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Re: Slezan



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 --- Isaac Penzev skÅ?ibva:

> Since the thread in the Conlang-L quicjkly went off-topic, I'd like to tell
> you my admiration here. I like the style of the page too. Concise grammar 
> sketch, but very clear. An exemplary work for describing a conlang. 

<blush> Thank you, Yitzik, that was most flattering! </blush>

> I hope we'll see soon the accentuation rules, 

I must admit that I haven't really decided yet what to do with accentuation. I
briefly considered using the Czech model, but in a way I don't like that idea
myself; Slezan is not meant to do with Czech what Wenedyk does with Polish
(which is also why I abandoned the idea of having acutes). So, I think
accentuation will be closer to Latin or Italian.

> and at least a brief vocabulary. 

Well, I don't think I will make a word list the way I did for Wenedyk. As I
already wrote somewhere else, I don't feel like doing the whole exercise all
over again. But what I will do is adding examples to every rule (yes, the page
is definitely not ready yet, but then, I made it in two days).

For the rest, I think I will rather create words on a need-to-have basis. You
know, the problem with Slezan is that most of the vocabulary is already there,
albeit in a "virtual" state; give me any sentence and I'll translate it for
you! But putting everything on paper...

> The lang is so elegant, that I'd actually like to see it used!

Well, perhaps some shorter texts? A short tourist guide? A Babel text for
Jeffrey Henning's site? Who knows, maybe some sound samples?

But let's start with something simple:
 Servus! - Hi!
 Bon däz! - Good day!
 Bon zrn! - Good morning!
 Bon vešpr! - Good evening!
 Bona noc! - Good night!

Jan

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