Re: a call for conlang greetings!

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)

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                 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