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--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, "jsjonesmiami" <jsjonesmiami@y...> wrote: > --- 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. What about MINIME as a negative and MAXIME as a positive? > 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