griuskant (without the conscript)
tridai sed jaeiza trida.
/'tridai 'səd 'dʒeiza 'trida/
sleep-V-A cat like-V sleep-V
The sleeping cat likes to sleep.
vosk skuya flema sed.
/'vɔsk 'skuja 'fləma 'səd/
dog like-V smell-V cat
The dog likes to smell the cat.
Non-finite verb forms
Re: Non-finite verb forms
Last edited by Reyzadren on 30 Mar 2020 03:54, edited 2 times in total.
Re: Non-finite verb forms
My current conlang doesn't have a name yet. Also it's still very much in it's beginnings, but I should be able to translate the below with the only inaccuracy being how I handle "sleeping" in the first sentence, as I haven't decided to handle that yet (I suppose I could use a relative clause, or maybe you can use infinitives for this?). Also I haven't totally decided on phonology. Right now I've allowed virtually every sound and then some; I originally tried to restrict labials, but then ended up doing what I wanted, so the phonolgy is probably typical of an English conlanger.
So al-i huhu-i antu huhu-m
[so al.i hu.hu.i an.tʰu hu.hum]
DEF cat-Nom sleep-Nom.Adj enjoy sleep-INF
The sleeping cat likes to sleep.
So honz-i antu nnantis sam so al-on
[so hənz.i an.tʰu ɳan.tʰis sam so al-ən]
DEF dog-Nom enjoy smell INF DEF cat-Acc
The dog likes to smell the cat.
So al-i huhu-i antu huhu-m
[so al.i hu.hu.i an.tʰu hu.hum]
DEF cat-Nom sleep-Nom.Adj enjoy sleep-INF
The sleeping cat likes to sleep.
So honz-i antu nnantis sam so al-on
[so hənz.i an.tʰu ɳan.tʰis sam so al-ən]
DEF dog-Nom enjoy smell INF DEF cat-Acc
The dog likes to smell the cat.