Robert Fisher

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Texpanyol

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Texpanyol is a combination of Spanish & Esperanto. I was going to call it Texperanto, but that name was already taken.

Vocabulary

Texpanyol vocablary is based on Spanish, but it is spelled a bit differently. To convert a Spanish word into a Texspanol word:

  • Drop all diacriticals
  • V → B
  • CI/CE → SI/SE
  • CH → C
  • C → Q
  • QUI/QUE → QI/QE
  • GI/GE → JI/JE
  • GUI/GUE → GI/GE
  • GÜ → GU
  • LL → Y
  • H →
  • Ñ → NY

Pronunciation is like Spanish, but with the following differences:

  • C is always pronounced as the Spanish CH
  • G is never pronounced as the Spanish J
  • Q is pronounced as the Spanish K
  • U is never silent between G/Q & E/I

Substantivos

The accusative case is formed by adding -(e)n. Plurals are formed by adding -(e)s. In both cases, the E is omitted if the word ends in a vowel. The plural accusative is -(e)nes.

  • nominativo singular: -; amigo; jardin
  • nominative plural: -(e)s; amigos; jardines
  • acusativo singular: -(e)n; amigon; jardinen
  • acusativo plural: -(e)nes; amigones; jardinenes

Pronombres

Except for spelling changes, the Spanish pronouns are used. (Except for usted & _ustedes.)

  • yo, me; nosotros, nos
  • tu, te; vosotros, os
  • el/eya, lo/la; eyos/eyas, los/las
  • reflexive: -, se; -, se

Arguably pronouns should follow all the normal rules for nouns. e.g. yo, yon; yos, yones. Extra variation in pronouns, however, can aid comprehension. So, unless you know Spanish already, you have to memorize 16 forms.

Possesives are formed with a de prepositional phrase instead of possesive adjectives or pronouns.

Verbos

Texpanyol uses only estar, never ser.

Verbs are only inflected for tense, so a subject is always required.

  • infinitivo: -ar/-er/-ir; estar, hablar, comer, escribir
  • presente: -a/-e/-e; esta, habla, come, escribe
  • preterito: -o/-io/-io; esto, hablo, comio, escribio
  • futuro: -ara/-era/-ira; estara, hablara, comera, escribira
  • (passive participle): -ado/-ido/-ido; estado, hablado, comido, escribido
  • (present participle/gerund): -ando/-iendo/-iendo

Syntax

Word order is fairly free. Prepositions should immediately precede their objects. Adjectives should immediately follow their nouns. (Except for predicate adjectives, of course.) Adverbs should generally immediately precede the word they modify. (Adjectival prepositional phrases should immediatly follow the noun phrase they modify.)

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