Re: Verbs in Orelynna

Quoting Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>:

> --- "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...> wrote:
> > From:    James Worlton <jworlton@...>
> > > Orēlynna finally makes a web presence:
> > >
> > > I have uploaded a PDF file (2 pages) that
> > describe the verb forms. Verbs
> > > inflect for lots of things, in an
> > agglutinative sort of way.
> >
> > Why do you have distinct masculine and feminine
> > first person markers? That's rather marked;
> > how'd they arise?
>
> Queranarran similarly distinguishes masculine and
> feminine in verbs. It's a cultural thing - Daine
> find it important to distinguish sides and
> complementary opposites.
Kalini Sapak also indicates gender in verbs (and adjectives, if you consider
them to be a separate category - I used to analyze it that way, but now rather
lean to seeing attributive adjs as participial forms). OTOH, it does not make
any gender distinctions in pronouns, which combination I rather hope defies
anadewism. Wouldn't bet any money on it, tho. Kalana society is pretty
sexistic, which may be or not be relevant.

                                                   Andreas