of that region!!!
    Lotta neat little features like those could be extremely useful.