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Re: Conlang Typology Survey

From:Tristan McLeay <kesuari@...>
Date:Thursday, May 22, 2003, 14:10
Christophe Grandsire wrote:

> > Like in Hebbrew, in possessive constructions it is the possessed word > which > receives a special form rather than the possessor. Also, like in Hebbrew > again, the noun in construct case never receives the article. It's the > opposite of the genitive case if you prefer.
Oh yes, I think I had an idea like that for a consketch of mine. I don't know what became of it... Though not with that detail about articles. (And it's 'Hebrew', pronounced with an (English-style) 'long e'.)
> > Yeah, but you're just as insane as I am, so it doesn't count ;)))) .
Oh, only as insane? :( :)
> And would you be insane enough to guess that the 1st person singular > masculine proximate initial form pronoun written |eu| is actually > pronounced [da]? ;)))) (and that its non-initial subject form is still > written |eu| but pronounced [Ue], and its non-initial non-subject form is > written |eudft|, but this time still pronounced [Ue]? ;)))) )
They all seem quite reasonable to me :) -- Tristan <kesuari@...>

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