Re: Marking and Imperatives

Matt Pearson (Madth Bfiysn):
> >> In Tokana, I frequently leave off the first person subject with verbs of
> >> thinking and saying:  When a sentence expresses a point of view, and
> >> it's not made explicit whose point of view it is, it's assumed to be
> >> the speaker's point of view:  For example, "I think that John has left"
> >> would be rendered "Opa nelhukanne Tsion", literally "Think that-he-has-
> >> left John".
> >
> >How do you do "It is thought (by people in general) that"?
>
> Same way.  Nobody every accused Tokana of being precise and
> unambiguous!  :-)
>
> One way to mark the distinction would be through the use of
> evidential particles:  There are several particles, one of which
> means "this sentence is the speaker's personal opinion", and
> another one which means "this sentence represents hearsay".
Why bother with "think" at all? Why not just use the evidential
particles? [I realize that question would make no sense for natlangs,
but I just can't help thinking of invented lgs as *engineered*.]

Tal:
> > --Aan dRosyd
>
> android? :)
Livagian orthography, pronounced ['a:nd 'RoSt@].

--And.