Re: Complement clauses

>From: Daniel Andreasson Vpc-Work <daniel.andreasson@...>
>Subject:      [CONLANG] Complement clauses
>
>Amanda wrote to me privately and pointed out that this post
>might have been filtered out because of the OT in the subject line. (She
>might also just have tried to be nice
>to me since there were no replies. :D  )
>
>Anyway, I'm still interested in how y'all form complement
>clauses in your conlangs, so I'll repost this question.
>All intricacies are more than welcome!
>
>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.
>
>Daniel Andreasson

Mamqian. I think the interlinear shows how it works.

ñ - n-tilde
ä - a-umlaut

Lalkfar  ñugy.
talk-1SG cheese-ACC
I say, "cheese!".

Lalkfar  uuy     mir järvä      han  nary.
talk-1SG and-ACC is  discussion this futile-ACC
I'm saying that this discussion is futile.


Lalkfar  ñuguuba.
talk-1SG cheese-ALLATIVE
I talk about cheese.

Lalkfar  uuba    mir järvä      han  nary.
talk-1SG and-ALL is  discussion this futile-ACC
I'm talking about how futile this discussion is.



- M. Astrand
"Neeba." - "Teeba?" - "Qeesvefar la:lka." - "Djo:ly."
"Guess what?" - "What?" - "I've learned how to speak." - "Great."

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