Re: Conlang Typology Survey

>>My Bes Dis'z has
>>- pes pil's -
>>- a Pes book-belonging-to -
>
>That seems more to be a case a la Dutch "Jan z'n boek" where the possessive
>adjective is added to mark a genitive construction, rather than both the
>possessor and the possessed being modified. But if you want a
Sorry, I was unclear. I meant this only as an example where only the
posessed was modiefied.

>>You win. My brain hurts. :-)
>
>What about the feminine form, initial |lu| pronounced [lu] (nothing wrong,
>except that there is a preposition |lu| but pronounced [lY] meaning "on",
>for things that are standing up :)) ), non-initial subject |lufd|
>pronounced still [lu], and non-initial non-subject |lufd| pronounced [lag]?
>;)))) But I better stop before I provoke brain explosions in the world ;)))
>.
Warning! Brain shutting down to avoid overload! :-)

One thing that I've realized from being on this list and no longer working
with my conlangs in isolation*
is that I sex and gender aren't reflected in any of my conlangs, though I do
have classes of nouns in 2 of them (living/nonliving plus a relic sentient
class in Palu f'Dule, animate/nonanimate in Nenshar)

*yes, they now allow me out of the east wing of Bedlam for a few hours each
day :-)

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