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Re: Merian H-4: Grammar and Phonology.

From:Joe Hill <joe@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 26, 2001, 8:23
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From: "Talpas Tim" <tim@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 3:42 AM
Subject: Re: Merian H-4: Grammar and Phonology.


> # > # > # Cases > # > # Ergative - The Ergative case is the subject in Present tense transitive > # sentences. > # Absolutive - The Absolutive is the object in Present tense transitive > # sentences, and the subject in intransitive present tense ones. > # Pretergative - The Ergative, but in Past Tense > # Pretabsolutive - The Absoloutive but in past tense > # Postergative - The Ergative, but in Future Tense > # Postabsolutive - The absoloutive in the Future Tense > # Facergative - The Ergative, in the Uncertain Future Tense > # Facabsolutive - The Absolutive, in the Uncertain Future Tense > # Dative - Indirect object of any Present Tense Sentence > # Predative - Indirect object in the past tense > # Postdative - indirect object in the future tense > # Facudative - Indirect object in the uncertain future tense > # > # As you see, there is a different case for each tense, so I shall merely
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> # the Present cases. > > Interesting... I'm trying to come up with a similar system of offsetting
tense
> to nouns in my most recent project, though not nearly as complex.. (using > just 3 time deictics that modify the noun) > > Is tense marked the same in all case (or case the same in all tenses?) Or > are all the possible combinations completely different from one another? > > Is there any mood/aspect system? And if so, is it based on combination > of tenses? Such as making conditional in transitive contexts > pretergative + postabsolutive.
Indeed this is where my languages get complicated...case and tense are mixed. A different case for each tense. and Unsually, to take some load off a noun,