Re: Lahabic Verbs II: Person and Number

On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, Nik Taylor wrote:

> Utakassí has turned dual into specifically dual inclusive.  It seems
> more logical to me than to become exclusive.  It's more common to speak
> of "Me and you" than "Me and one other person", I would think.
In Valdyan, the first person dual is the only case in which there's
any distinction at all:

Subject:

inine [i'nine] "we two" - "I and whoever else", can also be "I and
                          you" if the inclusivity is not very

                          important
Object:

ini   [i'ni]   "us two" - usually "me and him"

inini [i'nini] "us two" - specifically "me and you". It's an object
                          form, but it's used for the subject more
                          often than not, generally abbreviated to:

ini   ['jini]  - with the initial stressed /i/ pronounced as [ji] as
                 is usual in most Valdyan dialects.

   Irina

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