Re: my current conlang
From: | Jeffrey Jones <jeffsjones@...> |
Date: | Sunday, October 1, 2000, 10:22 |
Here's some more of it.
Part 2
Initial and Medial Word Components
Pronominals
m- 1st person or speaker(s) (exclusive; the inclusive form
is different, but I haven't decided what it will be yet).
t- 2nd person or addressee(s)
l- 3rd person demonstrative, yon/yonder (something or
someone being pointed to, which is neither near the
speaker or the addressee)
Z- 3rd person, definite article
s- reflexive (all persons)
y- relative
k- interrogative
`- indefinite
d- follows relative clause and determines how it is used
Some Other Initial Components
buk- book
xus- house
wad- water
xat- hot
Some Medial Components
-ek- specifically singular (1)
-al- specifically plural, or all
-iz- specifically present time
-ur- specifically past time
-ab- specifically future time
-af- possessive
-in- interior of
-un- logical negation
-uk- logical interrogation
Some words specify a relation and require a preceding word in
the phrase; these are listed in the form -o X-.
-o c- locative; this is also used in pronominal derivations:
mo c- this/these, here, near the speaker(s)
to c- that/those, there, near the addressee(s)
lo c- near something or someone being pointed to
ko c- which, where (interrogative)
yo c- which, where (relative)
-o mam- mother of
Some Examples
mafo buka ko cize?
m-af-o buk-a k-o c-iz-e
1p-Poss-CON book-ABS Int-CON Loc-Pres-PRED
(Where is my book?) or (Where are my books?)
Za tafo xusino cure.
Z-a t-af-o xus-in-o c-ur-e
3p-ABS 2p-Poss-CON house-interior-CON Loc-Past-PRED
(It was or they were in your house.)
Za Zize ku?
Z-a Z-iz-e k-u?
Def-ABS Def-Pres-PRED Int-ERG
(Who [has] put them there?)
Ze to mamu.
Z-e t-o mam-u.
Def-PRED 2p-CON mother_of-ERG
(Your mother did.)
to co wada xatizuke?
t-o c-o wad-a xat-iz-uk-e
2p-CON Loc-CON water-ABS hot-Pres-LInt-PRED
(Is that water hot now?)
Ze.
Z-e
Def-PRED
(Yes.)
Zune.
Z-un-e
Def-LNeg-PRED
(No.)
Zune Zo wada.
Z-un-e Z-o wad-a
Def-LNeg-PRED Def-CON water-ABS
(The water isn't [something else might be].)
lo mamu lafure o buka.
l-o mam-u l-af-ur-e `-o buk-a
Dem-CON mother_of-ERG Dem-Poss-Past-PRED Ind-CON book-ABS
(That person's mother had given him a book or some books.)
mo co wada xatize ku?
m-o c-o wad-a xat-iz-e k-u
1p-CON Loc-CON water-ABS hot-Pres-PRED Int-ERG
(Who has heated this water?)
Za u xatizune.
Z-a `-u xat-iz-un-e
Def-ABS Ind-ERG hot-Pres-LNeg-PRED
(Nobody has heated it [it isn't hot].)
Za xatize unu.
Z-a xat-iz-e `-un-u
Def-ABS hot-Pres-PRED Ind-LNeg-ERG
(Nobody has heated it [it was already hot].)
u Zo ya to mamu xature do wado cize tafo buka.
`-u Z-o
Ind-ERG Def-CON
y-a t-o mam-u xat-ur-e d-o
Rel-ABS 2p-CON mother_of-ERG hot-Past-PRED X-CON
wad-o c-iz-e t-af-o buk-a
water-CON Loc-Pres-PRED 2p-Poss-CON book-ABS
(Somebody has put your book next to the water your mother had
heated.)
Jeff