Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>A few words in Maggel as appetizers ;)) :
>- |oun| ['a~O~n]: man
>- |ragft| ['r\a~N]: woman
>- |hluoifais| ['Lu:v&z]: presents (it's a feminine word, and the base form
>of
>feminine words is plural. More about it below ;))) )
I take this that |ragft| "woman" is non-feminine? Or is it a irregular
feminine with the singular as the basic form?
>Last note: |maggel| is pronounced [m@'gE:l] ;))) .
A Frenchperson* speaking poor Swedish just might produce something quite
similar when trying to pronounce _mögel_ ['m2:gEl] "mould" (the kind that
grows on French cheese).
* Steve Mirsky recently suggested that the ethnonym "Turkmens" be replaced
by "Turkpersons" on gender equality grounds. I see no reason we shouldn't
grant the same courtesy to the French people. In prusuit of the same noble
goal, China's official language will henceforth be refered to as
"Persondarin". (And yes, Mirsky was joking.)
Andreas
_________________________________________________________________
MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*.
http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus