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Re: Interjections



--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, "habarakhe4" <theophilus88@h...> 
wrote:
> --- 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?

That's an interesting idea! Does any NatRomLang do that? For Vallés, 
I try not to stray too far from what the existing languages have 
done, even if my combination is a little odd. And Rubaga doesn't need 
it. I could have a 3rd Romlang I suppose ....

Jeff

> > 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