Re: Questions Concerning Grammar
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, August 2, 2004, 19:12 |
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En réponse à Ben Poplawski :
>Again, there are no pronominal affixes on verbs in topic languages (again,
>that I know of). Japanese uses particles to indicate such relationships: wa
>- subject; ga - topic; o - direct object; ni - locative; usually used for
>indirect objects; e - destination; de - instrument, ablative; etc.
Actually, it's wa which indicates topic and ga which indicates subject (In
sentences like "watashi wa hana ga suki desu": I like flowers, the
non-literal translation is misleading. What is translated as an object is
really the *subject* of the sentence. Literally, it gives: "as for me,
flowers are favourite").
>Erg... I'm tired, so if my post made no sense, please forgive me.
I'll attribute your mistake to your state of tiredness then :) .
Christophe Grandsire.
http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.
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