Re: A Conlang, created by the group?

My example was badly designed : here it is again in a better form for the last time, I promise :-)

No vocabulary or tags proposed here, only mock examples ` la Esperanto :

Prefixed tags :

Let's take the silly following words :

oman = man (o- = noun)

ovil = town

abig = big (a- = adjective)

akom = arriving

ekwik = quickly (e- = adverb)

efin = in the past

ikom = to arrive (i- = verb)


Suffixed cases :

- = nominative

-(y)n = accusative

-(y)s = genitive

-(y)m = directive

Examples :

oman ibig = ibig oman = (the) man is big

oman abig = o-[ abig ]-man = the big man

oman ikom ovil-ym

= ovil-ym oman ikom

= ikom oman ovil-ym

= the man arrives in town

> o-[ ovil-ym ekwik ikom ]-man
= o-[ ovil-ym ikom ]-man

= oman a-[ ovil-ym ekwik efin ]-kom

= the man who came quickly to town


For those who want only prefixes :

oman ikom o-[ abig ]-vil-ym

oman ikom o-m-[ abig ]-vil

= the man arrives in the town


I forgot to tell you the handiest of this system (I will use it in my next
conlang:-) : no double case :

Let's take more silly words :

uluk = to see

oyu = you

omi = me

uken = know

-(y)n = accusative

omi uken oman-yn a-[n uluk oyu]

= omi o-[n oyu uluk]-man-yn uken

= I know the man whom you see

There are two places in the word 'man' to put the two accusatives of the main and
the connective phrases : one on the adjective/connective tag 'a' or the noun
tag 'o' (depending whether the connective is before (Jap) or after (Eng) the
noun), and another one on the noun itself.
It's like in English but you could do that in a 'Japanese style' sentence.


Maybe I'm not very clear, but at least I tried my best.

Mathias


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