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Miwonša Mayo njara yakwan, nak žai kjayasnimiwan. Literally: "To-me moon was, but not pay.attention-did-I-it" https://voca.ro/16gJym1j4ozH Mayo njar-a ya-kw-an , nak žai kja<ya>sn-im-iw-an . (1SG.DAT moon=NOM.SG PAST-COP-IPFV , but not pay.attention<PAST>-1SG.SUBJ-3SG-OBJ-IPFV

:usa: Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. [<3] Miwonša: Tara šei. Mankwiwmo Inigo Montoya. Kwoyaniš nički anžiwmoi. Yahwo šul zaščiš, sja ši. tar-a šei mankw-iwm=o Inigo Montoya kwo<ya>n-iš ničk-i anž-iwm=oi Yahwo šul zašč-iš, sja ši. day-SG good=NOM.SG name-1SG.PO...

Miwonša:

I went to Russia in order to learn Russian.

Mayaškim aš Rusjaš miskjanti Rusjonšai.

Mayašk-im aš Rusj=aš miskj-anti Rusjonš=ai.
(go-1SG to Russia=DAT.SG learn-SPN Russian=ACC.SG)

Hey people, can you help me to learn how to pronounce implosives? OK, what I know is that stops or plosives have basically three phases... One in which you form the closure in your mouth and, the moment when you release the stop and the time between the release of the stop and the onset of voice (if...

Miwonša:

Čwasta žai ničkifišan, sja chasnifišan.
https://voca.ro/124dIT1XrFGF

I am currently working on an official grammar book for my conlang Miwonša and my problem is not that I would not know how my own conlang works, but how to classify some grammar categories correctly... Please take a look first at the chart which contains the complete conjugation of the verb "žan...

:con: Miwonša 1. The sun dies. - Swonsa zaščit. (sun=NOM.SG die-3SG.PFV) 2. The sun is dying. - Swonsa zaščan. (sun=NOM.SG die-IPFV) 3. The sun died. - Swonsa zayaščit. (sun=NOM.SG die<PAST>-IPFV) 4. The sun will die. - Swonsa zaščao. (sun=NOM.SG die-FUT) 5. The sun has been dying. = 2 6. The sun is...

Miwonša

Žai kwamišan chokti!
not COP-1SG-IPFV cactus=ACC.SG.
"I am not a cactus"

Trenšiman siwai kwančanti!
need-1SG-IPFV water=ACC.SG live-SPN
"I need water to live"


SPN = supine

The phonology of Miwonša does not get along well with English at all :D


ɔl 'ɕu.mãː 'pĩː.s‿aː 'pɔːn friː ãː 'i.kwal wit 'tik.ni.ti ã 'raɪ̯.tsi. tɛ.j‿aː ɛ̃ː'taʊ̯t wit 'riːzɛ̃ː ãː 'kɔ̃ːʃɛ̃ːs ãː ʃu.'t‿ak tu.'waːs wãː a'nata ĩː a 'spirit ɔp 'pratahut

Miwonša Spira yošna ya suonsa čhayačan lhanskai, čwo uyak yakwiwan caskul, nak acui kjačwan wa manti cušni čhiwakwonit. Ti khayanjat, stai ula sanšai caskul, šula phašai kjačwani ak mantik aklašastanti. Spira khuyašan ti hašno cam pašli, nač cam hašnul khuyašiwan, ti pjučul kjačwan wa mantiš mayats...

There has already been a thread for this fable, but it only contained recordings and no translations, so I thought we should have a new one. Original text: The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger, when a traveler came along wrapped in a warm cloak. They agreed that the one w...

Modal verbs in Miwonša: Yežiman maškiwa. = want-1SG-IPFV go-INF = I want to go (infinitive) Kwamišan maškjanti. = COP-1SG-IPFV.IND go-SPN = I must go. (supine + indicative) Kwamišai maškjanti. = COP-1SG-SBJ go-SPN. = I should go. (supine + conditional) Trenšiman maškiwa. = need-1SG-IPFV go-INF = I n...

Three very offensive ways to say "I don't need my teeth anymore and I would like you to break them all." in Miwonša :mrgreen: (Don't read the spoilers if you are easily offended. You have been warned. [:P] ) --- (1) Maškiman khočni nanžiwšai wa krišmai matiwšak! Translation: I am going to ...

Miwonša has several declensions, but don't ask me how to determine the number of genders... Here is an overview of my noun declension -a -i -o (1) -o (2) -n NOM.SG -a -i -o -o -n ACC.SG -ai -i -oi -oi -ni GEN.SG -ak -ik -ok -ok -nka DAT.SG -aš -iš -oš -oš -nša NOM.PL -i/e -a -i -a -nje ACC.PL -i/e -...

An idea for the layout: http://docs.google.com/document/d/1XJzS ... sp=sharing

Is there a standard format you're looking for? Will you be providing an example if yes, and how strictly must we follow it? Take a look at the "contents of your conlang grammar" thread to see how different we organize our grammars. You might consider one standard format so readers won't h...

Update: Guidelines: Please submit your papers until Oct 30, 2015. The papers should be composed of the following parts: __________________________ 1 page: Introduction - Which type of conlang have you created? (a priori, a posteriori, artlang, auxlang, philosophical conlang, personal languages etc.)...

Here you can find a facebook group as this is not going to be an internal issue of this forum... http://www.facebook.com/groups/696437337143400/ Unfortunately, I am not on Facebook. Will it be possible to follow the whole project from this forum? Yes of course, I will post relevant information into...

Miwonša:

Go!: Maški! (2SG)
Let's go!: Maškjami! (1PL)
Go!: Maškjaši! (2PL)

Let him/her/them go!: Pju woi/wai/wei maškjanti! (2SG/3SG)
Make him/her/them go!: Skju woi/wai/wei maškjanti! (2SG/3SG)

Very good. Here you can find a facebook group as this is not going to be an internal issue of this forum... http://www.facebook.com/groups/696437337143400/ Later I'll probably post this in Zompist's forum, too. Do you know any other places where we could recruit participants? (Even though I like the...