Re: Tensed Pronouns (was: Tagalog ...)

On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, And Rosta wrote:

> John Cowan:
> > Here are some "tensed pronouns" from a rather better-known lang:
> >
> > Tense/mood              1sg     2sg+pl  3sg/m   3sg/f   3sg/n   1p      3p
> >
> > Unmarked                @j      j@      i       Si      @t      wi      De
> > Conditional             @jd     j@d     id      Sid     @t@d    wid     Dejd
> > Immediate future        Ajm@n@  jug@n@  ig@n@   Sig@n@  Ig@n@   wig@n@  Dejg@n@
> > Future                  Ajl     jul     il      Sil     It@l    wil     Dejl
>
> Did you make that up on the fly, or is this from a project you're
> actively working on? I ask because during the last few weeks I have,
> to my surprise, found myself working on a conlang (a kind of aposteriori
> artlang, which I today named /br+S/ (no orthography yet; + = barred I)),
> which is rather similar, though the analysis says they're morphological
> fusions of subject concord prefixes (or clitics) with auxiliaries. If
> you are working on something similar, perhaps it might be a cousin of
> /br+S/, which in /br+S/ would probably be called /mekn/.
> --And.
>
It's English.  ;)  Look closely.

--Patrick