Re: Formation of words from Spanish into Aingeljã
| From: | Wesley Parish <wes.parish@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, September 28, 2002, 8:57 |
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I can't help thinking it's looking a bit like a Catalan/Galician mix.
;) I could be wrong. I like the look of it, and the sound I expect will
affect me like the beauty of Portuguese does. :-)
Wesley Parish
On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 21:39, Ángel Serrano wrote:
> Hi, I send you some basic rules to create words in Aingeljã from their
> Spanish version.
>
> Here we go:
>
> * -CIÓN => -CJÕ. POSICIÓN => POSICJÕ (position).
> * -CIA => -ZA. VALENCIA => VALENZA (Valencia, Spanish city); CODICIABLE =>
> CODIZABEL (desiderable). * -AVO, -EVO, -IVO, -OVO => -AU, -EU, -IU, -OU.
> YUGOSLAVO => JUGOSLAU (Yugoslavian); NUEVO => NOU (new); ADJETIVO => AJETIU
> (adjective). This sometimes happens with other endings: MANCHEGO => MANCHEU
> (from La Mancha, Spanish region); GALLEGO => GALEU (Galician). * An L
> before consonant usually changes into U: CÁLIDO =
> CAUDE (warm), ALGUNO = AUCU~ (some); ALMA => AUMA (soul).
> * The ending N's in words like MANO (hand), CAMINO (way), DESAYUNO
> (breakfast), IMPLICACIÓN (implication), etc, are lost, but the vowels
> retain a nasal tilde: MÃ, CHAMI~, DISAIXÕ, IMPLICACJÕ, etc. Their plural is
> formed adding -NS (masculine) or -NAS (femenine): MÃNAS, CHAMI~NS,
> DISAIXÕNS, IMPLICACJÕNAS. * -DAD and other words ending in -AD, -ED, -UD
> lose their ending D, but retain a grave tilde (`). UNIVERSIDAD =>
> UNIVERSITÀ (university), LIBERTAD => LLUWERTÀ (liberty), MERCED => MERÇÈ
> (favour, mercy), VIRTUD => VIRTÙ (virtue). Their plural is formed adding
> -TAS: UNIVERSITÀTAS, LLUWERTÀTAS, MERÇÈTAS, VIRTÙTAS (they retain the
> tilde). * -CT- => -T-. ACTOR => ATOR (actor); OCHO => OTE (eight).
> * -PT- => -IT-. SIETE => SEIT (seven); ACEPTAR => ACEITRE (to accept);
> NEPTUNO => NEITU~ (Neptune). * -GN- => -IN-. MAGNÉTICO => MAINETIC
> (magnetic).
> * -AJE, -EJE, -OJE, -UJE, and in general all the syllables with the sound
> /x/ => -AIX, -EIX, -OIX, -UIX, respectively. Ex: LENGUAJE => LANGAIX
> (language), ÁGIL => AIXIL (agile), AGUJA => ACUIXA (needle), BAJO => BAIX
> (under), HOJA => FOIXA (leave), LIGERO => LEIXER (light). This sometimes
> happens with other endings: RUSIA => RUIXJA (Russia), FRESA => FREIXA
> (strawberry), JUEZ => JUDJEIX (judge), NIEVE => NJEIX (snow), from Latin
> Nominative NIX), CROACIA => CRWAIXJA (Croatia), CÁDIX => CAIX (Cadix,
> Spanish city). * Soundless consonants which became sound in Spanish are
> retained. Ex: AGUJA => ACUIXA (needle); CODO => COT (elbow); CUBRIR =>
> COPRÂRE (to cover); TOLEDO => TOLET (Toledo, Spanish city). * In some
> Spanish hiatuses, a new D between vowels appears: CREER => CREDRE (to
> beleave, and also to create); CAÍDA => CADUTA (fall). * Diminutive -ITO,
> -ITA are -ELL, -ELLA: LLUVIA => PLUGGA (rain); CHUBASCO/LLOVIZNA =>
> PLUGGELLA (rain shower or "little rain"). * TRANS- => TRAS-. TRANSPORTE =>
> TRASPORT (transport).
> * IN- => UN- (Germanic influence). IMPOSIBLE => UMPOSIBEL (impossible).
> * -BLE => -BEL. INVISIBLE => UNVIDABEL (invisible), from VIDRE = VER (to
> see). Also: DIABLO => DJABEL (devil). * -BS- => -S-. ABSOLUTO => ASOLUT
> (absolute).
> * Many intervocalic V disappear and become W or U. CLAVAR => CLAURE (to
> nail), EVA => EWA (Eve, female name), VIVIR => VJURE (to live), UVA => UWA
> (grape). Sometimes also with B: BEBER => BEURE (to drink). * -IZAR =>
> -IÇRE. GENERALIZAR => GGENERALIÇRE (to generalize). The same for many verbs
> ending in -ZAR, -CER, -CIR, etc. NACER => NAÇRE (to be born), COCER =>
> COÇRE (to cook, to boil), PRODUCIR => PRODUÇRE (to produce), ABRAZAR =>
> IMBRAÇRE (to embrace, to hug). * Initial L usually becomes palatal,
> especially if Catalan does the same: LÉRIDA => LLERDA (Lérida, Spanish
> city, Lleida in Catalan), LENGUA => LLINGWA (tongue), LUGO => LLUC (Lugo,
> Spanish city), LECHE => LLAT (milk), LIBRE => LLUR (free). * -ICO, -ICA =>
> -IC, -ICA. MECÁNICO => MECANIC (mechanic), BRITÁNICO => BRITANIC (British),
> BÉLGICA => BELGGICA (Belgium). * Initial G sometimes becomes palatal (GG),
> and sometimes is velar plosive sound: GENIO => GGENN (genius), ALEMANIA =>
> GGERMANNA (Germany), GUIPÚZCOA => GIPUSQWA (Guipúzcoa, Spanish city),
> GEMELO => GEMELL (twin). * Hiatus ÍA often loses its accent and becomes the
> diphthong JA: HUNGRÍA => HONGRJA (Hungary), ALMERÍA => ALMERJA (Almería,
> Spanish city), TURQUÍA => TURCJA (Turkey).
>
> That's all. Any questions or suggestions??
>
> Adio.
>
>
>
>
> Ángel Serrano.
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