En réponse à Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>:
>
> One thing Tagalog is not straightforward in regard to triggers is
> which
> types of each trigger to use (for instance, the actor triggers are mag
> and
> um, ithere's no pattern to which gets um and what gets mag, although
> my
> teacher told me that it's usually things that require only one
> person/thing to do the action that gets um. aaaaanyway).
Simple alternations. Itakian has agreement between the trigger noun class and
the trigger affix on the verb. And there are 10 classes! And the trigger has
also different forms depending on the form of the verbal root (which can be
prefixes, infixes or suffixes). And of course you can also add the personal
affixes which blend with the verbal root or the trigger affix if they make the
mistake of getting on them ;)) .
>
> In Saalangal, my triggers are much more straightforward and simple to
> use
> than Tagalog. There's one form for each trigger only, it's all
> regular,
> AND trigger affixes are not modified for aspect like the are in Tagalog.
> I
> use simple tense suffixes. Of course, it leads to long words (four
> syllables at least).
>
It's been a while we've heard about Saalangal. Did you work anymore on it?
Christophe.
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