Sarah's language.

From: "Sarah Marie Parker-Allen"
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> This list also illustrates a problem
> I have, in that by using LangMaker, my words
> have a lot of meaningless
> roots.
>
> spring                  zhoshra
> seagull                 zhoskei
> universe, cosmos                zhoslka
> library                 zhosllei
>
> See?  All start with the same root, "zhos,"
> but aren't connected to each other.
Not so fast!

You can always english it around so that these
"unconnected" words become in fact connected.
Take the root zhos- to mean "beginning, origin"
the other roots then modify zhos- and complete
its meaning:

zhos + ehra = origin + time = beginning of the
year, or Spring (assuming that Spring _is_ the
beginning of the year in this langauge!)

zhos + ekhei = origin + bird = bird from the
place of origin (the Sea being the origin of life
and the world)

zhos + lka = origin + complete = origin of all
things, the Universe

zhos + ellei = origin + wisdom = place where
wisdom starts

Voi là, the words are all of a sudden a lot less
disconnected.

> And I'm pretty sure I was short on sleep the
> day I came up with this list
> of
> grammatical genders:
>
> adult male
> adult female
> child/youth
> infant/animals
Those all make sense: there are clear
distinctions between m/f adult humans; which
become less clear in children; practically
disappear in babies, not to mention that the
distinction between human and animal is next to
nonexistent in babies.

> inanimate (general)
An old favourite.

> diminutive/informal familiar
> formal-superior
> formal-inferior
These generally aren't grammatical genders. But
hey, it's your language!

> spirit/ephemeral
Another fav.

> formal-superior-plural
> inanimate-plural
These two make a little less sense, as number is
generally not considered a grammatical gender.

> child/youth/infant/animal-plural
> adult-plural
> collective personages-plural
Giving plural forms their own separate genders is
a bit confusing to me. Are women as a group (or
for that matter a group of women) a different
gender than a single woman, then?

Padraic.


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