cgboeree | Re: [LFN] nova parolas
Alo, Kevin!
Joven: teenager, adolescent, youth
Enfante: child, especially a young child
Bebe: baby, infant
Fia: daughter
Fio: son
You are right: we don't need words for boy and girl, really. Fial means
"like a son or daughter" (ala "filial"). The reason we might want to
consider it is that male/female is a very important concept in all
cultures I am aware of, and it wouldn't be bad to have a parallel to
om/fema. It is a matter of balancing our desire to keep vocab limited
and yet provide a full range of words for those who want them.
For boyfriend/girlfriend, we have amada ("beloved"). If "love" isn't in
the picture, you can still be amis!
I think that we can allow people to invent their own "slang," for the
most part. People will no doubt use phrases like "me om" and "me fema,"
for example.
Thoughts, anyone?
George
Kevin Smith wrote:
> --- In LinguaFrancaNova@yahoogroups.com, cgboeree wrote:
> > Per "boy/girl" me preferi o nino/nina o fio/fia. Fio/fia no es
> > confusante per ce "son/daughter" es tota tempo ME fia, VOS fios,
> > la fia DE Maria...
>
> ma "boy/girl" sinia joven. "son/daughter" posable es vea.
>
> Kevin
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