Re: Rinya cases

Christophe Grandsire wrote:

>         In most ergative languages that make such a difference between
> volitional and unvolitional subjects, it is the case of the subject
that
> always changes, wherever in transitive or intransitive sentences. For
> transitive sentences where the subject is unvolitional, the case used
> for the object is still the absolutive, but the case for the subject
is
> generally the instrumental or an equivalent case.
>
>         But your way of doing it seems just fine also. I find it
interesting
> and original. Why not using for your objective another case already
> existing? I think a spatial case would be just fine. In your example:
> "Will saw the mouse", "the mouse" is a kind of 'origin' of the action
> and not only the object of it, the 'experienced' as you say. So a
> 'delative' or an 'originative' for this object would be just fine. But
> here those are only my own ideas, just do what you want.
I can choose for myself? Oh, Thanks! :)
No, seriously. This "originative" is a good
idea. I hadn't really thought the name
over. Delative already has a definition by
itself, and that could be confusing, unless
I also use as it's usually used, and that
seems kinda silly, since I don't have that
many local cases.
Or what do you mean with "delative"?
My definition is: "a case which expresses motion downward
from the referent of the noun it marks."

Daniel