Re: A bit of Varai

--- Afian <yann_kiraly@...> wrote:

> 1. Ergativty
> Varai is an ergative language. This is neat since
> this enables Varai
> speakers to have an unmarked dative and an unmarked
> ergative..
> Example: "Thef tunai vea ket." The teacher gives me
> to you. (Word order: V
> E A D G)

1) I'm not sure what "V E A D G" stands for, could you
explain that a little more?

> 2. Unconjugated verbs
> Verbs aren't conjugated for simplicity (and since I
> see no reason why they
> should be).
Ah, unconjugated verbs...I've never liked that, but
hey, it's your language, and if it works, it works :)

> 3. Waky plurals
> Example:
> Thef tunai vea ket. The teacher gives me to you.
> Thef thunai eaer thet. The teachers give us to you.
You should provide interlinears, to help us know which
works are which and how they work in the sentence. As
an example from my conlang Silindion:

  nen i lindo indin oni
 "The teacher gives him knowledge"

  ne-n             i    lindo     indi-n
  give-3SINGULAR   the  teacher   knowledge-ACCUSATIVE

  o-ni
  him-DATIVE

So, if you do something similar with your examples,
it'll be great to know which one means "you" and which
one means "us" and so forth.

> Next time I post, I'll have the rest of the present
> grammar and more up on
> a website.
What is the website's address?

Elliott Lash



		
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