Re: Mandarin demonstratives (Re: Charyan novel! (was: Re: [CONLANG] I'm back!))
| From: | Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 9, 2002, 15:54 |
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>From: "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...>
>Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 10:26:35 -0500
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> > Q: wo3de ke4ben3 zai4 na3li? Where is my text book? (my textbook at
>where?)
> > A: zai4 wo3 zhe4li. Here. (At my here.)
> > or A: zai4 ni3 na4li. There. (At your there.)
>[snip]
>
>Hmm, I'd think of it more like "over here where I am" and "over there
>where you are". I'm not sure the pronouns here are possessive. (But then
>again, that's just my "gut-feeling" understanding of the language.)
>
>
>T
BTW, what does Hokkien do with this??
Adam
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