Re: Combined Pronouns

In a message dated 11/6/01 9:33:45 PM, seraph@CFL.RR.COM writes:

>I was driving and an idea came to me, Durana has I, you, he/she/it, we,
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>they. But what if... they had pronouns for pairs of groups. Like I and
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>you (me and you), I and he (me and him), I and they (me and them), and
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>then we go to You and him, you and her, you and them, you and us. But =
>having that many pronouns would be convoluted, so I am thinking of =
>limiting it to the following...
>
>I and you
>He and I
>she and I
>Them and me
>You and them
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>Anyone know a language, con or true, that has a system like this?
>
>Patrick
One of my underdeveloped languages did that... but I can't remember which.
Most of the "combined pronouns" were literally combined pronouns ... so that
"you and them" would be someting like "youthem," maybe with a phonological
change or two.

Josh Roth
http://members.aol.com/fuscian/eloshtan.html

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