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I have looked at Latino sine Flexione/Interlingua recently, and I
can certainly understand the premise of simplifying Latin for ease
of learning for international use. To many, Latin's declension
system is a burden, so it's usually the first to go when someone has
the opportunity and skill to create their own revised form of Latin.
However, I am almost frustrated that people like the creators of
Interlingua seem so blinded and intimidated by the complexity of
Latin's inflectional system that they overlook the marvelous economy
it brings to the language. I think one of the best things about
Latin is that so much information can often be embedded in a single
word.
So, this is my response to all those simplified-Latin conlangs that
have butchered the inflectional system and forsaken lingual economy
and expediency for the sake of dull simplicity. It's an attempt to
create a happy medium between Classical Latin and Latino sine
Flexione. Three main characteristics are: 1) the five declensions
have been melded into two easily predictable declensions, 2) the
genitive case has been done away with in favor of the "de" +
ablative construction, and 3) perfect tense stems are not nearly as
arbitrary as in Classical Latin.
VOWEL-TERMINATION ADJECTIVE & NOUN
DECLENSION
Singular
Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom. bono bona bonu
Acc. bonom bonam bonum
Abl. bone bone bone
Dat. boni boni boni
Plural
Nom. bonoi bonae bonui
Acc. bonos bonas bonus
Abl. bonibus bonibus bonibus
Dat. bonis bonis bonis
CONSONANT-TERMINATION ADJECTIVE & NOUN
DECLENSION
Singular
Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom. sapient sapient sapient
Acc. sapientem sapientem sapientem
Abl. sapiente sapiente sapiente
Dat. sapienti sapienti sapienti
Plural
Nom. sapientes sapientes sapientes
Acc. sapienties sapienties sapienties
Abl. sapientibus sapientibus sapientibus
Dat. sapientis sapientis sapientis
Note : Nouns of each gender decline in the same way as adjectives do
in the respective gender.
ROLES OF THE CASES
Nominative = Subject
Accusative = Direct Object
Ablative = Prepositional Object
Dative = Indirect Object
Note: Genitive usage is indicated with "de" + ablative. Vocative
forms are always identical to the nominative. The locative case is
replaced by use of the ablative case without an accompanying
preposition.
INFINITIVES
Active
Present
mostrar viver audir
Past
mostrase vivese audise
Passive
Present
mostrari viveri audiri
Past
eser mostrato eser viveto eser audito
VERB FORMS
Indicative
Present
mostro vivo audo
mostras vives audis
mostrat vivet audit
mostramus vivemus audimus
mostrates vivetes audites
mostrant vivent audint
Imperfect
mostrabam vivebam audibam
mostrabas vivebas audibas
mostrabat vivebat audibat
mostrabamus vivebamus audibamus
mostrabates vivebates audibates
mostrabant vivebant audibant
Future Future Future
mostrabo vivebo audibo
mostrabis vivebis audibis
mostrabit vivebit audibit
mostrabimus vivebimus audibimus
mostrabites vivebites audibites
mostrabint vivebint audibint
Perfect
mostravi vispi audivi
mostravisti vispisti audivisti
mostravit vispit audivit
mostravimus vispimus audivimus
mostraviste vispiste audiviste
mostravont vispont audivont
Pluperfect
mostravam vispam audivam
mostravas vispas audivas
mostravat vispat audivat
mostravamus vispamus audivamus
mostravates vispates audivates
mostravant vispant audivant
Future Perfect
mostravo vispo audivo
mostravis vispis audivis
mostravit vispit audivit
mostravimus vispimus audivimus
mostravites vispites audivites
mostravint vispint audivint
Subjunctive
Present Subj. Present Subj. Present Subj.
mostram vivam audam
mostres vivas audas
mostret vivat audat
mostremus vivamus audamus
mostretes vivates audates
mostrent vivant audant
Imp. Subj. Imp. Subj. Imp. Subj.
mostrasem vivesem audisem
mostrases viveses audises
mostraset viveset audiset
mostrasemus vivesemus audisemus
mostrasetes vivesetes audisetes
mostrasent vivesent audisent
Participles
Present Past Future
mostrante mostrato mostraturo
Perfect System Stem Formation of ?ere Verbs
Present Stem + /s/
But?
s + c or g = x
s + s or z = x
s + b or p = sp
s + f or v = sp
s + d or t = st
s + h = s
Passive Voice Formation (Non-Perfect Tenses)
1st Person Sing.: -o = -or, -am = -ar
2nd Person Sing.: insert /ri/ immediately before final /s/
3rd Person Sing.: add /or/ to the end
1st Person Plu.: drop final /s/ and add /r/
2nd Person Plu.: drop final /s/ and add /ni/
3rd person Plu.: add /or/ to the end
Passive Voice Formation (Perfect Tenses)
Perfect
Present Indicative tense of "eser" + Past Participle
Pluperfect
Imperfect Indicative tense of "eser" + Past Participle
Future Perfect
Future Indicative tense of "eser" + Past Participle
I'd be very interested in feedback if anyone is willing to give it.
Has anything like this been done before? If so, how does the prior
conlang compare with this one (in as much as has been created)?
What do you think of the premise?
I hope the columns of words stay aligned when I send this. I made
the mistake of typing this in Word without using the Tables option
and just copy-and-pasted it here. If not, anyone who's interested
can e-mail me and I'll send them an RTF or something.
Thanks,
Gregory H. Bontrager