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Re: Newbie here

From:Mangiat <mangiat@...>
Date:Sunday, February 4, 2001, 12:36
> I find this *very* elegant and admire it quite a bit. > > Okay, I wrote the previous sentence and *then* realized that I have the > same thing in my conlang, only under a different name. Go figure ;). > In Yivríndil the particle is the less aesthetic 'ef', and the above > sentence would be: > > Al sémayo ef Bob > I am-called Quot Bob. > > > Sa itse ia hio' > > they said Quot yes > > "They said yes" > > Same deal in Yivríndil: > > Ela peyyal ef ké. > They said Quot yes.
Italian has: Hanno detto di sì. They said of yes. where 'of' is a Quot particle. On the other hand, we have: Mi chiamo Luca litt.: I call myself Luca My name's Luca where there is no Quot particle. Luca