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Re: No more plural? No, more plural!

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Monday, August 15, 2005, 23:52
Hi!

Remi Villatel <maxilys@...> writes:
> Henrik Theiling wrote: > >... > > French: > > Je vois l'homme. > > [Z vwa lOm] > > Je vois les hommes. > > [Z vwa lez Om] > > -s on the noun is not pronounced (here), so the article is the > > only place to infer the number. > > Shhhh! Don't you see you're destroying my conlang when you mention > that I subconsciously reproduced the system of determiners from my > natlang? > > ;-)
(-: Sorry... :-)
>... > Ho, wait... I already did! The inalienable possession can't be > expressed through a determiner when it's the possession of a rational > entity (person and assimilated). You have to say: > > **the mine friends > > ...instead of the too "europaish": > > my friends > > Now, I have to think hard what other aspect I can "expell" from the > quantifiers and express through a qualificative in order not to look > so French.
Hmm, not French, but Italian. l'amichi mia Or maybe even in the given order, I'm not sure: ?gli mia amichi At least there's this infamous book: La mia battaglia **Henrik