I think I'm only writing for the conlangs, at this point.

Apr 30, 2007 09:14

So, I'm basing this conlang of mine on Classical Greek despite the fact that I've done all sorts of weird things like swapping out the singular and dual for a "paucal" and adding a forth grammatical gender. Then I realized I needed some adjectives.

"No problem," said I. "I'll just check out Wikipedia's article on Ancient Greek Grammar."

And it wasn't in there.

There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth until I remembered--dude. It's a conlang. I can just make shit up.

So I did!

Derivation
 n => adj : adjectives derived from nouns take stem strength and the appropriate adjectival suffix
Which yeilds the following nifty little block:

trelon - n(ne) "raver, madman"
   - m trelēs | f trelē | nl trele
 trēlios - adj "raving."
   - f trēlaios | ne trēlios | nl trēlaos
I really like the word "trēlaios" (IPA: [ˈtɹeːləɪˌəʊs]*) (Other: traylieose). It rolls from the tongue.

*I'm probably slaughtering Greek phonology, but, dude. Conlang. For a nonhuman species, to boot. Did I mention I can make shit up?

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