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--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, "Rodlox R" <rodlox@h...> wrote: > > huge thanks to everyone who commented. > > > > > > anybody have any thoughts about it? (it's in > > > > > the Files section). > > > >Dude, you just took an arbitrary slice out of an > >online dictionary, with very inaccurate glosses > >(which isn't your fault, strictly speaking... but > >still, a tool misused is not necessarily a bad > >tool) and had the computer make one or two automatic > >letter subsitutions. I'm all for supporting new and > >inexperienced conlangers, but that's just lazy. > > actually...that was a suggestion to me...from a more experienced conlanger > -- that I start out wýth letter replacement...and advance from > there...particularly if I wanted to evolve NatLangs. > > > > > >Your "unnamed conlang" as posted on the conlang list > >is already a lot more original. > > thank you. > > > Less automation, > >more manual work, that's the way. Takes a lot more > >time, granted, but at least you'll end up with an > >artwork of your own, > > true. > > >*the* translation. For example, you have "abide" as > >the translation of *29* different Latin words! > >Doesn't that seem strange to you? > > yes...but so does a lot of things. > :) > > >Hope that helps. > > Immensely! > > > >Remember you can always retcon history and population migration if > >necessary (mercenaries are useful here). > > >You clearly favor palatalization, which is a good starting point. > > yep...just as soon as I understand the word...palatalization... > > > >You seem to favor dropping final vowels. This, too, is a good start. > >Consider the variant forms that this, combined with palatalization, > >produces in declensions and conjugations - and make sure you have a > >reference for the two. > > um...what sort of reference? (so I am not caught unawares later on list). A grammar book with tables for the declensions and conjugations. > > > >that syllable is long. It is stressed on the antepenultimate if the > > um...when is the antepenultimate? > capital = stressed syllable patakA = ultimate patAka = penultimate pAtaka = antepenultimate > _________________________________________________________________ > Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/