Re: constructed romance languages

At 00:51 19/01/99 -0500, you wrote:
>On Sat, 16 Jan 1999, Padraic Brown wrote:
>>
>>In Kernu:
>>
>> > 1.  I didn't inhale.
>>
>>eo n'enalasi mech. (I didn't inhale one puff.)
>>
>>
>> > 2.  My own infidelity is quite a different matter.
>>
>la meva infidelitats at yn gosa desiunt.  (The less common possesive
>construction, denoting some kind of distance, but definitely the sort of
>
>construction someone of Mr Clinton's predilections would use.)
>>
>> > 3.  Cigars are for putting in your mouth.
>>
>>mira, tu le gouban henny boucce des-tu poner.  or
>>dois coubanev ay il poner-els henny boucce. (No easy way to translate
>the
>>English sense here.  The first comes out "Well, sir, you ought to put
>the
>>cigar in your mouth." The second "For cigars, there is putting them in
>the
>>mouth."  il couba is cigar, named for where the best are gotten from:
>la
>>couba)
>
>Dear Padraic,
>
>Where can I find more information about Kernu? As one who has studied
>several romance languages, I was immediately intrigued and am eager to
>learn more about your conlang.
>
>Has anyone else on this list created constructed romance languages? I've
>already seen Brithenig (which I love).
>
        I've done one, and I'm currently putting it on the web. I know others that
exist but I must find their URL. I think the creators will know better than
me.

>Best,
>Daniel
>--
>Daniel J. O'Neil
>M.S. Technical Communication
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>
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