Re: McGuffey in Curnalis [Re: O tempora! Naming the case.]

On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 16:37:30 -0500, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:
> I have decided for now to name my new language Curnalis, which
> in its orthography represents ['tSu4.na.lis],
Maybe.  C might be [ts] or [tS].  Also, the emphasis is on the last syllable:
[tsu4.na'lis].  And the grammar has already changed and invalidated
part of what I sent before, so here's revision 0.2.

1. The dog.
  Fazu.

|faz| dog
|-u| NOM SG DEF

  The dog ran.
  Fazu foras.

|for| run
|-as| PAST IND DECL
Order is SV.

2. The cat.
  Kasu.

|kas| cat

  The mat.
  Odu.

|od| mat

  Is the cat on the mat?
  Oderu kasu war?

|eru| LOC SG DEF
|w|  be
|ar| PRES IND INTERR
Adverbs precede the SV clause.

  ["Oderu kasu" sounds very Japanese to me . . . purely coincidental, tho]

3.The man.
 Baju.

|baj| man

 A pen.
 Tel.

|tel| pen
0     NOM SG INDEF

 The man has a pen.
 Baju telat anis.

|-at| ACC SG INDEF
|an|  have
|is|  PRES IND DECL
Order is SOV.

 Is the pen in his hand?
 Telu pameru tuse war?

|tu| 3SG PRON (epicene)
|-se| GEN (may be attached to any case ending)

 It is in his hand.
 Pameru tuse ewis.

|e-| 3SG person indicator, only required when no explicit subject

4. A fat hen.
  Gem hej.

|gem| hen
|hej| fat
Adjectives follow modified nouns.

  A big rat.
  Temple ton.

|temple| rat
|ton| big

  The fat hen is on the box.
  Gem heju kaceru wis.

Definite marker transferred to adjective.
|kac| box

  The rat ran from the box.
  Templu kaceru wa foras.

|wa| from, postposition, object in locative

  Can the hen run?
  Gemu forin jesar?

|-in| infinitive, not marked for case when used as noun
|jes| be able to

5. See Rab!
  Rabacu judise!

|acu| ACC SG DEF
Proper names treated as definite
|ju-| 2PL prefix
|dis| see
|-e|  PRES IMPERATIVE

  See Ann!
  Annacu judise!

  See!  Rab has the hat!
  Judise!  Rabu fedacu anis.

|fed| hat

  Can Ann catch Rab?
  Annu Rabacu ensin jesar?

|ens| catch

6. Ann can catch Rab.
  Annu Rabacu ensin jesis.

  See!  She has the hat.
  Judise!  Fedacu eanis.

  Now Ann can pat Rab.
  Akenu Annu Rabacu najsin jesis.

|akenu| now; presumably implies |akeru| here and others
|najs| pat

  Let me pat Rab too.
  Sue Rabacu inajsin usajil.

|sue| also
|i-| 1SG
|u-| 2SG
|saj| allow, permit, let
|-il| FUT IMPERATIVE