Re: Tasratal: sketch: connectives (long)

--- Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> wrote:
> Possible examples:
> "Yoon" txo ~= I *am* Yoon, dammit!
>                Yoon *will* exist!
> "Yoon" ga ~= Are you Yoon?
>               Is there a Yoon?
> "Yoon" nai ~= Yoon exists or is here.
>
> Note that <txo> can be used in a fashion similar (?)
> to the Japanese yo,
> <ga> in a fashion similar to Japanese ka.  (At least
> as I understand them.)
Nice little feature, also like Korean _anmida_ isn't
it?  Just wondering, what if you just want to say "I'm
Yoon" as in Jpn "Yoon desu".  Your txo is way too
strong, if it is the equivalent of Jpn yo.  Is it nai
then?  Hmm, but nai somehow makes me think the
negative "I'm not Yoon" (probably because it is the
negative in Jpn!)...  BTW, is this always used for any
register of speech?  For instance, you know that desu
--> da or desuyo --> (da)yo in Jpn... same in
Tasratal?

> Possible examples:
> "Yoon" en. ~= (I'm) Yoon.
Eh?  So, how is Yoon en different from Yoon nai ?
The copula is en, not nai - right?

> "Possessive":
> Possible examples:
> "Yoon" san "coat" ~= Yoon's coat (and it's mine,
> darnit!)
> "Yoon" san "sister" ~= Yoon's sister (it's not like
> I own her)
> "Yoon" san "Darth Vader" ~= Yoon has nothing to do
> with Darth Vader.
(the point is arguable, but...)

Oh, I love these little markers!  You're so creative
with that implied "dammit" meaning and all.  I think I
can do somethiing like that in Vyh with my honorific
_hy'yy_ used in conjunction with negativizor _ox_.
And I never even considered a "detachor" like your
san.

Too much more to comment on, so I'll close early.
Nice job, I for one like the logic to it!

Matt33

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