Re: CHAT: Umberto Eco and Esperanto

Brian Betty wrote:

> Umm ... no, it doesn't.
English has -s (noun), -s (verb), -ed, -en (participle ending,
various surface forms), -er, -est, plus restricted affixes like -th.

Chinese has -men, -le, -guo, -zhe, -de (possessive), reduplication
(noun), reduplication (verb), reduplication plus -de (adverb),
-bu- infix, -de- infix, plus restricted affixes like di-.

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John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)