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Re: Test and more.

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Sunday, December 19, 1999, 1:40
abrigon@yahoo.com writes:
>I wonder how a lingo would look if the subject and verbm or >subject and object were in the same word. > >Like below sort of. > >I went to the store. > >WentI to Storethe.
One of the earlier conlangs I did a while back did that. But, it was only with the pronouns attached at the end of the verbs. I thought it was rather nifty, but then I realized Spanish does that also. For Saalangal, I suppose it could be done because the pronouns always follow the verbs they perform. But, I probably wont do that, just because :).
> > >Since in many ways The is just a refining of the word Store. Just >tells us it is a singular store >versus a plural.
Hmm.....actually it's just telling us the store is definate or indefinate. Saalangal doesn't use articles at all and it gets along quite fine. It uses markers, but these only tell you if the word in question is the subject, or not.
> > >Also I does not tell you what gender is the subject? >
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).