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Re: Introducing Myself

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Monday, September 17, 2001, 11:43
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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