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--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote: > > sing plur > > dir sa Zer sé Zerre > > gen sei Zerressu saar Zerrer > > dat sy Zer sy Zerre > > > >... > > Example: "Chapal" (horse) m. > > > > sing plur > > dir sé Chapal su Chapalle > > gen sei Chapälsu sure Chapaller > > dat sy Chapal sy Chapälle > >... > > Nice! :-) Looks French. :-P Not to me... but certainly not German either. > Interestingly, although I am planning a conlang with quite similar > goals, I can already say that it will look completely different. > E.g. I'd expect my lang to have 'Kawel' or something. :-) That looks more like German. > Do you shift the accent to the first syllable? Or do you keep the > Romance accent? It would certainly need that to feel German. But the question is whether the pre-stress syllable should receive the stress flat-out, or collapse in order to make the stressed syllable initial? In other words, caballus > Kabel or Quall? Hom einspeckt nohn äune dohnte Quälle Buck! :D Ooh, I love this. Hmmm, I'm nearly tempted to launch a true Germanoromance myself. Are those the new romlangs, in the sense that everybody has to go through that stage at some point? ;) -- Christian Thalmann