new conlang: Farzaiyai
| From: | Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...> | 
| Date: | Friday, January 31, 2003, 21:59 | 
I was working on a new conlang last night and here's a sentence that i
wrote in it:
"Makeln um lauk du Farzaiyai."
which is, of course, pronounced:
[m@g3m lAxt s@Ze]
here's something i wrote at school today:
baitta zindi zigrai bara
[bEt Z1d ZiRe bar\]
tabda minl murai tarh
[t6d mYl mUr\e dar\]
baitta zindi tabda minl
[bEt Z1d t_j6d mYl]
fanai kabl dala ninl
[sane g6l dal nYl]
i also started to translate the pater noster:
tatu mevo anminl
[tad mez am:Yl]
tah issen kevo
[ta ZeN kez]
rada kevo nakka
[r\ad gez mak]
...
here's some grammar:
nouns:
case:         sing        plur
normal        -           -i
subjective    -(e)n       -in
construct     -u
genitive      -(v)o       -ivo
dative        -s          -is
instrumental  -ma         -ima
verbs:
triconsonantal:
tense:                          example: _tarh_ 'crawl'
present       C1-V-C2-C3-i      tarhi [t&r]
past          C1-V-C2-V-C3-a    taraha [tar\a]
future        C1-V-C2-C3-a      tarha [tar\]
biconsonantal:
tense:                          example: _nak_ 'come'
present       C1-V-C2-C2-i      nakki [n&k]
past          C1-V-C2-a         naka [nag]
future        C1-V-C2-C2-a      nakka [nak]
Robert Wilson
han_solo55@juno.com
fanai kabl dala ninl
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