Re: Nominative: A hybrid view

Alex,

I put the last one in brackets. I am not sure I understand
correctly these exercises of the Germans. But I may ask.

Eva

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
> fortuna11111 wrote:
> >
> > i-e-a
> > u-o-a
> > (ü-ö-ä)
>
>
> It looks like a vertical/horisontal system perfectly made for
> diphtongation:
>
> Horisontal:
> i-e > ie
> e-a > ea
> u-o > uo
> o-a > oa
>
> Vertical:
> i
> u
> > ü
>
> e
> o
> > ö
>
> The problem remains "ä"; it looks like it doesn't want to fit the
> vertical system.