Patrick Jarrett wrote:
>
> One thing I have long been working with in my language is number.
> I first wandered from the "accepted" path...
Which is always a good thing to do. =)
Obrenje doesn't have number inflections, but multitudinous quantifier
nouns, including one which means "unmarked plural". Nouns do inflect
for definiteness though. =)
> Nullar: -/oU/ :: -w/oU/
> Singular: -- :: --
> Plural: -/I/r :: -r
>
> The first column of endings is for words ending in consonants, and
> the second for vowel termination.
Why do you have letters both inside and outside of the SAMPA slashes?
> And this weekend I was stirred with the idea of the polar opposite,
> the "incomplete" numbers. That is the working title until I come
> up with a better name.
Hmmm... imperfect?
> Nullar: -/i/ :: -w/i/ – Almost none
> Singular minor: -n/i/ :: -n/E/ – Almost whole
> Singular major: -d/U/ :: -d/A/s - Slightly more than whole
Cool idea. Reminiscent of musical intervals.
> Plural: There is no incomplete number
Well, there are fractions. A non-integer number larger than two,
maybe?
-- Christian Thalmann