Imralu wrote:J_from_Holland wrote:Toch abske le Pljætt iln Ájnilizhadegårenny?
why have.PRES.IND.SING.M article.M.SING.NOM language.NOM.SING your.NOM.SING.MASC capital.letter.NOM.PLUR-art.indef.PLUR.NOT.-NOT
Why doesn't your language have capital letters?
Xue mue zara nu xi lo jehe izi mekualombo, mie tizo zara nu lo zola ixi voneme.
be.also be.able write NOM.1s.ICS ACC.3s.INAN.DEF ADV use ACC.3p.INAN.SPEC be.letter-AUG, but be.PRF-be.PROG write NOM.1s.ICS ACC.3p.INAN.DEF be.phoneme
I can also write with capital letters, but until now I've been writing only the phonemes.
J_from_Holland wrote:By the way: another glossing question. It's about possessive determiners.
le Ximä iln (your shoe, masc.; Ximä (shoe) is a masculine word)
le Ximä dun (your shoe, fem.; Ximä (shoe) is a masculine word)
le Ílaveg ilnt (your garden, masc.; Ílaveg (garden) is a masculine word)
le Ílaveg dunna (your garden, fem.; Ílaveg (garden) is a masculine word)
How do you gloss this?
I'm not sure. What is the difference between 'iln', 'dun', 'ilnt' and 'dunna'? I'm guessing 'iln' and 'ilnt' are used with feminine possessors (ie., when you're speaking to a woman or girl) and 'dun' and 'dunna' with masculine possessors, but I can't work out what the difference between all of them is.
The other way around.
Iln, dun, ilnt and dunna all mean 'your', but:
Iln and dun are used for masculine words
Ilnt and dunna are used for feminine words
Iln and ilnt are used when speaking to a man or boy
Dun and dunna are used when speaking to a woman or girl
Why???
In Bløjhvåtterskyll there's more difference between masculine and feminine (there are two I's, mi (M) and ma (F), two yous, il (M) and (F), etc.) AND there's a difference between masculine and feminine words.