Re: Biwa (was: YAC: ...) (slightly off-topic)
| From: | Mikael Johansson <mikael.johansson@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, November 5, 2000, 16:12 |
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Gzeut wë os-soldid and Nik Taylor ëw
> Mikael Johansson wrote:
> > 'Gzeut os-soldid' -- i.e. greetings <PLURAL>-friend
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> Is the plural prefix always os- or does it have variations? For
> example, in my Uatakassí, genders 1-3 plurals involve gemination, for
> example: singular n-lakús, plural nal-lakús-i (man/men), na-tabí,
> nat-tabí-i (boy/boys). Yep, redundant plural-marking, one of my
> personal favorite features of Uatakassí.
At least in the current version, os- is _the_ one and only plural prefix.
Plural is not marked in any other way.
It is a cute feature though :-) But alas, it will most definitely not fit in
with the culture and the history of Coronese...
Wë os-soldid and Nik Taylor ëw tuesk.