That risk exists. However, both dutch and german do things that way ,and from a life-long experience in dutch, I can say that it rarely leads to problems. But...
928
xipirho
Mar 2, 2002 12:12 am
Hey, I just realised (i'm hardly a full-time folkspraaker!) that if plurals are changed to end "-en", then won't they get confused with infinitive verb ...
927
Daan
daangoedkoop
Mar 1, 2002 4:52 pm
... Shall will be used for the future tense, so it should be something like sallen - "ik salle etten". "Ik wille etten" means "I want to eat!" and that's a big...
926
William G Beazley
beazley@...
Mar 1, 2002 5:04 am
Not sure if it has been covered yet. ik wille etten, etc. = "I shall eat" Causes some questions for me in the Grammar. This Grammar only seems to be a...
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francois haas
frans_haas
Feb 27, 2002 11:27 pm
I prefer "s" after vowels and "r" , and e(n) after other endings.... ariues <ariues@...> a écrit : I voted other cause I feel that -ern is a better...
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Daan
daangoedkoop
Feb 27, 2002 7:50 pm
In that case I say sorry. To all of you. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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xipirho
Feb 27, 2002 7:21 pm
Sorry, I didn't vote "other" - I haven't even voted! I will now though! Elen síla lúmenn' omentielvo. Roly/Orly/Vinyacálë....
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Daan
daangoedkoop
Feb 27, 2002 6:49 pm
Oops, that change deleted all votes... I hoped not, but yes... stupid Yahoo :( [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
921
Daan
daangoedkoop
Feb 27, 2002 6:47 pm
... In that case, why do you vote 'other' and not '-en'?...
920
xipirho
Feb 27, 2002 6:15 pm
What's wrong with just "-en"? It's much less cumbersome than "-ern" and certainly "-ens". Elen síla lúmenn' omentielvo. Roly/Orly/Vinyacálë....
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ariues
Feb 27, 2002 5:59 pm
I voted other cause I feel that -ern is a better plural but not on the list. You'll notice that a bunch of parent languages use -er or - en to denote plurals....
918
folkspraak@yahoogroup...
Feb 26, 2002 8:16 pm
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the folkspraak group: How should plurals be formed? Hoe moet het meervoud worden gemaakt? o -s (-es...
917
folkspraak@yahoogroup...
Feb 26, 2002 8:13 pm
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the folkspraak group: What should be the article (the) in FS? Waß muß daß Artikel (der/die/das) in...
916
Daan
daangoedkoop
Feb 26, 2002 7:58 pm
... Forgotten something: short vowel should always be followed by two consonants, perhaps doubled: ba:n ba:n@n baan baanen bAn bAn@n bann bannen This way...
915
Daan
daangoedkoop
Feb 26, 2002 7:55 pm
We must have a system where people can vote, but where people can also directly add new suggestions, like on Van Dale Taalweb, where you can vote for...
914
Daan
daangoedkoop
Feb 26, 2002 7:52 pm
... Indeed. Latin did the trick with use of the single/double consonant system, I think. However, Germanic languages can also contain long vowels in the last...
913
xipirho
Feb 26, 2002 7:00 pm
Well Latin has 10 vowels and they invented the goddamn alphabet! 11's not that many!...
I wrote an alphabet for english based on "Mid-western" the most widely accepted standard for pronounciation of American English. this alphabet has eleven vowel...
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Menno RUBINGH
rubinghnl
Feb 13, 2002 3:21 pm
... Heh. ... Very interesting -- thanks for mentioning this. (I guess I'm adding Yiddish to my list of things to have a look into...) ... Heh, I think that...
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francois haas
frans_haas
Feb 12, 2002 4:06 pm
In faerose group gj(palatalized g) is pronounced like english "j" in Jack. Couldn't it be a good compromise??? and kj like ch like in church? ...
908
William G Beazley
beazley@...
Feb 11, 2002 7:43 pm
How about replace ae a=bat with æ a=bat þ th=through (it makes it easier to spell say Neanderthal). ð (dh) th=the/their additionally, I think replacing sh...
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francois haas
frans_haas
Feb 11, 2002 1:14 pm
What about scandinavian palatalizations??? kj, skj, and sj and so on? And the prodigious apophonic phenomenons of modern icelandic? Can we get rid of those...
906
Daan Goedkoop
daangoedkoop
Feb 11, 2002 10:32 am
Note that eu is NOT 2: but 2y (except before l or r). Ui is 9y, indeed. The Dutch consonant system is as following: Dutch / transcr. Ommitted if the same in...
905
Jonathan North Washin...
ivan_71270
Feb 10, 2002 11:16 pm
«« Vowel Pronounced as ... a #1 "closed A" a in German "Bahn" a #2 "open A" a in German "Katze" e #1 "closed E"...
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Menno RUBINGH
rubinghnl
Feb 10, 2002 6:07 pm
PS: I just remembered that Afrikaans sometimes (in very few words, like "'n" meaning the article "a") spells schwa e as an apostrophe. It could be an idea to...
903
Menno RUBINGH
rubinghnl
Feb 10, 2002 5:56 pm
... Hello everyone, <selfintroduction> Recently, while searching for a mailing list on Germanic languages, I found your mailing list and through it found out...
902
Daan
daangoedkoop
Feb 9, 2002 2:59 pm
I suggest a smaller vowel system too: A - german bahn a - bath ä - E, never schwa E - bed, if unstressed schwa e - lake I - bit i - beat O - bot o - boat ö...
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francois haas
frans_haas
Feb 9, 2002 1:15 pm
May I send suggestions? I have been working on my own "Folkspraak" for years and am interested in yours... I think your concept is rather good but don't you...
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Michael Adams
abrigon
Feb 9, 2002 6:17 am
Made some modifications, and it does not always follow the
English I speak, but ..
p p=pit
b b=ball
t t=tag
d d=dip/card
k k/c=kit/character
g g=guard/bag
?...
