europidgin | Re: Personal pronouns - The most simple solution

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Autor: europidgin
Tema: Re: Personal pronouns - The most simple solution
Data: 2002-09-17 06:38
Mesaje: 97 (a supra, presedente, seguente)

Hi Kevin

--- In europidgin@y..., Kevin Smith <yahoogroups@q...> wrote:
> For example, you listed "three ways" to show word order, but missed the
> fourth, which is to have a word which means that the thing on the left
> posesses the thing on the right. Like a word that means:   's

No, this is exactly what "de" does.

> You still need a solution for "John's book" and the "teacher's desk". I
> would prefer to explore other, more general approaches before settling
> on -a.

No here we already have the general rule from LFN: "Libro de John".

I admit that it is not optimal to do the same thing in two ways. But to show possession by "de" is an easy "first rule". Then the learner, if needed, later can learn: "mea", "tua",...  or "ma", "ta", "sa" ...

To Jay:

I really like "casa pepe" a lot. But like "teacher pencil". What about "casa can"? Is it a certain dog's house or is it just a house made for dogs???

Bjorn