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triket-pajamanmin

Triket Pajamanmin

Triket Pajamanmin is a sketch of a conlang designed in December 2021. The language was primarily designed for potential use in a game I have planned which revolves around the use of an unknown language without any kind of guide or dictionary. The design of the language was influenced by this goal, with a simple phonetic inventory, a shallow orthography and a relatively simple grammar. This was also my first proper attempt to make a conlang, so I wanted to focus on getting anything done rather than making sure everything was perfect and how I wanted it to be.

The language is unfinished, and the notes are presented as-is.

Grammar

SENTENCE STRUCTURE
OBJ s SBJ V [ADV]

  • stress falls on the first syllable of a word

  • verbs end in -o e.g. pepero

  • nouns end in consonants (mostly -t) e.g. makkat

  • adjectives end in -a e.g. asala

  • noun-derived adjectives formed from noun + -a
  • adverbs formed from adjective + -la (see adv below)
  • obj object marker: s after object
  • gen/pos genitive/possessive: marked on nouns by suffix -min
  • neg negation: marked on verbs by suffix -vim
  • imp imperative: marked on verbs by suffix -san
  • pl plural: formed by reduplication of first phoneme (if first phoneme is a solo vowel then a glottal stop ʔ is inserted between) e.g. pepepet (fruits), a'amat (people)
  • adv adverbial: formed from adjective + -la
  • pst past tense: marked on verbs by suffix n (and comes before other conjugations)

in the case of verb conjugations on verbs where the final phoneme is o, that phoneme is elided e.g. okao (to start) -> okavim (to not start)

full phrases can be used as the subject or object of sentences through nominalisation. in these cases, the object marker of the nominalised phrases, if it exists, is changed from s to sa

Words

trans.
la question particle (for yes/no qs)
s object marking particle
sa object marking particle in nominalised phrases
trans. pos
a greeting, interjection inj
te me prn
tete us (through reduplication) prn
sola you prn
sosola you (pl) (through reduplication) prn
mala 3rd person (he she they) prn
mamala 3rd person (pl) (they) (through reduplication) prn
ki this det, prn
ke that det, prn
ako what prn
amo who prn
trans. pos
ao to be v
sao to obtain, to receive v
kijo to go v
kakijo to come, to arrive v
pippo to be able to, to want to, to have to v
trikero to speak v
pepero to eat v
kimmejo to know v
sakimmejo to learn v
pajamo to play v
omejalo to choose v
okao to start v
ekao to finish, to stop v
imijalo to change v
kakimmejo to remember v
lajelo to feel v
tamo to see v
kajo to meet v
tejo to cause v
trans. pos
triket language n
makkat name n
pepet fruit, food n
amat person n
kimmesat knowledge n
pajaman game, music, recreational activity n
omejalan option, choice n
alat place n
jakat friend n
mejat animal, pet n
sammekelan tree, plant n
lalan water n
amman ground, earth, field, park n
jat house n
koppan direction n
trans. pos
pimja black adj
kilija white adj
poroja red adj
maroja blue adj
lalaja yellow adj
lekelaja green adj
asala big adj
pipa small adj
mima good, happy adj
amija fast adj
akoppa north, up adj
mekoppa east, right adj
sokoppa south, down adj
omekoppa west, left adj

Notes & translations
a! Daniel s makkat ao
hello-inj! Daniel obj name to.be
a... triket te~te- -min s sola trikero- -vim
oh-inj... language pl~1- -gen sbj 2 to.speak- -neg

pajaman s sola pajamosan -- play game
pajaman s sola okasan -- start game

pajaman s sola kakimmejosan -- load game ('remember game')

o'omejalan -- settings
o'omejalan s sola imijalosan -- edit settings

pajaman s sola ekasan -- exit game

amo s sola ao? - who are you (who-obj 2.sbj be?)

alat ki s sola kakijosan amijala - please come here quickly (place.this-obj 2.sbj come-imp quick-adv)

mima sa sola lajelo s jakat solamin sa sola kajon tejo
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  i feel happy              i met my friend       causes
  
i feel happy because i met my friend