Re: Lingua Eurana tradition

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> On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:43:47 -0400, Dana Nutter \ deinx nxtxr
> <li_sasxsekREMOVETHIS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> >Languages without articles usually still have some way to
> >represent the idea using demostratives or impersonal forms.
> >That's the system I've settled on for Sasxsek.
> 
> I didn't see a lot on the site regarding possessives, but I'd imagine
> from what I have seen that one could specify which dog without a
> definite article by using the proper possessive.  
> 
> MY dog is under the table.  
> 
> YOUR dog is under the table.  
> 
> NO ONE'S dog is under the table.  Or the sentence given:  Dog is under
> the table; since no possessive is indicated, an article of
> non-owner****p is assumed. 
> 
> It would make for a more verbose sentence structure, but the meaning
> would be clear.  

But possessives are usualy there to indicate a state of
belonging.   An article indicates a specific thing as
understood.  


FWIW: Sasxsek has no possessive pronouns anyway.  It's handled
with a preposition just like nouns.

	kanin iu mo
	dog of I  = my dog

	kanin iu fo
	dog of you = your dog

	kanin iu no
	dog of nobobdy/nothing = nobody's dog  (the dog has no
owner)

	kanin iu uo
	dog of somebody/something = somebody's dog (the dog
belongs to somebody, but nobody specific)

	ui kanin
	some dog (no dog in particular, different from "kanin iu
uo"
)

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