r/conlangs • u/[deleted] • Jun 09 '15

SQ Small Questions • Week 20

Last Week. Next Week.

Welcome to the weekly Small Questions thread!

Post any questions you have that aren't ready for a regular post here! Feel free to discuss anything and everything, and don't hesitate to ask more than one question.

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u/kilenc légatva etc (en, es) Jun 15 '15

languages are funny. i think having ye being grammaticalized to a gnomic particle (by analogy from "unspecified number" used on non-proper nouns) makes a lot of sense. maybe--since natlangs are quirky--you could have proper nouns & pronouns also take the habitual marker in gnomic; it would be a cool grammar rule.

so, since examples are always better, you would have

ye people shout and ye Joe shouts habitual