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Re: [westasianconlangs] Fwd: borrowed translation



On Mon Jan 5, 2004  2:12 pm Kay wrote:

> Hi Issac,
> You are right. Sorry for my misunderstanding. I'm not used to the
> 'stem' classification of verbs and I mistakenly read 'Stem II' in your
> post as 'Form II' :0) I wonder why Japanese textbooks don't use 'Stem'
> system.

As for me, to hear about "forms", is hajimete :)
Anyway, "stem", or conjugational pattern, is a very convenient system.

> Anyway, thank you for your input on Hebrew, which I haven't taken up
> yet. Seems I would enjoy learning Hebrew grammar very much :-)

Well, since Newgaritic is going to be closer to Hebrew grammatically, you'll
hear more about Hebrew grammar here.
ObConlang: I have not yet decided on verb system in my project. I'm still
gathering facts about nouns, and getting through possible phonology. Maybe, the
lang will be written with Ethiopic syllabary.

As concerns phonology,
on Mon Jan 5, 2004  2:34 pm you wrote:

> About this part of the summary, I'm a bit puzzled, to be honest with
> you.
> Sorry if I confused you.

Oh no, everything is all right. I don't need scientificly accurate
reconstructions. Just a touch of naturalism, esp. since Ugaritic (used as a
starting point in my conlang design) and Classical Arabic phonology seems pretty
close.

Btw, do *you* have or plan to have a West Asian (including North Africa,
Caucasus, Turan) conlang? Tell us!

> Kay

With much respect,
-- Yitzik