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--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, "Christian Thalmann" <cinga@g...> wrote: > Rather than the all too boring /si/-/no/ pair shared by > most romlangs, I decided to go for different words to > fill the slots in Jovian. In fact, I found there were > more than two slots to differentiate between... Christian, Coming up for a word for "yes" is one of the problems I'm having with Vallés, since it's not targeted for a specific branch of this-world Romance. I've actually been thinking of using derivatives of both SIC and HOC for different purposes, so it's interesting that you posted this. Rubaga avoids this problem by simply using the verb. Jeff > Jovian now includes the following interjections: |oc| > [Ax] "yes (it's true)" < HOC, |ae| [aj] "yea (I concur)" > < AIO, |mere| [me:r] "does too! (to the contrary)" < IMMO > VERO, |nau| [no] "no (it's false)" < NON, |ne| [ne:] "no > (I veto)" < NEGO, |noe| [nAj] "don't!" < NOLI. > > As far as expletives go, I don't have much material yet. > I recently noticed that the modifier fronting allows for > some great-sounding phrases like |Iosu o Cristu!| > ['i@zA,griSt], |Sante o Mare| [,sandA'va:r] or |Oembodinde > o Dé!| [,ambA'dindA,ze:] > > -- Christian Thalmann