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Re: Definite article + posessive pronoun

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Saturday, August 24, 2002, 6:36
CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>/eumi/ seems a bit long a likely to be reduced. >Does Montreiano reduce diphthongs in any way, >maybe /eu/ > /ju/? OTOH you could keep the >longer forms. Clumsy or not, Italian says >"il mio" (three syllables!).
Well, in fast speech /ew/ (which is how that ending should be pronounced) does tend to get reducted to "u" so "eu arvou" tends to be said more like "/u ar'vo:/" But, i'm thinking that when the two were combined, the /w/ was lost and the forms became the third choice i highlighted. Although....with the above example, it sounds more plausible that it would be /umi/ instead of /emi/, but i think i like /emi/ more. I prefer the third choice (emi, etu, esu, etc) also because they dont give a good hint as to their exact origin from first glance. __________________________ No the moth dont care when he sees the flame The moth dont care if the flame is real Cause flame and moth got a sweetheart deal And nothing fuels a good flirtation Like need, and anger, and desperation