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Re: Complement clauses

From:M. Astrand <ysimiss@...>
Date:Friday, June 20, 2003, 20:17
>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." _____________________________________________________________ Kuukausimaksuton nettiyhteys: http://www.suomi24.fi/liittyma/ Yli 12000 logoa ja soittoääntä: http://sms.suomi24.fi/