Re: And now for something completely different - Chatiga

On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 23:06:44 +0000, Joe <joe@...> wrote:

>Pascal A. Kramm wrote:
>
>>This time, I took a completely different approach :D
>>Chatiga possesses neither verbs nor adjectives, as nouns are used in their
>>place. Words are never inflected, making it a highly isolating language
>>which uses particles for grammatical functions like indication of time and
>>modality, or to mark nouns for their function if neccessary.
>
>Looks similar to my new Language (unnamed).  Except mine isn't highly
>isolating, and has interesting ways of creating meanings for words.  And
>I simply don't distinguish between nouns and verbs. Adjectival
>constructions are formed by the construction 'word1+pa+word2', where
>word2 is a property of the first.
No such construction here... it simply goes like this:

The men are diligent =
  Plu grchum nu rocha.
  /plural/ man /present/ diligence.

However, if it's neccessary to individuate the nouns, the particle "na" is used:

The men speak diligently =
  Plu grchum nu woch rocha na.
  /plural/ man /present/ speech diligence /adjective/adverb/.

This way it is shown that the noun in front of the particle modifies the
noun indicating the action or state.

--
Pascal A. Kramm, author of:
Chatiga: http://www.choton.org/chatiga/
Choton: http://www.choton.org
Ichwara Prana: http://www.choton.org/ichwara/
Skälansk: http://www.choton.org/sk/
Advanced English: http://www.choton.org/ae/