Re: Let Me Introduce Myself

From: "Kala Tunu" <kalatunu@...>

> do you already have a website with some material about Ka?
Actually, I tried but I couldn't make it. (I'm an extremely lazy guy.)
What I found was I need a kind of frequent 'feedback' to move on.
So, my current plan is when I've got enough materials of Ka grammer posted
in the list, I can make it on a web site.

> does Grie mean "language"?
Yes. More precisely, it means " the language whose name is..." It's like
'Mt.' in English means something like 'the mountain whose name is...'

> what is Ka's word order?
It's really hard to say, but in general, in a simple sentence, word order is
something like:
VSO or VOS, depending on the situation.
The thing is Ka language doesn't have strong distinction between 'subject'
and  'object', and often shows a kind of 'ergativity' (I'm sorry I'm not
familiar with linguistic jargon. Please correct me if I'm wrong.).
Of course, if you like, you can express what is the 'subject' of the
sentence, but you have to put an explicit word for it and most of the time
it is omitted.
I know these explanations are too ambiguous, but please wait.

Hiro