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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? ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com