Re: introduction Middelsprake

Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:
...
> Grammar: no case, no person distinctions no
> strong/weak adjectives. Probably also no
> preterite but only one past tense formed with
> 'have'+participle like modern southern dialects
> of German (which however use 'be'+participle
> too, but that should be used only for passive in
> an auxlang).
And, unless my sources are wrong, also Afrikaans and Yiddish.

>
> BTW */au/ and */ai/ should perhaps be spelled
> _eau, oai_ (_beaum, stoain_) for maximal on-sight
> identification by everyone! :-)
Oh that's nifty! Only works in spelling no doubt, but so so nifty. (I
tried to interpret it pronunciationly, and failed completely, till I
realised I had to interpret "on-sight" literally ;)

--
Tristan.

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