Re: Missing Words

From: David Peterson [mailto:DigitalScream@AOL.COM]

> In a message dated 03/12/02 5:29:19 PM,
> matthew.bladen@BTOPENWORLD.COM writes:
>
> << This isn't the boldest step in the world, I know, but I thought I'd
> bring it up to ask a more general question: what words have other
> conlangers felt able to do away with, and why? By 'do away with' I
> mean 'not represent, not have exist' as opposed to expressing notions
> via cases and whatnot. I suppose definite and indefinite articles are
> the most obvious. >>
>
>     For Kamakawi, I don't have a word "and" in any sense, but
> I do have words
> that perform its function--does this not count?
In both Térnaru and Eretas (now drastically reformed, especially after
I found a few things I liked about Portuguese orthography - I'll post
something up soon, I hope), There's no word for `and' in the commitative
sense. If you want to say `for Paul and Peter', you'd say
`Paul-DAT Peter-DAT'. I don't have a disjunctive in either language yet.