Category: Create/Make/List

Goal: Create glyph shapes | Create forms for translation Note: This is the first of five days reserved for creating things you need. Tip: Remember you’re doing one or the other during these days! Work focus: Create/Make/List If you are creating glyphs for a writing system, your goal for today and the next four days…

Goal: Create grammatical forms you need for clauses Note: Look closely at any adposition phrases, verb expressions, and nominal functions. Tip: You may extend the uses/functions of structures you already have. Work focus: Create/Make/List Go through the text again, focusing this time on the grammar and looking for any grammatical forms you need to create.…

Goal: Create the forms you need to fill gaps you’ve identified Note: Consider creating basic roots, derived, and/or compounded forms. Tip: Keep looking for ways to use words you already have (e.g. polysemy). Work focus: Create/Make/List Yesterday you focused on the lexical gaps in your language (or at least those that show up in your…

Goal: Create more complex examples of quotation Note: This might mean adding details to the quotative and/or expanding the quotation. Tip: Consider if every clause needs to be tagged or if a single tag can support a long quote. Work focus: Create/Make/List Today’s goal is to expand what you’ve done with quotatives thus far and…

Goal: Create example sentences with direct & indirect speech Note: Use these examples to demonstrate how your language handles both. Tip: Pairs of examples can help demonstrate distinctions. Work focus: Create/Make/List Today’s goal is to create example sentences with direct and indirect speech to demonstrate how your language handles these situations. It’s helpful to include…

Goal: Create quotative forms as needed and at least one example Note: If you create new lexical forms, make sure you add them to the dictionary. Tip: Focus first on creating a basic quotative example—a prototype. Work focus: Create/Make/List First, create any forms you need to support your quotative strategies. Then create at least one…

Goal: Create examples of comparative and superlative adverbs Note: Or create examples to show what your language does instead! Tip: Consider if all adverbs participate in these constructions. Work focus: Create/Make/List Today’s goal is to create examples to showcase how comparative and superlative adverb forms (or constructions) work in your conlang. Or, as the case…

Goal: Create forms and examples for superlative structures Note: Start with any new forms you need to implement your superlative strategy. Tip: Create examples to show how your language handles superlative structures (both predicative and attributive). Work focus: Create/Make/List Today’s goal is to put your superlative plans into action by creating any forms you need…

Goal: Create examples of situations with attributive comparative forms Note: If your language allows it, showcase NP structures when comparatives are used attributively. Tip: If your language doesn’t allow it, show how your language would translate a sentence that includes a NP like “the fancier mouse.” Work focus: Create/Make/List Based on your decisions yesterday, create…

Goal: Create sentences with comparative forms Note: Put your plans into action and create example sentences to showcase your comparatives. Tip: Your example sentences may demonstrate how your language handles comparatives without a dedicated comparative form. Work focus: Create/Make/List Put your plans into action and create your first examples of sentences with comparatives! Focus only…