Re: introduction...
| From: | Vasiliy Chernov <bc_@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 7, 2001, 19:09 |
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On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 11:22:17 -0700, Talpas Tim <tim@...> wrote:
>Greetings.
Hello!
>I've been lurking on the list for quite some time, and as I've recently
>semi-completed a web page for my most recent conlang, Taiksiri, I thought
>i'd finally post and share.
Impressive!
>One of the more interesting features of Taiksiri (i feel) is relative
marking
>on verbs: for transitive verbs, a different suffix is used depending
>on whether the object person (absolutive) is higher, lower, or the same
>as the subject (ergative).
>
>I'm tentatively using the terms "centrifugal", "centripital", and
"stative",
>respectively.
>
> EX: ios aloal = i love you (-l suffix is centrifugal: 1 -> 2)
> ae aloal = you love him/her (centrifugal: 2 -> 3)
> ae aloan = you love me (-n suffix is centripital, 2 -> 1)
>
>You can find more examples and a better description on my page at:
>
>
http://www.zece.com/conlang/
>
>I'd be intereested in hearing if anyone else has a similar system
>in their conlang or knows of a natlang that does (hungarian
>comes sorta close)
No. A hierarchy in agreement, yes; but completely relative? Really
amazing!
Very vaguely, it reminds me of the German _her_/_hin_ thing, and parallels
in some other langs...
>cheers,
>
>-tim
Basilius