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== The four types of languages: == | |||
*Isolating (''sapyvlakai'') | |||
*Inflecting (''vlatikykai'') | |||
*Agglutinative (''niprafkai'') | |||
*Polysynthetic (''clajvokai'') | |||
la lojban. mo bangu .i xu sapivlakai go'i ''.i sapyvlakai joi clajvokai'' | |||
What sort of language is Lojban ? (isolating?) ''part isolating, part polysynthetic'' Don't rafsi make it more agglutinative than polysynthetic? | |||
==== Cases ==== | |||
*Case (''tersu'i'') | |||
**Nominative (''gasnu'') | |||
* | **Accusative (''selri'a'') | ||
* | ***Doesn't this mean "that which is brought into being" (effected) rather than "that which is acted upon" (affected)? --mi'e [[jbocre: braiyn|braiyn]] | ||
* | **Genitive (''ponse'') | ||
* | **Dative (''terdu'a'') | ||
* | **Instrumental (''selpli'') | ||
* | **(another use for instrumental in IE) (''selkansa'') | ||
* | **Locative (''selzva'') | ||
* | **Prepositional (=locative in Slavic) (''seltcita'') | ||
* | **Ablative (''tervi'u'') | ||
**Vocative (''selta'a'') | |||
**Ergative (''zukte'') | |||
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Revision as of 17:06, 4 November 2013
The four types of languages:
- Isolating (sapyvlakai)
- Inflecting (vlatikykai)
- Agglutinative (niprafkai)
- Polysynthetic (clajvokai)
la lojban. mo bangu .i xu sapivlakai go'i .i sapyvlakai joi clajvokai
What sort of language is Lojban ? (isolating?) part isolating, part polysynthetic Don't rafsi make it more agglutinative than polysynthetic?
Cases
- Case (tersu'i)
- Nominative (gasnu)
- Accusative (selri'a)
- Doesn't this mean "that which is brought into being" (effected) rather than "that which is acted upon" (affected)? --mi'e braiyn
- Accusative (selri'a)
- Genitive (ponse)
- Dative (terdu'a)
- Instrumental (selpli)
- (another use for instrumental in IE) (selkansa)
- Locative (selzva)
- Prepositional (=locative in Slavic) (seltcita)
- Ablative (tervi'u)
- Vocative (selta'a)
- Ergative (zukte)