Re: Wenedyk - Nouns

 --- Christian Thalmann wrote:

> Phew, I'm glad you did.  I've had quite a few doubts about keeping a
> full case system in Jovian, and more than once have I had to resist
> the urge to flatten it all into a two-case (NOM, ACC) or one-case
> system.  Especially the clunky -n endings of the accusative bugged
> me.  At least now I'm not alone with a full-house case system.  ;-)
:) I'm glad you did!

> > II.     hard stems              soft stems
> >         dom "house"             an' "year"
> >         sing.   plur.           sing.   plur.
> > nom.    dom     domy            an'     ani
> > gen.    domu    domór           aniu    aniór
> > dat.    domi    domysz          ani     anisz
> > acc.    dom     domy            an'     ani
>
> Hmmmm... any specific reason you chose |-i| for the dative and |-u|
> for the genitive?  Or is that a typo?  The Latin endings being -o
> and -i respectively...
Yes, it is a strange feature I am well aware of, not a typo.

I've been spending quite some time experimenting with case endings, trying to
decline at least 40 words according to different possibilities and examining
the felling they gave me. After all this work, I came to the conclusion that
there is nothing wrong with some shifting of meanings and forms. This language,
after all, is not only a daughter language of Latin, but also a sister language
of Polish.

In this case, those two forms -u and -i can be justified in two ways:
- either it is the rather strong influence of the fourth declension (-us, gen.
-us, dat. -ui)
- or those early Slavs could be blamed for messing up Latin -i/-u with their
own -u/-i :)
I think I like the combination of those two.

> Anyway, you lang looks pleasantly czechesque and un-plain-vanilla-
> romancish.  Mic plagi /miC "pla:gi/ < |Mihi placet|  (=D
Thanks!
BTW In Wenedyk that would be: Mi p£acze [mi pwat_s`E]

Jan

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