Re: esa emban wa waesa nkhara goshu
From: | Wesley Parish <wes.parish@...> |
Date: | Friday, December 12, 2003, 11:05 |
"en namei wa endot
> wa embir" - made free by (own) strength and cunning;
That really should've been "en namei goshu wa endot wa embir", with the
"subject" - goshu; free - of the verbal phrase "en namei"; made - being in
the object position. I suspect the speakers of the language would regard it
as more of an adverb than an adjective or noun.
On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 22:08, you wrote:
> a new conlang has reared its ugly head in my conworld of Yhe Ghye-Ineat,
> The World of Light, blood dripping from its mouth from its latest kill, and
> the sweetest smile upon its dial.
>
> Its name is above - to wit:
> esa emban wa waesa
> this/the speech/language of/from -or (preposed actor particle)
>
> nkhara goshu
> to hunt free
>
> The speech/language of the Free Huntresses.
>
> The most interesting feature is that it has a CVCV pattern for verbs -
> nkhara - and a VCVC pattern for nouns - emban. Mbana means "to speak".
> The demonstrative pronous tend to follow the V(V)CV(V) pattern though,
> having either vowels or diphthongs before or after the middle consonant.
>
> Nothing of any great length has been written in it, nor is it likely to be
> - the people who are its focus were relatively recently "en namei wa endot
> wa embir" - made free by (own) strength and cunning; en otros palabras,
> they escaped after their Yhe Farr was wounded and could no longer control
> them, and the thought was that the usurper would make _them_ prey!!! So
> there are some stories about their adventures and misadventures and the
> establishment of the first midwife when it became apparent that that was
> where the power lay ... ;^)
>
> --
> Wesley Parish
> * * *
> Clinersterton beademung - in all of love.
> * * *
> Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?"
> You ask, "What is the most important thing?"
> Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata."
> I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."
--
Wesley Parish
* * *
Clinersterton beademung - in all of love.
* * *
Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?"
You ask, "What is the most important thing?"
Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata."
I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."