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Re: CHAT: TRANS: I learned Swedish in Uppsala.

From:The Gray Wizard <dbell@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 25, 2000, 22:07
In amman iar:

I learned Swedish in Uppsala.
sueden iarren fainiarth upsallar
        (el-i-eth       en  ner-0   ) sueden ier-en       faino-ia-rth
upsala-ar
        (ACTV:PERF:PAST PTP 1PER:NOM) Sweden-language:DAT learn:PAT/THM:STATE
Uppsala:INESS
         did                I         Swedish             learn               in
Uppsala

ACTV : active voice
PERF : Perfective aspect
PAST : Past tense

PTP  : Patient/Theme particle

1PER : 1st person pronoun

NOM   : Nominative case
DAT   : Dative case
INESS : Inessive case

PAT/THM : Patient/Theme valence (active pronominal cross-reference)
STATE   : State class verb

David

David. E. Bell
The Gray Wizard
dbell@graywizard.net
www.graywizard.net

"irvorisel in villissen ciroinarrion unastil
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for they are subtle and quick to anger"
JRRT

> -----Original Message----- > From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU]On > Behalf Of nicole perrin > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 4:43 PM > To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU > Subject: Re: TRANS: I learned Swedish in Uppsala. > > > > On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Paul Bennett wrote: > > > >> (I learned Swedish in Uppsala.) > > OK, I'll play too. In Nevokányi: > > Jen dévézsán szvédez uppsálán asulörninálán. > I language.acc sweden.gen uppsala.ess learn.past-perfect. > I learned the swedish language in uppsala. > > Nicole > -- > nicole.eap@snet.net > http://nicole.conlang.org > -- > "They look like white elephants," she said. > "I've never seen one," the man drank his beer. > "No, you wouldn't have." >