... Reksya yo mi seyu xola yo tu seyu lokanmi! I'm studying Eo these days, but I can't seem to put our various pet auxlangs down. So many great ideas, so much...
Hi. I just joined the group. I've been thinking about ways to create an easy to learn, and still very efficient (in terms of grammar, not of syllables)...
1. Removed phoneme represented by "c". 2. Changed compounding hyphen from "wa" to "n". 3. Removed apostrophe as schwa placeholder. 4. Abandoned dropping of "a"...
That's great, Yann, and welcome! After initially posting Konya, I began to have second thoughts about its value and the value of all auxlangs except Esperanto....
... your ... this ... You've created a great auxlang that seems pretty sophisticated and I hope that you'll continue to invest time in it. I just found out ...
... Wow! Thank you for your kind and, IMHO, wise words (about the value of auxlangs). The interest Konya has got these past few days has really inspired me! ...
Here was Dana's response to a lengthy response from Andrew Nowicki. It had started getting more generalised than just the question of names, and more focused...
LUNCHTIME! I'll try to respond to as much as I can in these few minutes. ... It had ... and more ... as-is, then reply ... original| ... 34, 68, ... The idea...
... Nowicki. ... people ... I kind of agree with Andrew here.... <shudders>. Given that Konya is designed with simple phonology/morphology as a fundemental...
... is ... principle, ... similar ... big. ... Oh! I didn't get that from Andrew's comment. I thought he just didn't understand that there is a way to...
... is ... principle, ... similar ... big. ... phonology/morphology ... words) ... It actually doesn't work to have words that are similar in both form and...
... Welcome, Steve! That's very interesting. So "loti", "kote", "sotu", and "sota" would have a common taxonomic mnemonic (!) ... all be parts of the body,...
Steve Rice sent me an analysis in a separate email. I interspersed my replies and am posting it here. STEVE RICE >>>>>>>> I do find your project interesting,...
... Welcome, Steve! That's very interesting. So "loti", "kote", "sotu", and "sota" would have a common taxonomic mnemonic (!) ... all be parts of the body,...
... derivational functions. The core words actually had the form CV[n]CV, with B for biological (fibu - chest [anat], ciba - abdomen, cemba - claw, pincer,...
While I'm digesting Steve's additional comments, I'd like to get some insight on the following: Given: "kutyu" = 'to cut'. This suggests to me that "kuta" =...
... some ... also ... the ... Not as such, but they are certainly similar. Hogben in Interglossa explicitly promoted action/result nouns, so that "grapho" ...
... Kenatyala ... LOL. I'll have to add a word for 'poutine'! ... That's cute! ... Yes, when the 'modifier' is actually just another noun, then "wa" is the...
What Steve and others have been trying to clarify for me WRT verb transitivity is finally sinking in. Here's what I should be saying: In Konya, as in English,...
... I'm reviewing the lexicon and will be making changes from time to time for the following reasons: 1) duplication 2) improper core word form 3) incorrect...
... of ... Clarification: What you're calling present and past participles are active and passive participles. (It's hard to make the distinction in English,...
... I checked the new lexicon, and it doesn't look bad, though some of the forms looked a little long. If a concept will be used a lot (on its own and/or as a...
... latter ... single-syllable ... that ... mind freeing up ... particularly in ... with some ... plus vowel ... Yes, this scheme is much better. Numbers...
... Thanks for the input, Christopher. I'm going to make the following lexical changes in the next version, coming soon: 0 - "to" remains "to" 1 - "mu" remains...
Some of Konya's prepositions, such as "wema" = 'more than', are lexically related to predicates, such as "pila" = 'more'. Where such relationships exist, I ...
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