Re: NGL: Pronoun songs

ta'sudshaastuht, suddrou-a tza'belihzar, Gerald Koenig <jlk@...>
ozu-thes:

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>I'm trying to link these NGL Vector tense pronouns with a catchy tune
>to shorten the memorization time. So far I have tied them in to
>"Spring
>Fever" from the classic musical State Fair.
>"I'm starry eyed and vaguely discontented..." 11 sylables.
> mi  vuwo    za  ha   nigu    kusuzashas      11 sylables.
>What do ku (you-all) think of this? Has anyone done it and can anyone
>come up with an alternative?  The lyric pretty well describes my state
>of mind on this at the present moment.

I think it's a pretty good idea...although possibly it could happen that
you won't be able to remember them without the tune - i have a friend who
studied for a test in 8th grade to music, and he ended up having to sing
the songs to himself during the test in order to remember the information
:) .

I've never done it though, probably because Rokbeigalmki's pronouns just
seem obvious to me....they're built from the vowel series A E I O U UH
(/V/ back open-mid unrounded):

az = i
ez = you (singular) (/Ez/)
iz = she
oz = he
uz = it
uhz = "one" (gender-neutral)

amz = we (a-amz = exclusive, oi-amz = inclusive)
emz = you (plural)
imz = they (female)
omz = they (male)
umz = they (neuter)
uhmz = they (neutral)


But for some reason i'm the only person i know of (besides possibly my
brother) who sees AEIOU fitting this series of pronouns.

-Stephen (Steg)

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