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Re: conjugating by object

From:Jake X <starvingpoet@...>
Date:Sunday, January 5, 2003, 0:30
> I would need an example of what you describe here, Jake, before I could
comment. What do you mean by conjugating verbs by their objects, and leaving the objects implied? Do
> you mean conjugating verbs by their objects and leaving the subjects
implied?
> "She loved the cat." How would you do that?
Sorry that I didn't elaborate. I would state the subject but not the object. The object would be a kind of "trait," as it were, of the verb. So: She-NOM loved-3rd-SING-cat. Is that clear at all? It would be much easier to explain in the context of an actual conlang, but since I abandoned the idea for G'oxoyo...
>Sally Caves
Jake

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