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From: pardoej@lonnds.ml.com (Julian Pardoe LADS LDN X1428)
Subject: Re: Single European Language
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 09:07:11 GMT
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In article <802994486snz@storcomp.demon.co.uk>, Phil Hunt writes
(comparing 4 Eurolang and Esperanto words):
>EL   construct (2.25, omitting "bauen")
>E-o  konstrui (3, omitting "bauen")
>
>Eng  construct
>Fr   construire
>Ger  bauen
>Sp   construir
>It   costruire
>
>The EL word is slightly more familiar. The gap widens when we consider
>that EL "construction" is identical to the French and English words,
>and quite similar to Sp. "construccion" and It. "costruzione". This
>cannot be said of E-o's "konstruado".

That's great but what do you do about irregular Latin verbs
(and this includes nearly all 3rd declension verbs)?

Given includere/inclusum do you have includ, includation or
inclus, inclusation or inclustion or inclusion?  I'm sure a 
quick look at a list of Latin principal parts would suggest
even more difficult cases.

>(1) EL's affixes are more "natural" (ie similar to those in
>European languages) than E-o. So EL "-(a)tion" is more familiar
>than E-o "-ado"

Hang on!!  The suffix to "construct" is "-ion".  How do I know it's
"construction" and not "constructation"?

> EL forms plurals with "-s" as do most of the EU's 5 main lanugages

Well, if three is "most"...  What about nouns ending is "-s"?

...quibble quibble.

-- jP --


