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<p>Posted by <b><!--poster-->Glenn Kempf</b>
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<p>In reply to: <a href="407.html">Kanaran</a> posted by Gareth Wilson</b> on 19:14 5/21/02
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A response to Julao's new Kanaran Web site (and thanks to Mark for
letting us bouce each other's worlds around this way ;-):
<p>Dear Julao (or do you prefer Julian in English?),
<p>After a little fiddling, I was able to get to the Kanaran site (so please
disregard the previous E-mail in which I said I couldn't open it). I
read your Kanari grammar, and being a big map fan, I checked out the map
too. :-)
<p>Your explanation of the language seems clear and straightforward (I
especially like the case usage examples and the table of correlatives),
and I hope that you will be able to add vocabulary, sample sentences and
texts to demonstrate how everything is put together. I only have two
grammatical questions, both very similar:
<p>1. Are the genitive and possessive case endings used together (i.e.
<i>Julaol geremor</i><, Julao's hammer), or do they have separate
functions? (At least some of the Turkic languages work as in the
example, although the possessive can be used alone if the context is
clear.)
<p>2. How do the prepositions and the case endings, especially those with
similar functions; i.e., indicating location and direction, work
together? You give the example <i>Anderiladh aveû</i>, "I'm going
to Anderil," without a preposition, but the preposition <i>edzo</i>, "to,
towards." Would an alternate form therefore be <i>Edzo Anderiladh
aveû</I>< or maybe simply <i>Edzo Anderil aveû</i>? Would
the meaning be slightly different? (The more specific prepositions, such
as "outside", "near", etc., more clearly express meanings that the case
ending alone cannot provide, but theit objects might take case endings as
well, such as <i>-in(a)</i> to indicate location (being outside) and
<i>-adh(a)</i> to indicate movement (going outside), as in Verdurian and
Russian.)
<p>Those are a couple of my thoughts; please keep in mind that I'm an even
bigger amateur--you're way ahead of me already. :-) Good luck, and I
look forward to seeing more of your world!
<p>Ad onlelán,
<br>Glenn
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