Re: Conlang Travellers' Guide (was Re: I have a dream)

> >Hello!
sesheri
health-yours-?
( cf english 'how do you do?'/'owright ?'. response is
'sesheri' )

> >Goodbye!
gusesher Perat/gusesheru
good-health-yours be-it/good-health-yours-!

> >Yes
Per/Ter/Gil
is/(is but could possibly not be)/(is necessarily)

> >No
Rap/Suc
(is not but could possibly)/(is necessarily not)

> >Please . . .
[not usually used, if necessary you would say
something like]shot . . .
for-me . . .

> >Thank You
Danr ghuw/Dawr ghuw/guDa(w/n)r
do good/done good/good-do(ne)

> >Do you speak
> (English/Spanish/French/Dutch/<whatever>)?
weri Bac (tata)
thingland/espajna/phrans/dneyderland/ric
you-? speak (PH-[apposition]
england/espan~a/france/nederland/something

PH stands for place holder. it functions logically as
a pronoun but has no reference. it must be used either
defined by other nouns, in apposition to other nouns,
or as a neuter pronoun

> >I don't speak (conlang) very well.
sot Rap Bac ghuw bhac
I (not at the moment but could be) speak good bac

> >My name is...
sot Bacot thata . . . /bachot Per thata . . . /bachot
tata . . . Per
I speak-me PH-[apposition] . . . /name-my is
PH-[apposition] . . . /name-my PH-[apposition] . . .
are identical

> >What is your name?
wer Bacer rhici/bacher Rici
you speak-you something-? [=what/how]/name-your (is
something)-? [=(is what)]

> >How are you?
sesheri
health-your-?

> >I am well.
guseshot (Penr)
good-health-my (is)

> >I am not well.
guseshot Ranp
good-health-my (is not but could be)

> >I am the walrus, coo coo ca choo.
ay abn dha wolras, kuw kuw ka cuw
( come on, you wouldn't translate lyrics would you ? )

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