It’s been a long time since a post. I will try to update more frequently so I can keep up with changes via the blog. Here’s what I worked on today:
I've work on both grammar and vocabulary today, so far!
I changed the suffixes that form the middle and reciprocal voices to -da and -du respectively. They join the passive formant -te, the causative -gi and the causative-passive -gite.
grodage v. to name
grodadage v. middle to be called/named (lit. "to name oneself")
grodatege v. passive to be named
Grodatege more emphasizes that someone has been given a particular name by parents, guardians or someone else, but in practical use, grodadage and grodatege are interchangeable:
Jonos grodates/grodadas His name is John. / He is called John. / His name is John.
I also changed how the definite suffix on nouns work. Nouns are marked for definiteness. Previously, the suffix only partially agreeded for gender, using -je for common and neuter nouns, -jo for masculine and celestial ones and -ja for feminine and terrestrial ones. I decided to make different stems for animacy, using -l- for the animate genders and -n- for inanimate genders. Below are examples of each gender in the singular indefinite and definite forms:
huzes, huzeles common twin, the twin
deros, derolos masculine man, the man
lapnas, lapnalas feminine woman, the woman
aindi, aindine neuter light, the light
nudo, nudono celestial sound, the sound
thada, thadana terrestrial mouth, the mouth
Besides all that, I've added several words to the lexicon. In particular, I've used gender change to create a word related to an existing word. I think this is the first time I've done this for a noun not referring to people nor animals. From the existing shimtha chest I derived shimtho breast.
