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Re: Complement clauses

From:Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...>
Date:Thursday, June 19, 2003, 23:46
>Here's how it's being done in Piata. > >"Lekituu eiloo luachishi ite." > >le -kitu -u e- ilo -o luachi -shi ite >1>3-think-PAST COMPL-be:dead-PAST thread/yarn-PEJ DEM.SG.INANIM. >'I thought that this darned thread was dead.' > >Word order changes from SVO to VSO in the complement clause. The >{e-} prefix introduces the clause.
Cool. I like the idea of fronting the verb in the complement. For mine: Palu f'Dule: - newa hu tolopi f’xinu ho xilapsa nitapli - ["neWa Xu "t_dolopi f@"Sinu Xo "Silap_}sa "nitap_}li] - annoy (mod) string-this of-ideas (oj) killed-(past)-someone believe-(past)-I Bes Dis'z: - ripìs'sh rakót rus both'ts fat'ch - [rIpI_Ls@sh rako_Ht rus boT@t_s fat@ch] - (intr)-I-believe-(completed) (intr)-it-kill flow opinions-(composing) here-at _ripìs'sh_ is a modifier for the entire phrase following it. or - rakót rus both'ts fat'ch hàn'ks ripìs'sh - [rako_Ht rus boT@ts fat@ch ha_Ln@ks ] - (intr)-it-kill flow opinions-(composing) here-at this-because (intr)-I-believe-(completed) _hàn’ks_ refers to the prior phrase, and is a modifier for the entire phrase following it. Trayiss Laafaah: - llih kaaliip sins nuuwaah patruz lunii. - [K1h kA:L1:p s1ns JM:WA:h pAt`MS LMJ1:] - (retrospective) believing (completive)-another-sentient killing concept here. _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail