Re: GROUPLANG: cases (was: noun and verb roots)

Pablo wrote :
When I make a conlang, I start by drawing a structure
> >that is completely symmetrical and quite logical. *Then* when I've
> >gained some perspective and I'm more at loose, I begin twisting
> >little things here and here, adding irregularities, using features
> >for functions they didn't originally had, etc.
>
> Hmm... That brings up an interesting question. How do other conlangers
> build their languages? I've always done it by starting with short phrases
> and building up from there. I figure out how a language says "bats fly" =
> or
> "the cat saw the mouse" or "the moon is made of green cheese" before
> working up to more complex sentences. If I don't have quite the right =
> noun
> case or verb aspect for what I want to express, I'll add, rearrange, or
> expand others to fit.
>
I do like Pablo otherwise I couldn't remember the ogical structure and I can't
build compound words.
Mathias



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