Dreamworld Re: Conlangea Dreaming

Herman Miller wrote:
> >The Dreamworld _is_ an interesting place!
>
> Dri, se zhadivor zia tun se dizhi yut!
>
> dri         se   zhadi-vor   zia  tun    se   dizhi       yut
> (agreement) SUBJ dream-realm very copula SUBJ interesting place
Can't resist -

Sál, klálva bú ukalvastá ubiitaní umaazianú
Sál, klá-l -va  bú    u- kalvastá u- biitaní         u- maa- zianú
Yes, be- it-hab place G6-dream    G6-inhabited.place G6-very-strange
Pronunciation:
' = high-pitched syllable
` = falling (high-to-low) syllable
. = syllable-boundary
Low pitch is default
[`sal 'kl_0al.vA `bu: kAlvAs`tAU bi:ta`niw mA:Za'nu]

Lots of falling pitches, which are usually (or at least used to be) very
rare, and quite a few places where vowels across morphemic boundaries
merge into diphthongs or long vowels.  Hadn't thought of that
consequence when I changed gender 6 to u-/uf-.

I had no word for "interesting".  There are two words for "place",
ubiitaní (inhabited place) and pibiú (uninhabited place).  There was a
brief moment of indecision about which word to use, but I figured that
the dreamworld would be best seen as an inhabited place, albeit
inhabited by strange beings.  :-)

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