Re: Hello, I have some questions about Glosa

— In glosalist@yahoogroups.com, “David” wrote:

Hello Kevin, I was = pleased to know that you are still an enthusiast of Glosa as I support y= our views on the vocabulary and am in the process of working through you= r 4000+ English to Glosa dictionary. Did you ever complete it - or hav= e you an interest in completing it? I regret that the website is no= longer available.

I don’t anticipate having the time/energy to work on Gl= o/Tavo for the forseeable future. I would be happy to answer any questions = about it, though.

Fortunately, the “wayback machine” archived my site at v= arious points. I would consider this one to be about the best starting poin= t for continuing my work, as it is shortly before I began switching from Gl= osa/Greek vocabulary toward Latin roots:

http://web.archive.org/web/200206= 24123435/www.qualitycode.com/glosa/glo-intro.eng.html

However, the followi= ng details are missing from that page, for some reason. “ca” is really impo= rtant, but I’m not sure if I would keep “sa” and “he”:

And I added a few = words, where Glosa just didn’t have any word that was even close. Examples:=

• ca - To start a verb phrase without specifying pa/nu/fu. For example: m= i ca gresi. (I walk.)
• exflu - Outflow, output.
• he - Begins an imperativ= e sentence, where there is no subject, and where place is not appropriate. = For example: he, vora! (Eat!)
• influ - Inflow, input.
• pasada - Past. Sin= ce Glo makes a clear distinction between particles and substantives, pa cou= ld not serve as both a past tense verb marker and also as a time indicator.= Glosa had words for present and future (presenti and futuri) but none for = past.
• sa - Indicates posession, like the English ‘s. Glosa treats the pos= essive case as an adjective, which can lead to ambiguity. Here is an exampl= e of how sa would be used in Glo: mi sa gina sibi es ci. (My sister is here= ).
• susta - Sustain, support, uphold. Glosa used tena for this, but tena h= as too many meanings.

Kevin