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Re: Third report on Koni - some grammar

From:Daniel Andreasson Vpc-Work <daniel.andreasson@...>
Date:Friday, March 28, 2003, 14:18
Christophe wrote:

> > I'm not sure about this. If I understand correctly, these > > so called personal suffixes are actually just agreement > > suffixes.
> Well, that's what personal suffixes are, in French at least ;)) .
Well, they're not pronouns per se, as in Quenya or Guarani.
> But nowhere in the book of linguistic laws it is said that reflexive pronouns > can only be used as objects. Since a reflexive pronoun basically means "subject > and object identical" and that in the case of Koni' all persons have a > different reflexive pronoun, using it as subject to mean that the object is > identical is nothing impossible, and would fit nicely in the pattern of > suffixed personal pronouns :) .
This is a very neat idea! I hope Jessica agrees with you and me and implements this. :) Daniel Andreasson