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That table is quite nice. I've sort of done the same thing but much more haphazardly. There are several of your columns which I haven't touched yet. And Carrajena will have a triple valency in its demonstratives (here, there and yon) but I only have the here (fistu) and there (isu) worked out so far. All these little function words -- conjunctions, demonstratives, pronouns, articles, prepositions -- eat an inordinate amount of time. --- Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@hidden.email> wrote: > --- Adam Walker skrzypszy: > > > Have any real Romlangs borrowed any interrogatives > > from non-Latin/Romance sources? > > Not that I know of. This is not the kind of words > that language borrow from > other language, I'd say. Rather they would create > new ones based on other > inherited stuff, like french "Pourquoi". > That's what I knew and why I was asking if anyone could think of an example from real life. I didn't expect any to be forthcome, but occasionally something pops up utterly unexpected. > > Currently, I'm leaning toward the following > scheme: > > > > Fin Who > > Fid What > > Pali What > > Pun When > > Pervi Why > > Jundi Where > > Pomu How > > Pandu How much/many > > Pochi How often > > Yes, I agree with your choices. If I understand you > correctly, you are > hesitating between "jundi" and "pa" for "where", and > between "pervi" and "pu" > for "why". I think you do right if you go for those > forms that are easier > distinguished from other interrogatives. > > "Which" seems to have disappeared from the list, > BTW. Oops! Now how did that happen? which is either fi or pali. I think it will likely be identical with what. But I *might* differentiate. > > > But I could change my mind entirely at any moment. > > > Conlangers perrogative, you know. What say you? > > Have you considered making a table of correlatives? > IMO it is an excellent tool > for creating this kind of vocabulary and > understanding some of the mechanisms > of the language itself. I did something like that > for Wenedyk, and this is what > I came up with (I hope it shows up correctly): > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > | Inter- | Demonstrative | > Indefinite > |rogative| here | there | none | > some | all | any (1) > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > person czy il\ iwial\ nieczy > alczy tocy > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > object ko'd il\ iwial\ nio'l\ > alko'd tot > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > quality (2) kwal tal - nul\ > alkwal kaszkun > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > quantity kwa~t ta~t - nul\ - > tot > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > method komo'd szyk - - > kodamo'd - > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > reason prokoz^u prol\u - - > alku - > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > time kwa~du ne~k te~k ne~kwa > alkwa~du sia~prz > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > place wa~dz' jeszyc - nuszwa > alka~dz' ubiecz > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > source zia~dz' ziele~c ziwiele~c z'nia~dz' > alzia~dz' - > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > destination ada~dz' ale~c awiele~c ania~dz' > alada~dz' - > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > route kwalak il\ak iwial\ak - > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > (1) There are created by adding the suffix "-ka~cz" > to the interrogative: > "czyka~cz" (anybody, whoever), "k鏚ka~cz" (anything, > whatever), etc. > But: "uska~cz" (anywhere, whereever), "kuka~cz" (for > whatever reason). > > (2) This can both mean "which" or "what kind of". > So: "kwal" (which, what kind > of), "tal" (such), "nul\" (no), "alkwal" (some), > "kaszkun" (every, each). > > Of course, you can add columns at will (as a matter > of fact, I also have a > column for "many", "often", etc., but I left it out > for reasons of space. > > Jan > > ===== > "Originality is the art of concealing your source." > - Franklin P. Jones > > __________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Plus > For a better Internet experience > http://www.yahoo.co.uk/btoffer > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > To unsubscribe to this group, sell your soul to > Satan, do not pass go, do not collect $200. In other > words, you're stuck here now!! > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >