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Re: help with starting out

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Wednesday, June 28, 2000, 6:45
CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>Also, with verbs, in Ajuk verbs have a regular series >of affixes in a regular ordre, rather than having a different form for >each tense, and a different ending for each person, etc. An andvantage >of agglutinating langs, if your inflecting lang seems to have to >artificial a form of inflections, is that agglutinating langs usually do >have fairly regular systems of affixes, and thus a fully regular system >won't seem as out of place and unnatural.
Saalangal has a regular series of affixes for tense, mood, and trigger. It's all regular, and I think is a pretty easy system to remember. Although, there's quite a few affixes (the triggers are passive or active). Here's a sample word in all of the tense, mood, and triggers. tasok - to harbor (ships), a harbor Without triggers: tasokit - harbored tasokon - harbor tasokun - will harbor tasokang - would harbor tasokim - harbored (past participle) tasokan - harboring (present participle) With focuses, in present tense, and in active and passive voice (unorthodox with a trigger language, i know): actor - tasokoni, tasokone object - tasokonum, tasokonom direction - tasokonanga, tasokonong location - tasokonis, tasokones instrumental - tasokonan, tasokonayna beneficial - tasokonini, tasokonene cause - tasokonaro, tasokonaru It's a fairly regular system, just pick yer affix, and tack them onto the roots. _________________________________________________________ This ain't a yes, this ain't a no, just do your thang, we'll see how it goes