Re: New Language - Altsag Venchet

Joseph Fatula wrote:
> --- Gender ---
> Every noun is either animate or inanimate.  Animate nouns are living things,
> parts of living things, and other things being viewed as capable of action.
> There are a number of irregulars, of both genders.
In most animate-inanimate distinctions, irregular forms are
assymetrical, that is, it's common to find inanimate objects in an
animate category, but to find an animate in the inanimate category is
exceedingly rare.

> Objects of prepositions are in the dative case.
All prepositions?

> --- Tense ---
> present   -
> present progressive   -aj (-ai after ch or j)
> past   -un
> future   -ar
Progressive is actually an aspect, so perhaps -aj should be considered
an aspect suffix, with a note that it can only be used in the present?

> --- Aspect ---
> Perfective is for completed actions.  Habitual, actions repeatedly or
> habitually done.  Inceptive means "to begin to X", cessative "to stop Xing".
> Medial, "in the middle of Xing", "while Xing".  Intentional and
> unintentional reflect the speaker's intent.
Interesting.  Can you use multiple aspect affixes?  E.g., can you have,
say, -jevar (or perhaps -varje) for intentional starting of an action?

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