Re: Hello, I have some questions about Glosa

— In glosalist@yahoogroups.com, “master1077” <master1077@…> wrote:

Wh= en is it appropriate to use “-“? I know it’s mostly used for suffixes and= prefixes but can I use it to combine concepts as well? For example if I = want to say “Pollyanna” can I use “fatuo- optimisti”? Why isn’t “fatuo = akti” hyphenated?

The hyphen joins together words closely associated seman= tically

So pretty much dependent on how you are thinking of the concept wh= en you write; are viewing the concept as a whole unit, then hyphenate

In = Interglossa, Hogben rejected suffixes and prefixes, though allowed indepen= dent words to be used in equivalent roles linked with hyphens

His argument= seems to be on word economy grounds: why do you need re- in re-paint when= you already have again and so can say paint again? and so on through the = rest …

I have another question, is Glosa really a complete language? = Can I say all science terms in Glosa?

Yes and yes

Is Glosa still a l= iving language?

It lives while people use it

Perhaps you can have a= news section in Glosa which will bring daily or weekly news?

Good ide= a

I am willing to still learn this language. I will make on-line video= s and probably a website and message board to teach and spread awareness = of Glosa, so please respond this this E-mail.

Cool - I’d love to see you= r videos on YouTube

Have you any progress to report on this yet?