Re: LONG: Another new lang
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 26, 1999, 22:42 |
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Paul Bennett wrote:
> I was talking about "linguistic universals", about which I have little more than
> an intuitive grasp.
Well, what order are adjectives? If adjectives follow nouns, then you
should probably do X Y-eich, if they precede nouns, it should probably
be Y-eich X, much like English "red house/John's house" or Spanish "casa
roja/casa de Juan".
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