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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 -- "If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God!" - Ralph Waldo Emerson ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor