Conceptual adjectives

Started by Skyinou, April 14, 2010, 05:51:03 AM

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roger

unless we have ?lecun for "possible".

Prrton

Quote from: roger on April 16, 2010, 08:48:18 PM
unless we have ?lecun for "possible".

We have «letsunslu» for "possible" as an adjective. I believe it was the first we saw in which le- appeared before something that appeared to to have nothing nomial in it at all. I like the fact that «-slu» is included here (but not on «keltsun»). It might imply a slightly different world view around potentiality and the nature of the Na'vi cosmos.

In the only conlang about which I've ever personally theorized, there is no copula for "am/is/are", only a verb of existential potential unfettered by linear time, which I like to translate in English as "becoming".

Kemaweyan

Lu oeru säfpìl:

keltsun = ke letsun
ke + le* = kel* (na fì + ay* = fay* )

Tsunslu fì'u fuke?
Nìrangal frapo tsirvun pivlltxe nìNa'vi :D

Mithcoriel

Quote from: Kemaweyan on April 18, 2010, 06:06:39 PM
Lu oeru säfpìl:

keltsun = ke letsun
ke + le* = kel* (na fì + ay* = fay* )

Tsunslu fì'u fuke?

Siltsana säfpìl. Tsa'u lam eyawr.
Ayoe lu aysamsiyu a plltxe "Ni" !
Aytìhawnu ayli'uyä aswok: "Ni", "Peng", si "Niiiew-wom" !

Lance R. Casey

Quote from: Skyinou on April 14, 2010, 05:51:03 AM
stxong - strange, unfamiliar, unknown
syen - last, final

So, I'm finally up to speed after my month away from, well, everything. A lot of interesting stuff has gone down, but not as much as I feared -- and this in particular caught my eye.

Why? Because now I can finally(!) do this:

"Taw, syena pxawpa. Ayfì'u lu sìsop tawsìpä Enteprayzì. Tseyä mrra zìsìtä tìkangkem: steftxaw stxonga hifkeyit amip; fwew mipa tìreyit sì mipa ayolo'ti; nìtstew kä tsengne a kea tawtute ke kalmä tsane."

;D

// Lance R. Casey

eanayo

Quote from: Lance R. Casey on May 07, 2010, 05:50:48 AM
"Taw, syena pxawpa. Ayfì'u lu sìsop tawsìpä Enteprayzì. Tseyä mrra zìsìtä tìkangkem: steftxaw stxonga hifkeyit amip; fwew mipa tìreyit sì mipa ayolo'ti; nìtstew kä tsengne a kea tawtute ke kalmä tsane."

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Nyx

Quote from: Lance R. Casey on May 07, 2010, 05:50:48 AM
"Taw, syena pxawpa. Ayfì'u lu sìsop tawsìpä Enteprayzì. Tseyä mrra zìsìtä tìkangkem: steftxaw stxonga hifkeyit amip; fwew mipa tìreyit sì mipa ayolo'ti; nìtstew kä tsengne a kea tawtute ke kalmä tsane."
HRH, awesome! ;D now go translate all the Klingon phrases :P

Ftiafpi

Quote from: Lance R. Casey on May 07, 2010, 05:50:48 AM
Quote from: Skyinou on April 14, 2010, 05:51:03 AM
stxong - strange, unfamiliar, unknown
syen - last, final

So, I'm finally up to speed after my month away from, well, everything. A lot of interesting stuff has gone down, but not as much as I feared -- and this in particular caught my eye.

Why? Because now I can finally(!) do this:

"Taw, syena pxawpa. Ayfì'u lu sìsop tawsìpä Enteprayzì. Tseyä mrra zìsìtä tìkangkem: steftxaw stxonga hifkeyit amip; fwew mipa tìreyit sì mipa ayolo'ti; nìtstew kä tsengne a kea tawtute ke kalmä tsane."

;D

Tsamsiyu92

#28
Stxong means strange, and the word is strange.

Strange word means strange

This one is going to be easy to remember...:)

Prrton

Quote from: Lance R. Casey on May 07, 2010, 05:50:48 AM
Quote from: Skyinou on April 14, 2010, 05:51:03 AM
stxong - strange, unfamiliar, unknown
syen - last, final

So, I'm finally up to speed after my month away from, well, everything. A lot of interesting stuff has gone down, but not as much as I feared -- and this in particular caught my eye.

Why? Because now I can finally(!) do this:

"Taw, syena pxawpa. Ayfì'u lu sìsop tawsìpä Enteprayzì. Tseyä mrra zìsìtä tìkangkem: steftxaw stxonga hifkeyit amip; fwew mipa tìreyit sì mipa ayolo'ti; nìtstew kä tsengne a kea tawtute ke kalmä tsane."

;D

Seriously. Do you have a PayPal account? I feel compelled to give you something tangible for that!!