The native grammar of Caďinor
The native grammar of Caďinor
I've been reading Šm Fatandor Revouse's Pere aluatas i Caďinor in Mark Rosenfelder's translation and it's a wonderful read. Each word dripping with nostalgia – makes me nostalgic for the good old times of studying Latin.
Are there any other Native grammars out there being "translated"?
Are there any other Native grammars out there being "translated"?
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Re: The native grammar of Caďinor
It's a lot of fun to read, and I bet it was a lot of fun to write; we've all read textbooks like it. How long did it take to do, Zomp?vecfaranti wrote:I've been reading Šm Fatandor Revouse's Pere aluatas i Caďinor in Mark Rosenfelder's translation and it's a wonderful read. Each word dripping with nostalgia – makes me nostalgic for the good old times of studying Latin.
Are there any other Native grammars out there being "translated"?
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Re: The native grammar of Caďinor
Araceli: I don't remember, but twice as long as a regular grammar since I wrote a 'straight' grammar first.
Hmm. This might be what Dhekhnami needs. If there was ever a language that needed a highly biased and normative approach, that's it...
Hmm. This might be what Dhekhnami needs. If there was ever a language that needed a highly biased and normative approach, that's it...
Re: The native grammar of Caďinor
"This feature of the Masters' language only serves to prove its superiority..."zompist wrote:Araceli: I don't remember, but twice as long as a regular grammar since I wrote a 'straight' grammar first.
Hmm. This might be what Dhekhnami needs. If there was ever a language that needed a highly biased and normative approach, that's it...
Soî yelî sanoralî er verdî dormü gurišece.
Se vŕeȥe ili buz orarn dŕmn gulregi.
Economic Left/Right: -5.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.92
Se vŕeȥe ili buz orarn dŕmn gulregi.
Economic Left/Right: -5.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.92
Re: The native grammar of Caďinor
The opposite approach could be quite amusing too: 'The debased Black Speech expresses X in this crude and barbaric manner..."
It's not too realistic, sadly.
It's not too realistic, sadly.
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Re: The native grammar of Caďinor
I don't think it's that unrealistic... assuming such a grammar was written by an enemy of Sauron.
Re: The native grammar of Caďinor
Like if a Qing Chinese scholar wrote a grammar of English. "The barbarians' language expresses this or that..."
Soî yelî sanoralî er verdî dormü gurišece.
Se vŕeȥe ili buz orarn dŕmn gulregi.
Economic Left/Right: -5.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.92
Se vŕeȥe ili buz orarn dŕmn gulregi.
Economic Left/Right: -5.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.92
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Re: The native grammar of Caďinor
On the other hand, why would anyone be that interested in the language of "the barbarians"? That's the whole point of the word "barbarian".
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Re: The native grammar of Caďinor
Useful in a war to interrogate the captured.
Books to teach languages to the military don't have to be polite or neutral, just effective.
Books to teach languages to the military don't have to be polite or neutral, just effective.
Re: The native grammar of Caďinor
I think that style will be perfect for my conlang Kinuiltys! The title, of course, would be "First Grammar of Kinuiltys", or Kinuilti Pethmes Elesiontys. Or, it could be written in Godalise Creole: Pete Elsont red Tora Kwilet (literally, "First Grammar of the High Speech")Pere aluatas i Caďinor
Kinuiltys, a language I'm currently working on, is very much like Cad'inor and Cuezi in that it is highly inflecting. Like the two Almean languages, Kinuiltys has a refined sound that echoes Ancient Greek.
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Re: The native grammar of Caďinor
There's a C&C forum - two of them, in fact - for you to display your own conlangs.
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But the river tripped on her by and by, lapping
as though her heart was brook: Why, why, why! Weh, O weh
I'se so silly to be flowing but I no canna stay!
But the river tripped on her by and by, lapping
as though her heart was brook: Why, why, why! Weh, O weh
I'se so silly to be flowing but I no canna stay!