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Re: a call for conlang greetings!

From:Dennis Paul Himes <himes@...>
Date:Saturday, October 19, 2002, 22:09
Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> wrote:
> I'm interested in new greetings and farewells--enough just to get a taste > for the conlang in question. Send them to me, on- or off-list, with the > name of your conlang, whatever name you wish to go by, and the conlang > website (if any).
Conlang: Gladilatian Conlanger: Dennis Paul Himes Website: http://home.cshore.com/himes/glad/lang.htm "Hello" Fetnapu vu fmu. Literally, "I am aware of you." Very literally, "With respect to you [am] aware I." "Hello, [name]" Fetzep vu fmu [name]. Literally, "[name], with respect to which I am aware." "Hello, [name]", more formally Napu fetzep vu fmu [name]. Literally, "You are [name], with respect to which I am aware." "Goodbye" Mnefmu napu nsawau. Literally, "I want you to be happy." Very literally, "You, desired by me, [are] happy one." Vocabulary: fet p. with respect to fmu n. I mne p. desired by napu n. you nsawa ad. happy u su. (nominalizer) vu ad. aware zep r. who/which (temporary) =========================================================================== Dennis Paul Himes <> himes@cshore.com http://home.cshore.com/himes/dennis.htm Gladilatian page: http://home.cshore.com/himes/glad/lang.htm Disclaimer: "True, I talk of dreams; which are the children of an idle brain, begot of nothing but vain fantasy; which is as thin of substance as the air." - Romeo & Juliet, Act I Scene iv Verse 96-99