I'm pondering Loglanization again. Ceqli has 14 consonants and 5 full vowels, hence 70 CV's. If I restricted grammar words to shape CV would I have enough of...
I think 70 grammar words would be enough, particularly if they aren't to include prepositions; and that should be easy enough given your preference for...
Okay, I'm going to do it. CV's will now be grammar words. The tough part is replacing all the current CV's that -aren't- grammar words: I'm figuring on these...
(Removed &#$^ing HTML!) ... I recommend setting this in stone. ... but that's ... take -i or -o > for sex. I like "xef", from Fra "chef", or Eng "chief" also...
... done! ... Me, too. But it has to be nCnV to be a Ceqli morpheme. ... Yes, but it can't be a CV, because I'm in the process of making all CV's into grammar...
Does anybody know a better way to do a glossary than this? http://ceqli.pbwiki.com/Ceqli-English%20Glossary I do it in Filemaker Pro. Rex May rmay@... ...
I applaud this, Rex. One thing I very much stumble with is not knowing when I've hit a function word versus a lexical. If my grasp of a language is shaky, I...
... Maybe "pri" as in PRImary. ... There's always "dir" or "tir". ... Numbers are often read together. It would be best to make them as distinct from each...
... Pri already means "beg", unfortunately. How about "gul" from Cardassian? Seriously, it's a good word. "Prim" might be okay. To primceq - capital, to...
How do you like this pair? zay - to cause, make (used like Esperanto "igi") a reverse in sound of the English suffix "-ize" zya - to begin or become. a...
I'm concerned about Loglan words that mean pretty much the same thing, but have different place structures. Seems like too many roots. Like X talks to Y...
... I see what you mean. Probably I won't find a good reversible word. There is maybe "kaw" to cause, with the newly-released "kwa", which could mean "become",...
You know, one way to do it would be with prefixes. go parl zi ceqlizo. I talk to you about Ceqli. go temparl ceqlizo ze. I talk about Ceqli to/with you. go...
I've got it. Verb 'fay' from English suffix in simpliFY. Means to cause object to do the root. go dorm. go fay ke zi dorm. go dormfay zi. for "become," I...
"ze" won't work for plurals any more, as numerals aren't CV's. Sigh. It literally means "more than" and, as a plural, is short for "ze hansi" More than one. ...
I'm beginning to think that the idea situation is that Ceqli predicates should, Loglanlike, have a set place structure: go voy X Y. I go to X from Y. and...
Question: I have a tentative beginning glossary posted here: http://ceqli.pbwiki.com/Ceqli-English%20Glossary Can everybody download it? Rex May rmay@... ...
... No, please. Those place structures are one of the worst features of Loglan and Lojban and the lack of them is one of the more attractive features of...
... Please keep following. What I have in mind is a much less complicated version, probably more Mandarin/English than Loglan, thus go don ba zi. I give...
... I can download it fine. But I find the PDF format harder to work with than the previous HTML table document; a tab-delimited database would be easier ...
... OK. Can you give us some more examples of more complex sentences where the direct and indirect oobject or both are a phrase of several words (one or more...
... That sounds pretty good. Esperanto does some derivation like this with prepositional prefixes, e.g. "paroli" speak and "priparoli" discuss, talk about; ...
