Re: French syntax (was: Italian Particles)
From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
Date: | Friday, April 21, 2000, 18:32 |
Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> >ZdetEst mari (VO)
> ZladetEst mari (VO)
[other examples snipped]
Are there any patterns to when _la_ is used and when it's not? Also,
how are these spelled in written French?
> (I said in an earlier post that French could be considered as a
> polysynthetic language, here is an example :) ), and as you see, with
> slight differences of intonation and sense, absolutely all orders between
> S, O and V are possible in French.
If only I knew French, I'd make a future-dialect conlang of French.
Interesting things could be done to it, like sound-changes making the
prefixes fused. Perhaps something like /Zl/ --> /L/ (lateral
fricative), making the prefix /La/, 1st.sing.subj.3rd.sing.fem.obj
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