Parallel Development in Pronouns (was, Valentine's Day Translations)
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, February 12, 1999, 21:30 |
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On Fri, 12 Feb 1999 09:10:11 +0100 Christophe Grandsire
<Christophe.Grandsire@...> writes:
> in Azak:
>Vem-esh-as. /v'emeSas/
>(love-you.abs-certainty)
> Christophe
Grandsire
Hmm....interesting...
non-subject "you" in Rokbeigalmki (and ool-Nuziiferoi) is also _esh_.
subject "i" is _az_, which also appears in someone else's conlang....
weird...
Here's the whole list for comparison:
az /az/ = i
ez /Ez/ = you
iz /iz/ = she
oz /oz/ = he
uz /uz/ = it, neuter gender
uhz /Vz/ = 'one', unknown, neutral gender
For the "plural" forms, an _m_ is inserted between the vowel and the _z_.
(amz emz, etc.). The non-subject forms use _sh_ /S/ in place of the
_z_.
-Stephen (Steg)
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