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Re: Test and more.

From:Fabian <rhialto@...>
Date:Saturday, December 18, 1999, 19:37
> I wonder how a lingo would look if the subject and verbm or > subject and object were in the same word.
Maltese does exactly that.
> Like below sort of. > > I went to the store. > > WentI to Storethe.
Mart lil-hanut. I.went to.the-shop. <lil> is an odd word here, as it can mean 'to the' or 'to a'. A flaw in Maltese disambiguation not found in other particles.
> Since in many ways The is just a refining of the word Store. Just > tells us it is a singular store > versus a plural. > > Of course then why do we have The/Thee at all? > Or I/We/They as well?
Maltese could include a separate personal pronoun, but this is optional in such a sentence. In the sample sentence, such a pronoun could disambiguate between 'I went' and 'you (sg) went'.
> Also I does not tell you what gender is the subject?
No reason your language can't make such a distinction. Arabic does, except in the first person, where i feel it is largely irrelevant anyway. --- Fabian Ikun li dik il-kitba tpatti it-tieba ta' qalb ta' patruni tieghi. Ikun li ttaffi ugigh tal-Mitlufin u tal-Indannati. Ikun li ilkoll li jaqraw il-kitba, qalbhom ihobbu is-Sewwa u l-Unur. U b'dak l'ghamil, nithallas tax-xoghol iebes.