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186137 Padraic Brown
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Feb 1, 2012
1:42 pm
... Yes, simply copy and paste the text into the body of the email. Padraic...
186138 Nicole Valicia Thomps...
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Feb 1, 2012
1:46 pm
Thanks. Nicole Andrews Pen name Mellissa Green Budding novelist ... From: "Padraic Brown" <elemtilas@...> To: <CONLANG@...> Sent:...
186139 Charlie Brickner
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Feb 1, 2012
8:48 pm
On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:05:34 -0800, David Peterson <dedalvs@...> ... look at my Latin dictionary for inspiration, but in Latin it seems the stem is ...
186140 David Peterson
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Feb 1, 2012
9:59 pm
I wanted to take a moment to let everyone know about an incredible find that basically dropped into our laps at Fiat Lingua. Last November, we got an e-mail at...
186141 Padraic Brown
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Feb 1, 2012
11:49 pm
... Latin has plenty of ablaut! For example, the stem changing third conjugation verbs: facio/feci; ago/egi; fundo/fu:di. There are also examples akin to our...
186142 Padraic Brown
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Feb 2, 2012
1:45 am
... Now that I think on it, these aren't the same, are they. You mention goose/geese, which is i-umlaut (*gansiz or similar), not ablaut. I don't think Latin...
186143 David Peterson
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Feb 2, 2012
2:16 am
... I suppose by ablaut what I meant was apophony, but indeed, Latin does have some of the forms. Let's see what my dictionary does with them... faciō facere...
186144 Nicole Valicia Thomps...
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Feb 2, 2012
2:52 am
Can a language have an audio case? How would that work? Nicole Andrews Pen name Mellissa Green Budding novelist...
186145 Garth Wallace
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Feb 2, 2012
2:58 am
What do you mean by an audio case? On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Nicole Valicia Thompson-Andrews...
186146 George Corley
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Feb 2, 2012
3:04 am
Wait -- do you mean case as in upper/lower case? I'm just confirming because I think most people will read the subject line and think something entirely...
186147 Ph. D.
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Feb 2, 2012
3:06 am
... How would that be used? Could you give an example? --Ph. D....
186148 Nicole Valicia Thomps...
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Feb 2, 2012
3:06 am
A case that is spoken. I'm reading the chapter on case creation, and I'm plan to use the five cases the author has created, and wondered about audio cases....
186149 Garth Wallace
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Feb 2, 2012
3:09 am
They're all spoken. If it wasn't spoken it wouldn't be in the language. On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Nicole Valicia Thompson-Andrews...
186150 Alex Bicksler
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Feb 2, 2012
3:32 am
... IIRC, 他 and 她 are pronounced identically in Mandarin, and they're both third person pronouns. But there's a gender distinction in the written ...
186151 George Corley
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Feb 2, 2012
3:42 am
... third person pronouns. But there's a gender distinction in the written language. Hypothetically something similar could be done with case, no? Imagine...
186152 Roger Mills
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Feb 2, 2012
4:30 am
From: David Peterson <dedalvs@...> That's not too bad, actually. I think it's kind of a midway point between listing everything and listing what's...
186153 Nicole Valicia Thomps...
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Feb 2, 2012
5:18 am
Sorryy, I didn't clarify. Maybe I should call them tonal or emotional cases. Kind of similar to us having subjunctive mood cases. Nicole Andrews Pen name...
186154 Patrick Dunn
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Feb 2, 2012
5:20 am
"Case" applies to nouns, while "subjunctive mood" is usually marked on verbs. On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 11:07 PM, Nicole Valicia Thompson-Andrews < ... -- Second...
186155 Nicole Valicia Thomps...
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Feb 2, 2012
5:41 am
So how about an instructional case? That's a noun and a verb, like Holly has created an emergency cae, where you promptly know it's some sort of emergency like...
186156 Ben Scerri
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Feb 2, 2012
5:43 am
Wow... That is beautiful. I am INCREDIBLY excited to see the rest! Further, this is very much making me want to write a similar text for Fengwë and the...
186157 Nicole Valicia Thomps...
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Feb 2, 2012
5:46 am
Do cases have to apply to nouns and verbs? It's another planet. To feel something is a verb. Nicole Andrews Pen name Mellissa Green Budding novelist...
186158 Петр Р...
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Feb 2, 2012
6:26 am
... That's not case, that's an imperative (a grammatical mood, generally a function of the verb). I recommend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperative_mood for...
186159 Петр Р...
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Feb 2, 2012
6:35 am
... No, cases only apply to nouns. (Of course, it's possible to construct a system in which the verb shows the case of the nouns in the sentence, And of...
186160 Matthew Turnbull
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Feb 2, 2012
6:36 am
Case describes how a noun relates to a verb or preposition more or less. Perhaps you might read over: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_case...
186161 Nicole Valicia Thomps...
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Feb 2, 2012
6:43 am
How about emotional experiences for experiential cases? Nicole Andrews Pen name Mellissa Green Budding novelist ... From: "Петр Рихардович...
186162 Петр Р...
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Feb 2, 2012
7:58 am
... Of course. Мне грустно (To-me sad), мне жалко (To-me sorry/pity), мне скучно (To-me bored). Interestingly enough, positive...
186163 Christophe Grandsire-...
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Feb 2, 2012
8:14 am
On 2 February 2012 07:42, Nicole Valicia Thompson-Andrews < ... Nicole, we are getting confused, because we have no idea what you mean by "case". Your...
186164 Nikolay Ivankov
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Feb 2, 2012
8:19 am
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 8:58 AM, <pyotr.klark@... ... Well, how about " "(I feel pleasd),...
186165 Nicole Valicia Thomps...
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Feb 2, 2012
8:37 am
Grammatical case. Maybe I don't get the confussion. Nicole Andrews Pen name Mellissa Green Budding novelist ... From: "Christophe Grandsire-Koevoets"...
186166 Nikolay Ivankov
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Feb 2, 2012
9:02 am
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Nicole Valicia Thompson-Andrews < ... Well, Nicole, that;s the point. Mos people here are used with the notion of case as more...
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