>It doesn't work this way. Animals which are living beings --so animate--
>are
>described with an *objective* pronoun. They are considered (with a lot of
>respect) as objects. And the same way you'll use a *m./f.* pronoun to talk
>about the family pet, the Shaqueans (my aliens) will use a *subjective*
>pronoun, as if it was a family member.
Sounds vaguely similar to the pronoun and verb arrangement I have in Trayiss
Laafaah: they focus on the speaker (a sentient Trayih, of course) and work
outward from there.
-- laafah /1s speak/
s‘ix laafah /1d speak-1/ (dual)
s’ish laafah /1pi speak-1/ (inclusive)
s’uns laafah /1px speak-1/ (exclusive)
‘ix laafans /2s speak-n1/
s’ish laafans /2p speak-n1/
‘uns laafans /3 speak-n1-sentient/ *
‘uts lââfan /3 speak-n1-nonsentient/ *
3rd person pronoun is the same for singular and plural.
>The Shaqueans which are double-gendered (hermaphrodite) like most of the
>animals don't need a male/female discrimination. They're not so
My Bes have 3 functional sexes.
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