--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, John Cowan <jcowan@R...> wrote:
> Peter Bleackley scripsit:
>
> > Suppose we then have the nouns slf (I), kns (dog), skl (bone), tld
(child)
> > and the verbs e_a_ (have) _i__ (give) __uo (undergo) oa_e
(receive), then
> >
> > eslaf otalde silf knuso tild skulo okanse
> >
> > I-have child-receive I-give dog-undergo child-give bone-undergo
dog-receive
>
> Sounds syntactically like an only somewhat exaggerated version of
Chinese,
> which likes noun-verb-noun-verb-noun-verb sequences like this.
Or Oro Mpaa:
Sia ppou mpao ee sono sia ppou tacce ee tair.
[Sap.'po ba.u.'i.i su.nu.Zap.'po tak.ki.'i.i tEr]
{I give dog go_to child I give bone go_to former}
-- Christian Thalmann