User:Bpnjohnson/Fauxperanto: Difference between revisions

Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 238: Line 238:
===Main Differences between Esperanto and Fauxperanto===
===Main Differences between Esperanto and Fauxperanto===
* Only standard ASCII characters in orthography.
* Only standard ASCII characters in orthography.
** Esperanto uses the non-ASCII characters ĉ ĝ ĥ ĵ ŝ ǔ, but maintains a 1:1 phoneme:grapheme ratio.
** Eulingo uses no non-ASCII characters, but uses digraphs for the affricates dj and tc.
* Nouns end in '''-u'''.
* Nouns end in '''-u'''.
** ''mus'''o'''''::''mus'''u'''''  ‘mouse’
* Present tense in '''-e-'''.
* Present tense in '''-e-'''.
** ''li manĝ'''a'''s''::''(ru) mandj'''e'''r''  ‘he eats’
* Subject pronouns are rare: Verbs are conjugated with endings that reflect their subject.
* Subject pronouns are rare: Verbs are conjugated with endings that reflect their subject.
* Plural pronouns are actual plurals and not unique lexemes (E.g. Eo ''mi ~ vi :: ni ~ vi'' (‘I, you :: we, you (all)’) Fo ''mu ~ tu :: muy ~ tuy'')
** ''mi kreda'''s'''''::''(mu) krede'''m'''''  ‘I believe’
* Numbers, articles, and other determiners are treated as adjectives (ending in '''-a''') and are declined as such (e.g. accusative in '''-n''' and plural in '''-y''').
* Plural pronouns are actual plurals and not unique lexemes  
** ''mi, vi, li, ŝi, ĝi'':''ni, [vi], ili''::''mu, tu, ru, su'':''mui, tui, rui, sui''
* Numbers, articles, and other determiners are treated as adjectives (ending in '''-a''') and are declined as such (e.g. accusative in '''-n''' and plural in '''-i''').
* Genitive phrases tend to be adjectival (E.g. Eo. ''La libro de la infano'' (‘The child’s book’) Fo. ''La libro de lla kindu'' '''or''' ''La libro kinda'').
* Genitive phrases tend to be adjectival (E.g. Eo. ''La libro de la infano'' (‘The child’s book’) Fo. ''La libro de lla kindu'' '''or''' ''La libro kinda'').
* Adjectives follow nouns. (E.g. Eo. ''La nigra hundo'' (‘The black dog’) Fo. ''La kanu nera'').
* Adjectives follow nouns. (E.g. Eo. ''La nigra hundo'' (‘The black dog’) Fo. ''La kanu nera'').

Navigation menu