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

From:JS Bangs <jaspax@...>
Date:Friday, July 19, 2002, 19:31
Sounds fun for Yivrian.

> A TRAVELER'S PHRASEBOOK > > >Section 1: Pleasantries > > >Hello!
Aiya!
> >Goodbye!
Laiya!
> >Yes
Vai or Ké (dialectical)
> >No
Lo or Ru (dialectical)
> >Please
Enoison(a/é/í/o) [depending on gender of person(s) addressed]
> >Thank You
Nessoiros(a/é/í/o)
> >Do you speak (English/Spanish/French/Dutch/<whatever>)?
Ol(a/é/o) komeperatyaa (Yivríndil/Prasi/Tinagrisil/Hiksilipsi)?
> >I don't speak (conlang) very well.
Al moperatyata aton Yivríndil.
> >My name is...
Al sémyoas ef . . .
> >What is your name?
Ol(a/é/o) sémyoas ef kul?
> >How are you?
Ol(a/é/o) kotuainyaa? (lit. "Are you healthy?")
> >I am well.
Al tuainyaa.
> >I am not well.
Al tuainyata. Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu http://students.washington.edu/jaspax/ "If you look at a thing nine hundred and ninety-nine times, you are perfectly safe; if you look at it the thousandth time, you are in frightful danger of seeing it for the first time." --G.K. Chesterton