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by Sevly
Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:07 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Zevy notes (Now playing: Vocatives)
Replies: 12
Views: 7463

Re: Zevy notes (Now playing: Possession)

Vocatives Exploring how Zevy forms terms of address · 10 minute read · back to table of contents Note: You can read this post with its original formatting over at the Zevy wordbook here , or you can read the inline version below. The vocative is a way of identifying the person whom one is speaking ...
by Sevly
Fri Aug 26, 2022 3:55 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Zevy notes (Now playing: Vocatives)
Replies: 12
Views: 7463

Re: Zevy notes (Now playing: Possession)

Thank you for the kind words! And thank you for catching that error, the sign of a close read. Much appreciated 🙏🏿
by Sevly
Thu Aug 25, 2022 8:43 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Zevy notes (Now playing: Vocatives)
Replies: 12
Views: 7463

Re: Zevy notes (Now playing: Basic syntax trees)

Thanks for the interest, Ares! I appreciate it ☺️ And whoo, It's been a minute! I took a break from conlanging due to a mixture of a bout of COVID and then some very much refreshing summer travel once I had recovered, and now I'm back! Here's the next post in this series of snippets from the Zevy la...
by Sevly
Fri Jun 03, 2022 2:10 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Zevy notes (Now playing: Vocatives)
Replies: 12
Views: 7463

Re: Zevy notes (Now playing: Linking words)

Basic syntax trees Some not-too-rigorous generative grammar on Zevy phrase structure · 5 minute read · back to table of contents Here's what my analysis of Zevy sentence structure has been in a loose generative grammar. First, I posit that its sentences are headed by a tense phrase which, in the si...
by Sevly
Sun May 29, 2022 10:53 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Zevy notes (Now playing: Vocatives)
Replies: 12
Views: 7463

Re: Zevy notes (Now playing: Instrumental verbs)

Linking words Exploring Zevy's two most critical connectors · 13 minute read · back to table of contents Note: You can read this post with its original formatting over at the Zevy wordbook here , or you can read the inline version below. https://connotes.interlocutor.io/images/drawings/titles/linki...
by Sevly
Mon May 16, 2022 9:54 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Zevy notes (Now playing: Vocatives)
Replies: 12
Views: 7463

Re: Zevy notes

Instrumental verbs Exploring how Zevy wields the instrumental case on verbs to signal outcomes · 9 minute read · back to table of contents Note: You can read this post with it's original formatting over at the Zevy wordbook here , or you can read the inline version below. https://connotes.interlocu...
by Sevly
Mon May 16, 2022 9:49 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Zevy notes (Now playing: Vocatives)
Replies: 12
Views: 7463

Zevy notes (Now playing: Vocatives)

Hello! I'll be using this thread to share regular posts on different aspects of my conlang Zevy. Here we go! Table of contents Instrumental verbs Exploring how Zevy wields the instrumental case on verbs to signal outcomes · 9 minute read Linking words Exploring Zevy's two most critical connectors · ...
by Sevly
Sat Jun 22, 2019 11:58 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: The Mere Mortal's Guide to Liiiθiil
Replies: 8
Views: 5036

Re: The Mere Mortal's Guide to Liiiθiil

haha, this was a great post to log back in and stumble upon, love the tone, i’m aghast in all the right ways 😆
by Sevly
Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:39 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: WIP: Kalathi (NP: morphosyntax basics)
Replies: 24
Views: 16288

Re: WIP: Kalathi (NP: morphosyntax basics)

wow so this was a pleasure to read! i love the way you've described the language, and the use of colour in the examples is a deceptivey simple but important touch that makes everything both clean and informative. i'm really curious to see more of the morphosyntax, especially how the (written) word b...
by Sevly
Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:28 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Do you know conlang software tools?
Replies: 33
Views: 26107

Re: Do you know conlang software tools?

So in addition to ConWorkShop, which has been mentioned several times before and has some pretty cool community experiences and collaborative tools, I've recently discovered something called Lexiconga which seems like a not-bad solution for hosted (and thus cross-device) lexicon management. It has a...
by Sevly
Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:16 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: ZBB Census 2018
Replies: 89
Views: 132966

Re: ZBB Census 2018

Heyo, been a while since I posted on the zeeb! Well, my years of inactivity and the whole board reboot thing seem to make for as good a moment as any to jump back on with one of these. So so so: Basics Username: Sevly Birthplace: Nairobi Place of residence: Seattle Any particular reason you live the...