Following up on last week: Lane yomelasanochi myon pmslo methale. [ˈla.nelanebut jo.me.la.saˈno.tɕiyo-mela-san-o-chigive-down-with-3s–3p.A mjonmyoneverything ˈpm̩.ɬopm-slofor-3s meˈða.le]methalegold But they will give anything for gold. Gloss provided by Gloss My Gloss The Nitherian… Read more »
Following up on last week: Nitherwi vezhivazherasho wi, ayomelasanochi yovo pmslo thoslerwi. [niˈðe.rwinithe-rwiperson-PL ve.ʑi.va.ʑeˈra.ɕovezhi-va-zhera-sholive-LOC.APPL-land-3p wiwiLD a.jo.me.la.saˈno.tɕia-yo-mela-san-o-chiNEG-give-down-INS.APPL–3s–3p.A ˈjo.voyovonothing ˈpm̩.ɬopm-slofor-3p ðoˈɬe.rwi]thosle-rwigod-PL The people who live there don’t sacrifice anything to the gods…. Read more »
Following up on last week: Tsmpathaynslo zherashosla thwesaso. [tsm̩.pa.ðaˈjən.ɬotsm-pa-thayn-slosit-LOC.APPL-lake-3p ʑe.raˈɕo.ɬazherashoslaisland ðweˈsa.so]thwesaso1,296 From its waters rise a thousand islands. Gloss provided by Gloss My Gloss The numeral thwesaso (1,296) seems overly… Read more »
It’s almost Lexember, and this year it’s Nitherian’s turn to get a month-long lexicon boost. In preparation, the next four Weekly Words posts will all feature Nitherian sentences. Rmpakmiso Thoynposlo…. Read more »
For Kharulian scholars, the definitive foundational text on mathematics was “Comfort with Numbers”, attributed to the legendary thinker Shuspum Iju. In this work, Shuspum starts with some basic assumptions about… Read more »
The Muipidans believed in many gods, but nobody worshipped all of them. Everyone was expected to give sacrifices to the supreme god Emada, who made the sun shine, the rivers… Read more »
This is a continuation of the previous post. The typical response to Mwozlaslotha mwalevo, s’achishi (“A fair wind has blown you to me”) is: Sakeslo mwalevo! Snlwi sho awnlevoyovamwaleri ka!… Read more »
Nitherian has a variety of elaborate scripted conversations, which are used in specific social situations. The following is the first sentence of one such script, used in northern Nitheria when… Read more »
A few weeks ago I looked at negation in Kharulian. This week, it’s yes/no questions! Shel tsamzo shezh chichiit igui? [ʃɛɫsh-elINAN.SG-this ˈtsam.zotsamz-ovillage-ACC ʃɛʒsh-ezhINAN.SG-in tʃiˈtʃiːtchi-chiit2s-be.born ˈi.ɡʷi]ig-uiQ–PFV Were you born in this… Read more »
A happy little sentence from the Syntax Test Cases: Ofloytota ofloytota pepehe otmoyk’e. [ˈo.flɔjˌto.taofloyto-tagrow-3p ˈo.flɔjˌto.taofloyto-tagrow-3p ˈpe.pɛ.həpe~pehePL~flower ˈot.mɔj.kʼə]otmoy-k’elovely-PLNT Lovely flowers are growing everywhere. Gloss provided by Gloss My Gloss This sentence… Read more »