Re: Introducing Myself

En réponse à Rune Haugseng <haugrune@...>:

> Hi there,
>
> I've been lurking on this list for far too long, so I've finally
> decided to introduce myself. My name is Rune Haugseng; I'm Norwegian
> and currently 17 years old. I've created several conlangs, but, with
> one exception, none of them are really more than sketches. My most
> developed conlang, Kemata, is currently about 4.5 years old, but it's
> still not very detailed. Like my other languages, Kemata is spoken by
> humans on an invented world I call Raidoti (Kemata for "the world"),
> and is a quite agglutinative language.
>
Welcome Rune,

I'm sure you're gonna feel okay here.

>
>       Kenirbuvai Kemata.
>       kenir-bu-v-ai Kemata
>       speak-Ps-1p-Masc Kemata
>       I (male) am speaking Kemata.
>
Interesting. So pronoun affixes are all composed of two parts: person and
gender? And can the gender affix be omitted if it is irrelevant or is it
mandatory?

>       Beri avai, dalvai daikdar.
>       beri-0 a-v-ai, dal-v-ai daik-dar.
>       think-AO S-1p-Masc, be(AO)-1p-Masc this-for.
>       I think, therefore I am.
>
Interesting. So pronouns are formed of a part indicating function in the clause
(the a- in avai), and the second part is identical to the one found in
conjugated verbs. Am I correct? If so, then it looks kind of like my conlang
Azak which to form pronouns uses the meaningless root n- followed by the same
pronoun affixes found in conjugation. Also, why isn't the verb in this sentence
conjugated like in the previous sentences (it would be berivai, I guess)? Does
it have to do with the fact that the verb is in aorist tense?

> Abbreviations:
> 1p   - first person pronoun
> AO   - aorist tense (I'm not sure whether this is the right word for
>        it. The aorist is used for statements where time doesn't really
>        apply.)
Correct use, although in this meaning the aorist is technically an aspect, if
it's part of a system where it contrast with present, past and whatever else,
then it can be called tense (Occam's razor :)) ).

> DSgN - definite singular article, normal form (there's also a "unique"
>        form (seen in Raidoti, "the world" - raido normally means
>        "house" or "home"), as well as forms signifying negation)
Does the "unique" form always trigger meaning changes like this one? And I
would also like to see how the negative articles work.

Quite interesting. When I was 17, I didn't have a 4-year-old conlang as
advanced as yours!

Christophe.

http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

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