Re: my conlang: anyone interested?
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 7, 2003, 3:14 |
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On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 20:32:47 -0500, Greg Johnston
<greg.johnstons@...> wrote:
> I am, yes, indeed, a real live 13-year old conlanger. As such, I
> personally know one. (OT: How many languages have ways to state that you
> know yourself?)
>
Ooh, a translation excersize I can actually do! Neat.
|šinqëhmëm| or |šinqëššim|
/Sin?@hm@m/ /Sin?@Sim/
šinqë.hmë .m
know .G1+Acc.G1
šinqë.šši .m
know .Rflx+Acc.G1
G1 = 1st Person
Acc = Accusative
Rflx = Reflexive Person
I haven't yet figured out the semantic difference between the two forms,
though. I suspect the latter would tend to be more prevalent if they had
the same meaning.
Paul
... I was a teenaged conlanger too