Carlos Thompson wrote:
> i y } u
> e 2 U o
> E 9 @ V O
> { a A
Wow! Lot's of vowels there!
> Nouns would bellong to one of three genders: animate, count
> inanimate and mass.
Cool gender system.
> unmarked: used as absolute or nominative (subject for animates,
> object for inanimates).
I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Do you mean that for animates,
this acts as a nominative case, while for inanimates it acts as an
absolutive case? So, if a sentence has an animate agent and an
inanimate patient, both would be in unmarked case? Interesting.
> Four numbers: singular (unmarked), dual, plural and paucal. (mass
> nouns are all unmarked for number)
Hey! Common Kassí had the same number system. :-)
> Definite article aglutinates.
Suffix or prefix?
> Four (marked) tenses: present, future, recent past and remote past.
What's the distinction between recent and remote past? Or is it not
known?
> Five aspects: normal (unmarked), perfect, potencial, progresive,
> repetitive.
What do these aspects represent? Like, does "normal" indicate a
punctual activity? If so, can it be combined with present tense? Is
potential used for a "going to" type aspect?
> Four moods: indicative (unmarked), irrealis, imperative,
> interrogative.
Interrogative is a special mood? Interesting!
> Adverbs: Agree in case with adjective, or in tense with sentence.
Awesomeness!
> third person animate, third person inanimate
Is third person inanimate used for both count and mass nouns?
> four person animate, four person reflexive.
No fourth person inanimate?
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