[YG Conlang Archives] > [romanceconlang group] > messages [Date Index] [Thread Index] >


[Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]

Re: Trouble with Articles



--- In romanceconlang@yahoogroups.com, Christophe Grandsire 
<christophe.grandsire@f...> wrote:
> En réponse à Christian Thalmann :
<snip>
> >I think I'm just going to use the singular indefinite article
> >for uncountables.  Thus "the taste of wine" would become |is
> >sappur nys uenun| [i 'sapp@r nyz 'y@n@].  The danger of
> >misunderstanding is very low, methinks.
In Fortunatian, it may be either
<naun amic> [non amik] no friend
<nir d'amic> [nir damik] nothing of a friend (no friend)
<snip>
> > > In Narbonósc, there is a partitive article of the form "ne/na" 
(which
> > > exists only in the singular). It is derived from "em+e" 
and "em+a"
> >(like
> > > "du" is "de+le").
Nowt such as this in Fortunatian.
> >
> >Pretty cool.
> 
> Thanks! :)))
> 
> Christophe Grandsire.
> 
> http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
> 
> You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.