Re: The beginnings of a Semitic conlang

Trebor Jung wrote:
> Here is the beginning of a Semitic conlang called Kasin. All feedback is
> welcome.
>
> Morphology
>
> Kasin is based on a Semitic-style bi- and trisyllabic root structure with
> vowel infixation. Below are vowel patterns for grammatical functions. The
> example root is kVsVn 'speech'.
>
> root verb: CaCuC: kasun
> past tense: CaCuCu: kasunu
> present tense: CaCuC: kasun
> future tense: CaCuCi: kasuni
> inchoative aspect: CaCaC: kasan
> causative aspect: CaCuC: kassun
> imperative mood: CaCCû: kassûn
> subjunctive mood: CaCuCah: kasunah
> passive voice: CaCfun: kasfun
> reflexive voice: CarCun: karsun
So you can't, for example, have a past subjunctive, or a future
causative, or a passive imperative ("Go screw yourself!")? Or would you
need to use periphrastic constructions for that?

It looks like your rule and example don't match for the imperative. I'll
assume you meant CaCûC and not CaCCû.

Is the final "n" in the passive and reflexive a fixed part of those
inflections, or is it the third root consonant?

How would bi-consonantal roots work? Do they have fewer distinctions
that tri-consonantal roots?