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new congrammar - " *aiinodbus' "

From:Rodlox <rodlox@...>
Date:Thursday, September 23, 2004, 9:44
 tried to send this yesterday

> while I go and order the reccomended books online, I would simply like to > know if my grammar/language ideas (as follows) are plausible, or if I have > things bass ackwards here as well. > > thank you. > > > rules: > no double vowels. > no triple consanants. > 'dy' can not be used to prefix or start a word; nor can 'sy' 'zy' or (_). > 'gh' can not be used to suffix or end a word; nor can ('kh')* or (_). > suffixes can not be used as prefixes. > prefixes can not be used as suffixes. > clicks can only prefix words. > clicks can not prefix particibles or non-word single-phonemes. (ie, the
man
> threw *a* ball"). > prefixes can not prefix clicks. > clicks can prefix prefixes that are attached to words. > there are no double clicks. > * = I'm of two minds about that one. > > vocabulary: > > ghere = narrate, narration > ghore = he narrates [thusly] > ghure = she narrates [thusly] > ghoure = it was relayed [to me] that it was narrated [thusly] > *for the ending of a narration, replace GH with KH; > khore = [and so] he narrated > > s'aih = you > s'aoh = they > s'aeh = other > > sobe = to > sabe = from > sebe = with > sibe = by > siibe = of > > throw = ghekh > hit = ghedh > kick = ghadh > butting = ghakh > > but = dusu > and = sudu > as well (as) = susudu > and then = sudusudu > so, therefore = dususu > because = susu > however = dusudu > > dyen = man > dyon = woman > dyiin = anon. > dyiinaum = unknown > (so...what function does the -aum serve? how does it go from Anonymous -> > Unknown ?). > dyaen = person, people [abstract concept] > > * is a trigger, an emphasis-marker. Some speakers of this language, use * > to place emphasis on whether the recipient or the giver is older or > higher-ranked than the other person. > ie, "dyenasy *dyonaze [toaster]" = "the man gives a toaster to > _the_woman_" or "he gives _her_ a toaster" > > postfixes: > past tense: > -(a)zye > -(a)sye > ie, "dyenazye" = "man got" > present tense: > -(a)zy = recipient > -(a)sy = bestower > -aum = (?) > ie, "dyenasy" = "man is given" > future tense: > -(a)zya = recipient > -(a)sya = bestower > ie, "dyenasya" = "man will get" > > accuracy is implied by context... > "dyenasy s'aoh ghedh" = "the man gives / they / hit" = "the man
hits,
> they are not hit" -> "the man hits and misses them". > > acceptance is implied by context. to use the toaster of earlier... > "dyenasy dyon [toaster]" = "the man gives / the woman / a toaster" > in this example, the woman does not accept the toaster. > "dyenasy dyonazy [toaster]" = "the man gives / the woman recieves / a > toaster" > in this example, she does accept the toaster. > >