Re: Góquim

>"Christian Thalmann" <cinga@...> likis:
> --- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Nikhil Sinha <nsinha_in@H...> wrote:
> The affixes to nouns and verbs seem to have pretty standard
> indo-european meanings.  You don't ever explain their usage,
> so I assume they're identical to Latin (cases) and English
> (tenses).  That will certainly work fine, since both systems
> are well-established in the real world and intuitive to use
> for us, but it's not very original.  Are the Quauds aliens?
> Their language certainly looks 100% human!
No, the Quauds are humans.
>
> One of the verb affixes is called "infinite".  Is that a
> typo for "infinitive", or is it some kind of tense used for
> general truths and timeless static situations?  The latter
> would be cool, but I somewhat doubt it was the intention.
> ;-)
That's a spelling mistake. It should be infinitive.
>
> The phonology confuses me a bit.  You never explain the
> values of the letters.  Also, the tons of diaereses (¨) make
> it hard to read, while seemingly serving no purpose.  Is
> there a difference between |ai| and |äï|?
Well, I am yet to decide a 'good' phonology. I would require help from you
all too.

|Ai| and |äï| are not same. In Goquim, acute accents specify long vowels,
while those without them are short. In |ai| both vowels are short, in |áí|
both vowels are long, but in |äï|, the first is long and the second short.
Of course, |äï| can also be written |ái|.

For some reasons, the following are written differently in Goquim: äï ëü äü
ïü öï üï üï as compared to ai eu au, etc., even in its original script. I am
yet to do 'research' on the language of Quaud and 'find' out the reason
behind this.

>
> Currently, the language description is a bit dry.  A few
> colorful sample sentences from everyday situations might
> give the Quauds a bit more depth and character.  Remember,
> a language and its culture are entwined.
Okay, I'll try to do that.
>
> Hope that helps.
Thank you very much.

Nikhil
>
>
> -- Christian Thalmann