Re: Inflections vs. Words [was Re: List of basic roots]

Palo nouns are inflected for six numbers;   singular, plural, neutral,
portional, mass, and unique.   Nouns fall into different classes according
to which numbers they take.   Only adjectival nouns take all six numbers.
e.g.

comlé
old one

comledé
old ones

comlefá
one or more old ones

comlexí
old stuff

comlecló
a piece or portion of the old stuff

comleprú
The Old One   or   The Old Stuff


Nu verbs aren't inflected;   tense, aspect, and mood are conveyed by
separate particles:

Nu tenses:   past, present, future
Nu aspects:   simple, frequentative (always, usually, regularly), perfect,
incipient (about to)
Nu moods:   indicative, interrogative, conditional






From: "Joe Mondello" <Rugpretzel@...>
> How many is alot?   I'm also interested to see which concepts many
conlangers
> chosen to make inflections, because I'm renovating my list of inflections
at
> the moment.
>
> Joe Mondello
>