Lakamye(the first) Smooth Translation I greet you joyfully! I correspond with you happily; you could enjoyably do the same. The two of us will expand knowledge of world culture! My description: I'm a double minded aquatic person, named Laki. The other personality is named Lwki. I enjoy being a singer and dancer. Do you enjoy hobbies? Lwki sleeps continuously, which allows happy neighbors. Are you a grinch? I'm an un-annoyed person. Perfect! Many blessings, Laki : ) I almost forgot this message: I'm having this message sent to a translator!! Do you clearly understand this message? Ya daod troglslsodel! Ya taodlab fmodel ologo, kdadaDa sas logokodel. fideYafa smyolodo tfldodel! dgo Yadad : Ya Lakam olamfa, Laki lgadad. soslam Lwki lgadad. Ya fma'al fda'al lagakadel. Da kw lagakadel? Lwki sla omlama ; da'flwkw laloso tlwdel. Da moka ? Ya sosgyla. LSLSW!! glsokopaka, Laki. (:|)~ Ya d'glfwfmw slmkodel; fideYa d'glfwfmw kasoglyfadel!! Da d'glfwfmw lamdgadel olgko ? ****Break it down******************************** Ya daod troglslso-del! Ya taod-lab fmo-del o-logo, kdada-Da sas logoko-del. fide-Ya-fa smyolodo tfldo-del! dgo Yadad : Ya Lakam o-lam-fa, Laki lga-dad. soslam Lwki lga-dad. Ya fma'al fda'al lagaka-del. Da kw lagaka-del? Lwki sla o-mlama ; da'flwkw laloso tlw-del. Da moka ? Ya sos-gyla. LSLSW!! glsoko-paka, Laki. (:|)~ Ya d'glfwfmw slmko-del; fide-Ya d'glfwfmw kasoglyfa-del!! Da d'glfwfmw lamdga-del o-lgko ? *************************************************** WORDS GLOSS (:|)~ :) dgo description, commentary fda dancer flwkw reason, purpose why something is so fma singer, vocalist glfwfmw text statement, written message glsoko benediction, pleasant luck gyla annoyed person kasoglyfa translate by a third party, translation service kw activity, hobby lagaka pleasurably exist as, enjoy being Lakam aquatic being laloso content public, sedated underclass, friendly neighbors lam a mind, as in personality lamdga understanding, comprehension lga name, when speaking about an existing one lgko clear in understanding, easy logoko / logo enjoyable experience lslsw Perfect! Great! mlama continuous moka cranky, miserable person sas identical manner, appearance sla sleeper, always absent slmko nearly forgotten, almost lost smyolodo concerning world culture/society soslam other mind, the second of a dual personality sostla impervious, unaffected tfldo expand knowledge of object. , enlarge tlw allow, reveal troglslso joyful greeting ******Grammar********************** Lakamye This is an extremely brief synopsis: Lakamye is a SOV language, with three "genders". If there is no verb (S O ), then S = O. Nouns Most nouns end with -a, -o or -w, depending on its gender. Always begin with consonants. Gender: There are three genders, (A)Person/sentient being, (O)plant/inanimate-object/mind process/intrinsic property/growth, (W)animal/stranger/unknown-gender/thing/cycles. Gender comes into play mostly in word creation; since gender doesn't have to match modifiers or verbs. However, when a noun changes to a verb, its' gender may change: fma ---> one who interacts/corresponds. fmo ---> the correspondence, the message fmodel ---> to correspond. This is because "fwa" is a person ( or at least capable of acting like one), but the correspondence( "fmw" ) itself is an idea. traglslsa ---> joyful greeter troglslso--> joyful greeting troglslsodel ---> to joyfully greet Traglslsa is a person (A), troglslso is an idea (O). Mixing Genders is possible, but extremely unusual. Number Lakamye uses noun suffixes to specify number: galb (no suffix)---> 1 friend (no suffix) galbfa ---> 2 friends ( -fa) galbla ---> 3 friends ( -la) galbpaka ---> 4+ friends ( -paka) galbdla ---> All friends ( -dla) galbdima ---> uncertain # friends ( -dima) Pronouns If in the subject: Ya = I da = you ka = s/he ( I'll use xe ) toa = (O)plant/inanimate-object/mind process/intrinsic property/growth twa = (W)animal/stranger/unknown-gender/thing/cycles. If in the object: Yaod = I daod = you kaod = xe tad = both ( O ) and ( W ) The prefixes d' and dad' mean this and that, respectively. Modifiers, like Adjectives and Adverbs! Come after the words they modify. To create, add the prefix to a noun: galb ---> friend n. ogalb --> friendly, in a friendly manner adj. sosgalb ---> unfriendly, (mean and nasty) adj. dosgalb ---> friendly, but more so (friendlier) adj. losgalb ---> friendly, but less so adj. Verbs Verbs go at the end of phrases, before their modifiers. To make a verb, add the suffix -del to a noun The words' vowels may change depending on the meaning. Example of verb: galba (friend) becomes galbadel (befriend, act friendly ) Tenses Tense is found in the prefix of the subject of the verb: Past: Simple Past: (prefix: pe- ) peta Yaod galbdel ---> You befriended me. Past Perfect: (prefix: dop- ) dopta Yaod galbdel ---> You had befriended me. Past "Would"( prefix: wde- ) Past "Should"( prefix: sode- ) Past "Could"( prefix: kdode- ) Present: Simple Present: (no prefix) ta Yaod galbdel. ---> You befriend me. Present Perfect: (prefix: dwr- ) dwrta Yaod galbdel. ---> You have befriended me. Present Perfect Continuous ( prefix: kdon- ) kdonta Yaod galbdel. ---> You have been befriending me. Present "Would"( prefix: ada- ) Present "Should"( prefix: sada- ) Present "Could"( prefix: kdada- ) Future: Simple Future: ( prefix: fide- ) fideta Yaod ---> You will befriend me. Future Perfect: ( prefix: dfon- ) dfon-ta Yaod galbdel. ---> You will have befriended me. Future "Would"( prefix: wlde- ) Future "Should"( prefix: slde- ) Future "Could"( prefix: kdlde- ) Conjunctions In order to show the relationships AND, OR and NEITHER, use suffixes 'mal, 'sol, and 'yal, repsectively. For example: X'al Y'al ---> both X AND Y X'sol Y'sol ---> X OR Y X'yal Y'yal ---> NEITHER X or Y X'al Y'al Z'sol --> (X AND Y ) OR Z Certain combinations don't make sense, like X'al Y'yal, because you can't both X and Y and neither at the same time. This can be used rhetorically, however, but few, if any, will understand this sort of rhetoric. Cases Genitive Case: Shows possesion suffix: -dad glaba Yadad taod glabdel ---> friend of mine befriends you. Comitative Case: Suffix: -lab Ya taodlab fmodel. ---> I correspond with you.