Re: Lingwa de Planeta (LdP) introductory course
| From: | lingwadeplaneta <lingwadeplaneta@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, August 4, 2007, 15:33 |
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Just one more remark. In the Russian "delat'" the first "d" is
palatalized, and in fact what is pronounced is [dz'elat'].
So this Chinese word [dzuo] sounds partly similar not only to the
English "do", but also to the Russian equivalent. This is why I think
it is very good for its role.
-- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, MorphemeAddict@... wrote:
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> In a message dated 8/4/2007 3:52:56 AM Central Daylight Time,
> joefatula@... writes:
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> > Am I reading this right that |dzwo| means both "make" and "two"?
If so,
> > it strikes me as a bit confusing.
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> I see "dzwo" meaning (Russian) delat' (do, make). "Dwa" is 'two'.
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> stevo </HTML>
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