rtemmu (was: conlang greetings? (was Re: Let me introduce myself))

Dan,

<<auag = assertion that the following should be added
to the preceding>>

I love this concept as well as the word!  How do you
pronounce that vowel cluster?

Matt33


--- Dan Sulani <dnsulani@...> wrote:
> On 29 Nov, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> > Okay, anyone else?
>
> I'm in! :-)
>
> In rtemmu, one would greet someone with:
>
> "va'i  ygiha!"
>
> ( ' = glottal stop)
> va'i = emotion marker, signalling that the following
>         is an emotional outburst
> ygiha = the process of happiness
>
> If one wanted to be more specific, one would use
> an expanded version:
>
> "va'i  wuh mhu auag kehs ygiha!"
>
> wuh = unknown rate of change of the following
> process;
> mhu = "2nd person singular" process (the process of
> being the only
>             focus of the speaker's attention); one
> could also use
>             "zhu" (the process of being among many
> listeners, but
>             the only one the speaker cares about) or
> "mhuhu"
>         (the process of being a group of listeners)
> or "zhuhu"
>         (the process of being a group of intended
> addressees among
>         a larger group of listeners), among others;
> auag = assertion that the following should be added
> to the preceding;
> kehs = the following (ygiha) is objectively
> developing at a "normal" rate;
>
>
> > I'll collect greetings in people's conlangs and
> > compile them onto my website (with permission, of
> course).
>
>     You have mine.  :-)
>
> >  If you'd also
> > like to send in a link to your own conlang
> webpages as accompaniment, I
> > can include those as well.
>
> Sorry, I'm still website-challenged at this point.
>
> >
> > Tasratal and Czevraqis don't have greetings at
> all, which is really
> > pathetic, and ought to be remedied when I'm not
> coming down with
> something.
> >    :-p
>
> va'i  ktitak!  (Be well!)
>
>
> Dan Sulani (who just submitted the form, signed by
> the doctor,
>                     for the days he was out of work
> due to illness
>                     recently! )
>
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> likehsna rtem zuv tikuhnuh auag inuvuz vaka'a.
>
> A word is an awesome thing.

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