More on Lyanjen verbs

>I presume here, but I think Matt may consider "ian" the subject of the
>above
>sentence (correct me if I'm wrong, Matt), whence his dilemma.
Yea. (Maybe "subject" isn't the right term in such a fucked-up construction;
maybe "theme" or "focus" or something would be better.)



Maybe if
>you said it was like German? There is overlap between certain persons in
>conjugations, but there are distinct endings for various persons in a
>conjugation, the subject pronouns are obligatory, and no one suggests that
>you could drop them because the subject is "in the verb".
OK then, German. (The rationale could be this very problem! I.e. omitting
the subject turns it into a passivesque construction. Ger skic clairan = She
breaks the window. Skic clairan = The window gets broken. (Clairan skic =
The window breaks.)

Too, how about a
>complete paradigm of a verb in the present tense, so we can see what it
>looks like?
Present simple/progressive.

First conjugation (verbs ending in an unstressed monophthongal vowel):
ebnu (to come) (pronouns are in nominative)

ia ebnu     iaja ebnusa
na ebnub    bua ebnuja
ga ebn      gaja ebnuga

Participle: ebnand

Second conjugation (all other verbs)
teuc (to love) (pronouns are in ergative)

iar teuca   iaja teucas
nar teucab  bua teucaj
ga teuc     gaja teucag

Enjoy.


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