Quoting Daniel Andreasson Vpc-Work <daniel.andreasson@...>:
> Okay then. Here we go. The first grammar report on Koni.
> I just got this on the mail from Jessica. I've just translated it into
> English, since Swedish isn't an official
> language of this list. Yet. ::makes plans::
>
> Personal pronouns
>
> 1SG ye
> 2SG de
> 3SG se
> 1PL yen
> 2PL den
> 3PL sen
You've not told Jessica of Tairezazh, have you? Tairezazh also forms plural
pronouns by adding -n to the corresponding singular ones. _Sen_, incidentially,
means "he/she/it" in Tairezazh, one of the 3rd pl forms is _senen_.
> Reflexive pronouns
>
> 1SG ya
> 2SG da
> 3SG sa
> 1PL yan
> 2PL dan
> 3PL san
>
>
> THE VERB
>
> In its basic form, the verb always ends on |-v|.
>
> Example: minarev /mI"narEv/ 'to see'
What's this basic form used for? Your translation suggests en infinitive?
> Depending on TMA, you change |v| to another phoneme. Then
> you add the personal pronoun to indicate person. Since Koni
> doesn't need to have an explicit subject, you don't have to
> have a free-standing one in front of the verb, unless
> you want to focus on it.
>
> The present
>
> In the present tense, the verb ends in |-r|. |apelav| 'to
> be called' becomes |apelar| 'is called'. Then you add the
> personal pronoun. Example:
>
> Apelarye Ye'sika
> apela -r -ye Ye'sika
> be:called-PRES-1SG Jessica
> 'I am called Jessica/My name is Jessica.'
>
> The preterite
>
> Verbs in the preterite end in |-s|. |linav| 'to take' becomes
> |linas| 'took'. Example:
>
> Se linasde
> se lina-s-de
> 3SG take-PRET-2SG
> 'You took it.'
Here an object stands immediately before the verb - above you speak of the
possibility to have an explicit subject in preverbal position for emphasis. How
do you tell these constructions apart?
> The future
>
> Verbs in the future tense end in |-d|. |minarev| 'to see' becomes
> |minared| 'will see'. Example:
>
> Yan minaredyen /jan mIna"redjEn/
> yan minare-d -yen
> 1PL:REFLX see -FUT-1PL
> 'See you!' Lit. 'We will see us/eachother'
>
>
> Comments? Bashings? Some angry mob-related activities? ;)
[Threatening noise as an angry mob demands clarification of syntax and burns
effigies of Chomsky]
Andreas