CHAT: Politeness in conlangs (to sally)
From: | Matthew Kehrt <matrix14@...> |
Date: | Thursday, June 10, 1999, 14:34 |
Thank-you.
Yes, I am new.
The stress normally falls on the last syllable of the main root, in this
case "end". In reality, there should be diacritics, but my email
program doesn't like them. The second "i", in adil, should have a
diares (sp?). (two dots) This makes it sound lik "eye". So the
pronunciation should be:
ev-ee-END-ad-eyel
e is pronounced as in pet, and a as in apple.
I hope that helps. I don't have much time now. I'll talk to you later.
Sally (sali),
i saran edorir,
Matthew (mathyhu)
Sally Caves wrote:
>
> Matthew Kehrt wrote:
> >
> > In Eviendadil, my conlang, I have a suffix, -adil, for
> > formallity.
>
> What a gorgeous word! Are you new to the list? I love
> long words. How do you pronounce it? Does the stress
> fall penultimately?
>
> Its actually a modification af the plural, -il. -il
> > actually, in cases changes a word's meaning. i.e.
> >
> > Saran edorir, I greet you,
> >
> > becomes
> >
> > Saranadil edorir, I salute you(formal).
> >
> > Saran edorir,
> > Matthew
>
> Sed tso tyr traltan.
> We greet you too!