Christophe wrote:
> English isn't either. The list can have only one official language,
Why?
> > In the present tense, the verb ends in |-r|. |apelav| 'to
> > be called' becomes |apelar| 'is called'.
> Am I right to see some French influence on that verb? ;))))
Haha. I know. I noticed that too. AFAIK, that's a complete
coincidence as she doesn't know one word of French. It does look like the French verb in
Spanish clothes though. :)
> > Apelarye Ye'sika
> > apela -r -ye Ye'sika
> > be:called-PRES-1SG Jessica
> > 'I am called Jessica/My name is Jessica.'
> So personal pronouns are also used as personal suffixes...
I'm not sure about this. If I understand correctly, these
so called personal suffixes are actually just agreement
suffixes. I've asked her to provide examples with Full NP's.
> Is the language's syntax OVS? It looks like it! Or are personal pronouns always
> fronted like that but not other types of objects?
Word order sure is OVS! Although it seems she hasn't made up
her mind yet whether this holds for just personal pronouns or
for all sentences. More info to come on this.
> > Yan minaredyen /jan mIna"redjEn/
> > yan minare-d -yen
> > 1PL:REFLX see -FUT-1PL
> > 'See you!' Lit. 'We will see us/eachother'
> This structure looks strange! What about |minaredyan|? Would it be impossible,
> or would it mean something else?
AFAIK, this would be impossible. "Us/eachother will see". I
don't think that's possible. The |-yen| suffix indicates that
the (implicit) subject is 1PL. |Yan| is the object in this
sentence (a reflexive pronoun).
> Well, comments you had, bashing is not my style and I'm denying any association
> to any mob ;))) .
And I'm glad about that. The thrashing and bullying these
last few days has almost been too much for me. ;)
Thanks for the comments.
Daniel Andreasson