Re: How to minimize "words" (was "Re: isolating conlangs")

Stevo wrote:

> In a message dated 2/24/2007 11:37:47 PM Central Standard Time,
> jeff.rollin@GMAIL.COM writes:
>
>
> > Spanish also does not use subject pronouns
>
> Not always, but it can.  And in cases of emphasis and the like, it must.
>
My guess is that most languages (whether they mark the subject on the verb
like Span., or just routinely avoid pronouns like Jap. and Indonesian) can
always insert the pronoun either for clarity or for emphasis (perhaps
they're related problems in the avoiding languages?).

Note that even if pronoun in used in e.g. Span., it's still marked on the
verb-- me voy, yo me voy; whereas ObConlang! in Kash you omit the subject
prefix if there's a pronoun (or emphasized noun) subject: macosa, mam cosa
'I went, _I_ went'