From: Isaac Penzev (isaacp@ukr.net)
Date: Thu May 15 2003 - 12:50:18 EST
magomagno2 scripsit:
> I'm working on my own ideal international Romance lang. I'm just
> calling it Neo-Latin for now(I know, not very original) Here's some
> of the basic stuff. Tell me what ya think.
I'm not a fan of "international" languages. And I get furious when I hear about
"ideal" languages. But since everybody is silent, let the Poisonous Snakie
talk...
> Nouns end in a, e, o, or u, according to their ablative singular
> ending in Latin.
> Aqua Fratre
> Filio Fructu
Why should you keep -u? In most natlangs those stems merged with -o-stems.
> The plural is formed by adding -i.
> Aquai Fratrei
> Filioi Fructui
Why not -s ? Usually adding -i produces other phonetic changes.
> The definite article is il. The indefinite is un.
No gender? Strange... Romlangs used to have gender... But if ideal means
English-like, c'mon babe...
> The Genitive is formed with de.
> Il aqua de flumine. The river's water.
> De + il = Di. This is the only contraction in Neo Latin.
Why not "del" ? "Di" is a non-article form in Romlangs!
> In il nomine **de patre**, e di filio, e di spiritu sancti.
Of **a** father?
> The Dative is formed with a, ad
Why you call them "Genetive" and "Dative". Are they cases? ;))
> All adjectives end in the last remaining vowel, -i.
> The compartive is formed by adding -or.
> The superlative is formed by adding -ssimo
Isn't comp. and sup. adjectives too? Why they have different ending?
> Verbs have 4 tenses, Present, Past, Future, and Conditional.
You call Cond. "tense"?!!! Dog my cats!
> Well, what do ya think? I'm open to any comments or suggestions. I
> know you'll probably tell me to get rid of the verb conjugations, but
> I think they're easy enough to keep in.
Many many natural (read: ideal) languages have them more...
To end with, I think the lang you offer is not ideal. What are the criteria for
idealness? I'm quite sure Japanese is much more ideal: all cases are denoted by
postpositional particles, there are only 2 irregular verbs, the word order is
fixed. And Mandarin Chinese is almost perfect: it has neither declension, nor
conjugation.
Therefore, good luck!
~~~~~~ Yitzik the Poisonous Snakie ~~~~~~
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