Re: MeloChalaka

Heather Rice wrote:
>
> Finally!  I'm here now.  Here is that clip of a poem in MeloChalaka I
> said I would post.  I included the translation with it.
>
> G`rüshk   klú klú               Bluebird   chuckles(verb)
What do all the accents mean?  So, klú klú is "chuckle"?  I like it.
:-)  Of course, kluklú in my COnlang would mean "exceedingly young/new"
:-)

> The second thing I am proud of is the voices.  There are four,
> Afferent, Efferent, Infferent and Exfferent.  Efferent is like an
> Active voice.  Afferent is like a Passive voice.  Infferent means all
> the action is occuring WITHIN the person, Reflexive, sort of.  "My
> heart beats" would be infferent, but "I beat myself" would be afferent.
> Exfferent means all the action is occuring outside the speaker, the
> speaker is merely the observer.  So, you can keep the person the same,
> but change the voice, or keep the voice the same and change the person.
Awesome!  That is very creative!  Could you give more details on what
Efferent and Afferent are?

> I thought this was a great language, but the speakers took one look at
> it and threw it back at me.
Hee hee!  :-)  I like that way of putting it.  :-)

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