Re: Carashán, the solution

----- Original Message -----
From: yl-ruil
To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 9:53 AM
Subject: Carashán, the solution

> Well, Roger Mills came closest.
> <clip>. It's meant to resemble Romanian and Portuguese
> principally, with a bit of Occitan and Italian thrown in. It
> got the right response! It's derived from Aredos, obviously,
> it's not "Evil Esperanto" (Anyone going to volunteer to
> make that one?)
"Malesperanto," where (most of) those words that do not
have a mal- prefix in Eo are given that prefix. And where
those words in Eo that already have the mal- prefix have
it deleted.

Only exceptions:
1) all the pronouns, to which an -x is added; and
2) those conjuctions, prepositions, and adverbs ending
in -n  -- which exchange that -n for -x.

Additional factors:
1) accusative endings in -n have that letter replaced
by -ohhh (see below)
2) adverbs being used as if the "instrumental case"
have the -e replaced by -ejjj. (see below)
3) "la" is replaced by "blodi"
4) "ne" is replaced by "noxin"

Spelling:
1) all consonants with hats are replaced with a series of
three of that consonant. Thus "pos^to" becomes "posssto."
2) the u^ letter is respelled as fff.
3) x is [ks]

Voila  -- Malesperanto.
Are you ill?
    Cccu vix malestas sana?

How does one say "hope" in Esperanto?
     Kiel onix maldiras "hope" Malesperantejjj?

She was sitting across from me.
    Sssix malsidis kontrafff mix.

The president was not standing at the door, but near it.
    Blodi malprezidento noxin malstaris ccce blodi malporto, sed apud gggi.

Sorry, really baaaad!

Leo Moser