Easy Romance

[Comte Arnau]

I still posted this map, but it's interesting.

Liguistical map of Piemònt with the name of the cities and the regions in piemontèis...how they would be in catalan? Not so different i guess....Turìn is Torì (the same as eastern lombard...) if i remember well

To be honest, I only know Piemont and Torí. In the case of Lombardy, we say la Llombardia, Milà, Bèrgam, Màntua... In general, though, only those directly connected or the larger towns in Italy have a Catalan version/spelling (Venècia, Nàpols, Gènova, Bolonya, Palerm, Càller, Tàrent, Catània, Salern, etc.) while the rest are left in the official standard Italian.

Romanian also has a 'lesser' used Amic and Amor. Noapte de Amor (night of love), Te-am iubit.

EN-Love is blind
RO-Amorul este orb

(Amorul -Neuter gender)
Un amor
Doua amor-uri

‘uri’ ending denoting a Neuter gender preserved only by Romanian from C.Latin


RO----O noapte de Amor
EN-----A night of love

Romanian has:

A (se) AMOREZA (verb)--------to love

A (se) INAMORA (verb)---------to love , be in love.

AMOREZ = Lover (male)
AMOREZA=Lover (female)

Yep, that's why I said 'prefer'. There are often cognates which are lesser used or have a more specific meaning, that's why I usually refer to 'pan-Romance' when they're part of the common core.

[Xochi]

Yep, that's why I said 'prefer'. There are often cognates which are lesser used or have a more specific meaning, that's why I usually refer to 'pan-Romance' when they're part of the common core.

Okay

[Peyrol]

An example of istriot language, almost dead.

The classification of the language is still unknow...it show some affinity with venetian but also with furlàn and the other rhaeto-romance languages...but also with dalmatian.

La nostra zì oûna longa cal da griebani:

i spironi da Monto inda uò salvà, e 'l brasso da Vistro uò rastà scuio pei grutoni pioûn alti del mar, ca ruzaghia sta tiera viecia-stara. Da senpro i signemo pissi sensa nom, ca da sui sa prucoûra 'l bucon par guodi la veîta leîbara del cucal, pastadi dala piova da Punente a da Livante e cume i uleîi mai incalmadi. Fra ste carme zì stà la nostra salvissa, cume i riboni a sa salva dal dulfeîn fra i scagni del sico da San Damian; el nostro pan, nato gra li gruote, zi stà inbinideî cul sudur sula iera zbruventa da Paloû... e i vemo caminà par oûna longa cal da griebani, c'ancui la riesta lissada dali nostre urme.

italian translation

La nostra è una lunga strada irta di sassi:

gli speroni di Monto ci hanno salvato, ed il braccio di Vistro è rimasto scoglio per le grotte poste più in alto del mare, che erode questa antica terra. Da sempre siamo pesciolini che da soli si procurano il boccone per godere la libera vita del gabbiano, oppressi dalla pioggia di Ponente e di Levante come olivi senza innesti. Fra queste insenature è stata la nostra salvezza, come i riboni si salvano dal delfino fra le tane della secca di San Damiano; il nostro pane, nato tra le grotte, è stato benedetto col sudore nell'aia ribollente di Palù... ed abbiamo camminato per una lunga strada dissestata, che oggi rimane spianate dai nostri passi.

[Xochi]

Yep, that's why I said 'prefer'. There are often cognates which are lesser used or have a more specific meaning, that's why I usually refer to 'pan-Romance' when they're part of the common core.

About him numbers? They are pretty much almost alike in all. ;D

[Comte Arnau]

Up & down in the Latin corner.






Note: In both cases, many of the languages also have another word belonging to a different colour/origin group. Therefore the ones chosen for the maps are the supposedly more common, or more genuine, or the only ones found.

[Mens-Sarda]

just a correction about Sardinian


up = supra, subra (over), susu (rarely used in Logudorese, while it's used a lot in Campidanese), are also used combinations like : a supra (over, up), in altu (up), a susu, in susu (up)
down = sutta (under), josso (down), also zosso (in Nuorese), (don't know in Campidanese), same here for the combinations : a sutta (under, down), a josso (down), a basciu (down), in basciu (down)

[Rudel]

Up & down in the Latin corner.






Note: In both cases, many of the languages also have another word belonging to a different colour/origin group. Therefore the ones chosen for the maps are the supposedly more common, or more genuine, or the only ones found.

Enaut, daut and enbàs, debàs exist as well. I've actually never seen or heard amont (other than to use it as in French). Avau is used but it is a different nuance. It's more common in compounds like eiçavau, davau...
Overall aut and bàs are dominant. Deciding on what's most genuine seems highly subjective. I'd advise for maps with superimposed layers.

In different contexts there are also sus, sos/sous/sota and jos to be accounted for.

[Comte Arnau]

Dedicated to Stears. Ugly in the Romance languages.

[Leo Iscariot]

Dim the lights, light some candles, play some Barry White.

Easy Romance.

[Comte Arnau]

To form the simple past:

- West Iberian (Spanish, Portuguese) uses one single word = the verb with a past ending.
- Catalan uses the verb 'to go' + the infinitive of the verb.
- French, Italian and Romanian use 'to have' + the past participle (like the Present Perfect in English)

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YESTERDAY I SANG A SONG

[YESTERDAY + SING-PAST I + A SONG]
Portuguese: ONTEM CANTEI UMA CANÇÃO.
Spanish: AYER CANTÉ UNA CANCIÓN.

[YESTERDAY + GO-I + TOSING + A SONG]
Catalan: AHIR VAIG CANTAR UNA CANÇÓ.

[YESTERDAY + IHAVE + SUNG + A SONG]
French: HIER, J'AI CHANTÉ UNE CHANSON.
Italian: IERI HO CANTATO UNA CANZONE.
Romanian: IERI AM CÂNTAT UN CÂNTEC.
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ANNE SLEPT AT MY HOME