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Re: Charyan novel! (was: Re: [CONLANG] I'm back!)

From:Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 9, 2002, 14:59
>From: daniel andreasson <danielandreasson@...> >Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 13:14:22 +0100 > >Cool! I was just thinking about using Rinya 1PL locative >to mean "here", that is "at us". I couldn't figure out >when else to use the 1PL locative. Like "Where is it?" >"At us." -> "here". > >||| daniel >
In Chinese there's this weird (to my English L1 perspective) construction for giving locations. Q: wo3de ke4ben3 zai4 na3li? Where is my text book? (my textbook at where?) A: zai4 wo3 zhe4li. Here. (At my here.) or A: zai4 ni3 na4li. There. (At your there.) To me, that's just begging to go into one of my langs. . . but which one? Adam _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

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