Re: A Survey

--- Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...> wrote:
> reflexive
> ---------
>
> Works out to be like the middle.
>
> couisens-si mezisif l' ystoufs.
> cooks-self own.self the soup
>
> A certain kind of verb (like laouar-si (wash),
> gouestir-si (dress), etc.) are actual reflexives.
> Others tend to be understood as middle.
Thanks for mentioning this Padraic.  This is something
I've been trying to puzzle out for C-a in recent days.
 This V-se construction doesn't seem to exist in Latin
(or is my ignorance showint again), but is very
widespread (universal?) in the Romance tongues.  Does
anyone know of a Romance tongue that does NOT use the
V-se construction for reflexives?  Does
Romanian/Eastern Romance use it?

I'm finding it an uncomfortable construction for C-a
at present.  Currently C-a is strictly SOV with only
adverbs or adverbials allowed after the verb.  This
has also caused trouble with forming questions that
don't have an interrogative word.  I've thought of
using "si" after the verb as a question
particle/interrogative adverb. but that would utterly
rule out the V-se construction for reflexives.  Would
se-V work?

I've been considering a dramatic re-work of C-a that
would draw on the punic substrate to make C-a a VSO
language.  does anyone out there know of any
rom(con)langs that are SOV or VSO who can explain/give
examples how they handle reflexives and questions
without interrogatives?

Adam

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Il prori ul pa&#38621;veju fi dji atexindu mutu madji
fached. -- Carrajena proverb

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