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--- Adam Walker skrzypszy: > That was fun, but I've realized that ad- did not > assimilate in this way in Latin so ad- + t = att > at > in words that had an ad- prefix in Latin, but ad- + t > = ad in words invented in the NAVL (North African > Vulgar Latin) stage and thereafter. Does this grate > on your linguistic sensabilities? I must admit it > concerns me. It seems somewhat unlikely. Yes, I have encountered a similar problem in Wenedyk. And no, it does not disturb me too much. ;) The Latin combinations _tt/dt_ and _dd_ become _st_ and _zd_ respectively. However, the preposition "ad" becomes "a" in Wenedyk. The problem occurs in two situations: in compounds constructed in a later stage of the language's development, and before vowels. In the first situation, I simply use _a-_ + verb. However, before vowels I tend to "readopt" the _d_. I realise this is not entirely consequent, but hey, that's life. Natlangs aren't always consequent either. I must add, that I have a bigger problem with compounds formed by "con-" + verb. Both "cum" and "con-" become "ka~" in Wenedyk, but what do to when the nasal has been assimilated into _comm-_, _coll-_, _corr_, etc.? I am considering abolishing the nasal in áll situations, but that would be quite a dramatic change in the language. Also "sub-" has been changed recently. At present, it turns to "z-" before a voiced consonant, to "s-" before an unvoiced consonant, and "zb-" before a vowel. Jan