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--- daniel prohaska <daniel@hidden.email> wrote: > Hi there, > > I find it interesting that you've gone for case > distinctions rather than > follow through with the usual Romance singular > vs. plural distinction. Also > you've kept the dative rather than an subject > vs. object. distinction as > found in early western Romance (most notably in > Old French). > > > > You've done away with the genitive which is > still very much alive in > Romanian and you've also kept the neuter. Mind you, he decided to do away with the NOM = ACC in the neuter -- a common IE feature. Very irksome! ;)) > I think if I had constructed a Romance language > with case sistinctions I > would have gone for: > > > > Nouns can be masculine or feminine, old neuter > nouns rearranged to fit in > one of the two other categories. Nouns have > three cases: > > subject (sg./pl.) (old nom.) > > object (sg./pl.) (old acc. or dat.) > > genitive (sg./pl.) (old gen.) For Kerno I decided on a S/Pl + NOM/OBJ distinction, similar to OFr. There are a few odds and ends that are remains of other case forms, though, like a possessove plural and a dative. > Of course it would also be possible to have > > subj./dir.obj. (old nom. or old acc.) > > indir.obj. (old dat.) > > gen. Padraic. cucnasat-te-he is-ca stesteytar; salamar-ta is-ca testestentar; wact�s-ta is-ca nenemti; alistat-co-ta is-ca telelamtar; watar-ta-he is-ca xexewehti; xawi�talawattan-ta is-ca warkati... From the meal he stood up; the clothes he set aside; the towel he took up and with that girded himself; water he poured out; the disciples� foot washing he accomplished. [Divine Liturgy of St. Thomas, Teleran] -- Ill Bethisad -- <http://www.geocities.com/elemtilas/ill_bethisad> Come visit The World! -- <http://www.geocities.com/hawessos/> .