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--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, "Christian Thalmann" <cinga@g...> wrote: > --- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, "habarakhe4" <theophilus88@h...> wrote: > > > *fenohuytut < paene-fututum > > Ah, pretty cool... not a very noble ancestry though, > considering that it's a "woman word". ;-) Mu naun cofrondau fsa dicta. Latin "futuo" refers to the male participant. Ah! I see the problem. The Fortunatian "infinitive" is derived from the fourth principal part. 'huytut' is not felt to be passive. > > > > > > Ahem. Anyway... here's the text in Jovian, the > > > language of the True Roman Noblemen Who Don't Do Such > > > Foolish Things As Cuddling. In public. > > How does one say 'gravitas' in Jovian? > > |Graeftade| [grEf'ta:d]. The above only applies to the > public image that conservative nobles like to give > themselves in public. Important men of state and > business who can't afford the emotional vulnerability, > in ancient Roman tradition... who would rather confess > to adultery with the housemaid than to an effeminate > waste of time such as romance. =P > > The commoners and the majority of the nobles don't > share that view though. Fortunatian: draptat [draptat] Tahian: [kr&feTa:T] Lliiqa Llaasiina: klaafisaasan Linwa di Podra: graudor > > > > -- Christian Thalmann