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Re: OZBOLAMDE (or How to Invent a Conlang in 5 Minutes)

From:Trebor Jung <treborjung@...>
Date:Sunday, January 18, 2004, 22:55
Merhaba!

How to Invent a Conlang in Five Minutes: Metod pa Imben Nutok in Faiv Minat
[mEtod pa imbEn nutok in fajv minat]
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Method for Invent NewTalk in Five Minute

This is what I came up with (it took a lot longer, so is that cheating?):

This is in X-SAMPA; pretend there are [brackets] surrounding the words -
phonetic (and not phonemic) transcription here.

Yes=ja
No=na
Thank you=tank ju
Thank you very much=tank ju lot
You’re welcome=na prob
Please=mi ak ju pa...<I ask you for...
Hello=hala
Goodbye=mi si ju mo lEjt<I (will) see you more late
So long=til nEks tajm...=Till next time...
Good morning=god mor@n
Good afternoon=god at@mIdi
Good evening/night=god nat
I don’t understand=mi na kor@n
Do you speak English?=ju tok aNIS, ja-na?
English=aNIS
French=fEn
German=doj
Spanish=Epan_jo
Chinese=tSin
Boy=bo
Girl=gEl
Child=tSal
Mother=mat@
Father=pat@
Sister=sIs
Brother=bro
Cousin=koz@n
Aunt=an
Uncle=onk
Friend=prEn
To drink=rIn
Drink=rIn-tin<Drinking-thing
Eat=it
Food=it-tin
Water=wa
Juice=dZu
Milk=mIl
Soda pop=soa/pop
Beer=b_jE
Wine=wan
Alcohol=akol
Lemonade=lEman dZu rin<Lemon juice drink
To walk=wok
To run=wok-rapi<Walk quickly/rapidly
To wish=wis pa...
To work=wEk
To speak=tok
Bread=brE
Plate=plE
Bowl=ron-plE<Round-plate
Fork=pok
Knife=naf
Spoon=Epon
Glass/Cup=glas
Sun=san
Moon=lun<Lunar
Star=Esta
City=siri
House=has
To learn/To study=Eturi
School=Eturi-pla<Study-place
To build=bIl
Language/Speech=tok

--Trebor