Re: Hullo, Navajo, Ray, Sally

Ed Heil wrote:

>
> But it's beautiful.  This, I think, is that mysterious thing that
> typologists call the OV order (I think Jacques Guy, in one of the old
> conlang archive posts, called it "thinking backwards" -- referring
> there to Japanese as an OV language), as if "direct-object before
> verb" was the only or even the most important thing about it.  It's a
> whole way of expression, a very elegant and beautiful way.
Well that's gratifying to me!  Teonaht is OV with a vengeance!  And I
do find it hard to think it out!



> Anyway, it's great.  It'd be wonderful if I could make a conlang with
> beautiful OV-order all over, but I'm not sure I understand it well
> enough yet.
I'd be pleased to know how Navajo does it.  Can you explain it?

>
> Oh, yes, I wanted to say -- Ray, Sally, it's wonderful to see you
> back.  :)
Thanks!  Was Ray gone too? <G>

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