Re: New Conlanger

On Fri, 14 May 1999 Kulorblind@AOL.COM wrote:

> Could anyone give me a little advice on starting a conlang? I have just
> discovered conlanging and am devoloping a very logicalconlang called
> GUILTERE. Here is what I have so far:
Yay!  A virgin!  *grins*  moqoge guX! (Welcome -- lit "I will not eat
(you)")

> The alphabet, tenses, suffixes, and prefixes
> ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY
> F = English P sound
> P = English PH sound
Why not make P the P sound and F the F sound?

> I = stretched english E sound
> 'ez = sufix to pluralize a word (counted as one letter)
> bob = currently doing (prefix)
> dad = going to do(prefix)
> mim = already did(prefix)
> 'ock = to make a command (suffix)
Friendly advice -- for a logical language, go phonetic.  What, really, is
the difference between ck and k?  Or is there one that you forgot to
explain?

> PEOPLE - XORG'ez
> TI('ez) = he(s)/she(s)
> TU = you, they
> DERJ = I, me
> DETU = us,we
So TI'ez and TU mean the same thing?  Why isn't DERJ'ez "we"?  How can I
tell subjective from objective pronouns (Or nominative from accusative, if
you prerfer that distinction)? [Nevermind, found it later.  Word order]

> EATING/FOOD - bobLAL/LAL
> CHA = meat OR carnivore
> WHA = vegtable OR  herbivore
> WHACHA = meat/vegtable OR omnivore
> LAL = food, non-specific(if prefix added EAT or ATE or EATING depending on
> prefix)
I like that you can call an animal by what it eats.  But is it very
logical?  Perhaps you're going for an artlang instead?

> !TU SMU
> You smell.
Does this mean that I am able to smell, or does it mean that I don't smell
very good?  How do you differentiate transitive and intransitive verbs, in
other words?

Interesting.  You've obviously put a lot of thought into it.

QorakOx qr mecumtr pekemtr!
("May you find something good to eat!")