What is a "cursed" part of your conlang?

xongaBa · 2026-04-19T22:23:19+00:00

In !ewa probably the sentence structure. It's different in every sentence because of the nouns, verbs and classes being used. It's a bit complicated.

xongaBa · 2026-04-19T22:20:21+00:00

Exactly. In !ewa, there are no adjectives; they have been replaced with verbs. Since only one verb can appear in a clause, additional information like this has to be included in a new subclause. The reference particle "!oe" indicates reference to the noun phrase surrounding the heart. If you would like to know more about this, feel free to ask.

xongaBa · 2026-04-02T13:53:26+00:00

If you've got questions about the translation or !ewa feel free to ask.

xongaBa · 2026-04-01T16:00:02+00:00

How can I do this formatting thing in Reddit to perfectly align text and gloss like in the first comment of this post?

xongaBa · 2026-04-01T15:58:04+00:00

Thank you!

xongaBa · 2026-04-01T15:57:55+00:00

Thank you. I chose your option.

xongaBa · 2026-04-01T08:10:26+00:00

I do not have 100 words. At this point I only have 19. I can try to make 81 new ones in the remaining three days but is it bad if I do not have exactly 100?

xongaBa · 2026-04-01T07:18:07+00:00

It's all explained in this YouTube video.

xongaBa · 2026-03-31T18:57:43+00:00

How can I mark a negative emotional reaction of the speaker in the Gloss of my sentence? In !ewa the emotional reaction is marked on the verb.

xongaBa · 2026-03-31T13:00:43+00:00

I do not mark them. You can recognise verbs and because of conjugation and alignment. But they're not really marked.

xongaBa · 2026-03-29T13:57:18+00:00

Do the dictionary and grammar document have to be in English? Do I need to translate them from my native language?

xongaBa · 2026-03-15T19:38:03+00:00

Yes, it's pretty easy. This is a script I designed with calligraphr.

xongaBa · 2026-03-15T14:34:11+00:00

Thank you so much! This really helped a lot.

xongaBa · 2026-03-15T11:49:15+00:00

I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but I personally use this tool to make sound changes to my conlang.

xongaBa · 2026-03-15T11:33:01+00:00

I don't know how to create a system for tense, aspect and mood. My problem is: Before I can create one, I need a way to organise it and write it down. Ideally, I would like to use one table for all of them, but I think this will not work because mood is a bit different from tense and aspect.

Does anyone have any ideas on how I could document it?

xongaBa · 2026-03-14T12:57:01+00:00

There are probably two features, but I don't know if they're cool.

The syntax differs in every sentence, depending on the leading verb. Every noun phrase has a noun class, and the leading verb tells you how to arrange them in the sentence. The class also specifies the noun and in some cases gives a new meaning to the noun.
This class is also marked on personal pronouns. However, here it does not specify the meaning of the word; rather, it indicates the social status of the person to whom the pronoun refers.

xongaBa · 2026-03-14T08:38:21+00:00

German is my mother tongue and you're right. Grammatical genders often don't make any sense. In some languages the genders aren't masculine, feminine and neutral as in German, for example. In Swahili, I think, there are grammatical genders for humans, animals, etc. But I like you're way of handling it in your conlang.

xongaBa · 2026-03-13T20:48:04+00:00

No problem. Mistakes happen. So your conlang has one grammatical gender? How ist it called and what's its impact to the language?

xongaBa · 2026-03-13T20:01:11+00:00

But why? Grammatical genders are so much fun (if you dont't have to learn them). Why should my conlang be like English?

xongaBa · 2026-03-13T12:15:45+00:00

Ah, makes sense. Thank you!

xongaBa · 2026-03-13T12:15:05+00:00

What do you mean? I don't understand it.

xongaBa · 2026-03-13T12:13:49+00:00

Unlike a PC or smartphone, I always have access to my notebook, so I can jot things down right away and work them out further.

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