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Re: infix

From:Matt Arriola <azathoth500@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 25, 2005, 0:40
AFAIK, what you're describing here is ablaut. Semitic languages make
use of this extensively.

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 18:44:32 -0500, # 1 <salut_vous_autre@...> wrote:
> I'm working over a new project but I'd like to know something: > > my words beggin with a consonant and it are always CV, CVC, CVCV, CVCVC > etc... > (C can be a consonant or an affricate, A can be a vowel or a diphtong) > > In my conjugation, all the verbs must have /a/, /o/, /E/, or /e/ as first > vowel > > To turn the verb to past or futur, I simply diphtong that first vowel, it > turns to /U/ on the past and /I/ to futur > > /zanog/ = to sleep > /dZ2Su/ = masculine, singular, 1st-person, intransitive-subject, experiencer > (all pronouns vary on these 5 things) > > I sleep = /dZ2Su zanog/ > I slept = /dZ2Su zaunog/ > I'll sleep = /dZ2Su zainog/ > > I'd want to know if it is really an infix because I'm not sure that > diphtonging a vowel is called an infix :-| > > I prefer to call things by their real name and I don't want to call it an > infix if it is not :-P >

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