Re: Die Grammatik der Sprache Lingwa de Planeta (LdP)

Hi!

Jörg Rhiemeier writes:
> > > 1. How is the combination _th_ (e.g. in the pronoun _tha_) pronounced?
> >
> > It is pronounced as a combination of t and h, or as aspirated "t".
> > There are no words that distinguish through "t - th", however, so in
> > case of difficulty it might be also pronounced simply as "t".
>
> A totally unnecessary complication.  If there are no minimal pairs
> (that's the linguistic term) for /t/ vs. /th/, and it "might be also
> pronounced simply as 't'", why not just drop it and change it into _t_?
Please state clearly that you *think* that it is 'unnecessary' when
you apply your ideas of an IAL.  I'd like to prevent aggressive
auxlang discussions.

> > > 2. What are irregular verbs doing in an international auxiliary
> > language?
> > >
> >
> > The only irregular verb is "bi". It feels good.
From 'it feels good' it is clear to me that personal taste is an
important aspect in this conlang, which is obviously valued higher
than total regularity.  And you could argue that 'is feels good' is an
important aspect when it comes to acceptance of the IAL by potential
speakers.

> Yes, but there are also different classes of verbs with different
> infinitive formations.  Why?  I see no reason to allow either multiple
> inflectional paradigms or irregular verbs (and be it just "to be")
> in an IAL.
'I see no reason' sounds much better. :-)

BTW, my fauxlang Terkunan has one irregular verb: 'es' which has the
only irregular past tense: 'fu'.  The reason is that I like it and the
synthetic past of 'es' sounded quite, errrm, stupid to me: 'hav'esat'.
And 'esat' ('been') might also become subject to reconsideration.  But
then, it's a fauxlang, not an auxlang.

**Henrik

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