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

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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