Re: Old Norse (was Re: New to the list)
From: | Anthony M. Miles <theophilus88@...> |
Date: | Sunday, June 18, 2000, 10:05 |
>From: Irina Rempt <ira@...>
[snip]
>Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 00:08:36 +0200
>
>On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Barry Garcia wrote:
>
> > Something I also dislike is not having an inclusive and exclusive we.
> > Sometimes it gets annoying to have to tell people "I mean we, as in the
> > people I was talking about and myself, not including you" to clarify.
>This
> > is what I really like about Tagalog, it has an inclusive, and exclusive
> > we, which I incorporated into Saalangal.
[snip]
I constructed a numberless pronoun system and received the following
forms
1. I
2. you
3. he
4. I+you = we, inclusive #1
5. I+he = we, exclusive
6. you+he = you, pl
7. I+you+he= we,inclusive #2
Does any language distinguish between numbers 4 and 7, and if so what do
they call it?
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