George Boeree | Consolidation

• Autor: George Boeree (“cgboeree”)
• Tema: Consolidation
• Data: 2003-10-15 21:10
• Mesaje: 525 (presedente, seguente)

Hi, everyone.

In an effort to simplify my life, I am closing up the europijin group.
If you are still interested in the discussing the idea, please join the
lingua franca nova group.  I still hope we will continue our efforts at
constructing a basic vocabulary.

I am taking some of the modifications many of you have recommended as a
part of europijin and applying them to lingua franca nova, notably:

the pronouns are reduced to me, tu, el, nos, vos, and los, with se as
third person reflexive;
past tense is indicated by the particle ia before the verb;
future tense is indicated by the particle va before the verb;
the infinitive is only used as a abstract noun and never as a
grammatical form.

On the other hand, -s (-es) is retained as the plural of nouns.  It
remains, then, as the sole grammatical affix in lfn, as it is present in
some form in every european language (and most non-european ones as
well).  Lfn's limited numer of derivational affixes, including active
and passive participles, are still a part of lfn.

I have changed the main lfn page
(http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/lfn.html), and I will change all other
pages when time permits.

These changes are meant to make lfn stand out as the clearly most
pidgin/creole like auxlang.  Bringing europijin and lfn back together
helps to avoid dividing what is already a minor player in the world of
auxlangs!

I hope to hear from you soon!

George Boeree

--
I like reality.  It tastes of bread. -- Jean Anouilh

Cloquet hated reality but realized it was still the only place to get a good steak. -- Woody Allen

C. George Boeree
cgboeree@...
http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree