Re: Attributive Nominal Forms and Syntax in a lang experiment

While sitting around in class today, I started
doodling about, creating a few vocab items and simple
sentences. The main "strange" feature in this
experiment seems to be the 'pre-attributive' form of
the noun. This form seems to be used before something
that describes it, whether an adjective, a possessive,
or a relative clause.

Adjective Phrases:

dzhin dwo
your  father

gi    dyu          beng
my   father+attr  dear

dzhin bwa:   your mother
gi byo beng: my dear mother


So the pre-attributive forms are used before the
adjective 'beng'

Possessive Phrases:

yishwe  'bird'   pre-attr:  yishi

(shi)   ne   yishi gi
(exist) this  bird  my/mine
This bird is mine


Relative Clauses:
bunlo 'soup'     pre-attr:  bunlu

nga zoy bunlo
I   heat soup
'I head the soup'

mu        kwo          nga  bunlu zoy
pleasure  come-toward   me  soup hot
'I like hot soup'

Some other weird type of Phrase:
ne 'this'    pre-attr: ni

(shi) ni          gi shyuke
exist this-attr   my  house

'This is my house'



does any of this make sense so far? or should i
explain better. If i have done well explaining...does
this feature show up in any other languages?

Elliott







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