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Re: Trans: I love you

From:Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 18, 2001, 3:58
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, David Peterson wrote:

> Dangelis (a new one): [?ElIn jaleja wavejanEl] > Gloss: 2nd.pers.sing.PAT(unmarked) AGT.1st.pers.sing. love.active.AUTH.sg. > > The "AUTH" is to indicate the "authorative" mood, which indicates that > something is fact and there can be no argument. Also, this language has > singular, dual, trial and plural forms, and verbs, pronouns, nouns, > everything agrees.
That's a fascinating mood. :-) I could see a torrid lovers' argument going on: A: But I love (AUTH) you, honey. B: No, you don't (AUTH). If you really loved me you would... Well, that's not why it's fascinating, but it was the amusing example that sprang to mind. YHL