Re: weekly vocab
| From: | Herman Miller <hmiller@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, April 3, 2002, 4:03 |
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On Tue, 2 Apr 2002 16:32:15 -0500, Aidan Grey <grey@...> wrote:
> You know, I thought of that problem too. Indeed, half of the words I
>derived and posted to the list have gone byebye already. I was thinking
>that having a theme each week might help. For example, zoo week, wherein
>the 5 (or 10) words would all have to do with the zoo. Or the computer wee,
>or the stew week, or the birthday week, or...
Sounds good. When I started Tirelat, I was making lists of 8 words a day,
all on a related topic (weather, vehicles, body parts, etc.) These early
Tirelat words turned out to be some of the ones that have remained in the
language in close to their original form for the most part, although a
small number of them have changed considerably (tkvir "copper" < dyr). I
also have an easier time remembering them (taparus "hazelnut", kitari
"chipmunk", pnav "forehead") compared with some of the newer words.
> I could also, with a little work, come up with a short sentence or two
>that used all the presented words. Or a sentence per word. As the task is
>completely voluntary, people could ignore it as they see fit, but it could
>help provide context when creating the words.
The added context would be helpful. Translating the example sentences might
require more new words, but that could also be useful, and it would
exercise the grammar.
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