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user_ob [2016/05/29 14:20]
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 | 3rd refl. | **–** | **sig** | **siin** | 3rd refl. | **–** | **sig** | **siin** | | 3rd refl. | **–** | **sig** | **siin** | 3rd refl. | **–** | **sig** | **siin** |
  
-In relation to the rest of the language, I support various things that others have already proposed, i.e. definite article **de**, indefinite (singular) article **en**; plural ending **-e**, genitive ending **-s**; adjectival comparison endings **-er** and **-est**; infinitive ending **-en**.+In relation to the rest of the language, I support various things that others have already proposed, i.e. definite article **de**, indefinite (singular) article **en**; plural ending **-e**, genitive ending **-s**; adjectival comparison endings **-er** and **-est**; infinitive ending **-en**. And I'm sympathetic to making the verb //Be// irregular.
  
 I did some work on a correlatives proposal (snapshot: **vat, vem, vems, vilk, van, vaar, varfur, ho; dis, das, al, sum, ing**), and I might tackle the conjunctions and prepositions too. Regarding the "old chestnut" of the past tense and the past/passive participle, my latest thinking is as follows: the past-tense ending should be **-ed** and the participle ending should be **-t** by default, **-et** after D/T, and **-d** after voiced consonants. (Or, if we aren't bothered about part-of-speech marking, we could use the same word in both places.) I did some work on a correlatives proposal (snapshot: **vat, vem, vems, vilk, van, vaar, varfur, ho; dis, das, al, sum, ing**), and I might tackle the conjunctions and prepositions too. Regarding the "old chestnut" of the past tense and the past/passive participle, my latest thinking is as follows: the past-tense ending should be **-ed** and the participle ending should be **-t** by default, **-et** after D/T, and **-d** after voiced consonants. (Or, if we aren't bothered about part-of-speech marking, we could use the same word in both places.)
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