Re: Test and more.

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>On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Barry Garcia wrote:
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>> Well, in Saalangal you cannot tell the gender of anyone from the
>> pronouns. There are no pronouns for he and she, since both are
>> covered by 'taw' (he/she).
>
>In Valdyan gendered third-person pronouns (first and second person
>pronouns, nouns and adjectives have no gender) are only used if
>someone's gender is important: _lye_ (F) or _lei_ (M), also dual
>prefixed with i- and plural prefixed with a-.
>
>Otherwise, it's _lea_ "he/she" for animates, and _li_ "it" for
>inanimates.
>
>   Irina
Interesting system Irina. I never thought of having optional pronouns to
specifically state the gender of whoever is being talked about. Anyway,
for the Saalangal, they would just point out or say who the person is, if
the sex needs to be known.



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