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Re: MeloChalaka

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Sunday, September 23, 2001, 13:31
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. :-) -- "No just cause can be advanced by terror" ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42

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Heather Rice <florarroz@...>