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--- 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