Myssela

Introduction

Myssela is for me. My first five conlangs have been for my conworld called Kepa. This conlang is just for my own personal use. I’ve always wanted a conlang to write in but due to the nature of my conlang I could not add modern words such as “computer” or even “credit card”. Myssela is a mash-up of all my favourite grammar points as well as some new ones! Myssela will be simple enough to learn but complicated enough that it will feel ‘complete’. I hope to someday write journal entries in Myssela. Journal entries that will only be for my eyes of course. ;)

Phoneme Summary

Consonants

Consonants
	Bilabial		Labiod.		Dental		Alveolar		Post-alv.		Velar		Uvular		Glottal
Nasal		m					n
Plosive		b					d				g
Fricative			f				s		ʃ					χ	h
Affricate
Approximants							ɹ
Trill
Lateral Approximant							l

Also

tʃ Voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate

ǀ Dental Click

Transliteration

Consonants
c	d	dd	f	g	h	l	r	m	n	s	ss
[ʧ]	[d]	[ǀ]	[f]	[g]	[h]	[l]	[ɹ]	[m]	[n]	[sʰ]	[ʃ]

Vowels
a	ă	e	ĕ	y
[a]	[ɐ]	[ɛ]	[ə]	[i]

Syntax

Normal

Normal syntax order is SOV. Adde ladd dĕc myacya assanef. SUBJ.PART-NOM I LOC.PART here am-IMPERF. I am here.

Focus

'To put the focus on a different part of the sentence put it at the beginning of a sentence. In the following example the location is focused.' Dĕc myacya adde ladd assanef. LOC.PART- here SUBJ.PART-NOM I am-IMPERF. Here I am.

Interrogation

'To make a sentence a question simply put the verb at the beginning of a sentence.' Assanef adde ladd dĕc myacya. Am-IMPERF SUBJ.PART-NOM I LOC.PART here. Am I here?

Polarity

POSTITIVE STATEMENT

Adde ladd decĕs Genĕdĕr assenef.

I am Jennifer.

SUBJ.PART-NOM I OBJ.PART-ACC Jennifer am-IMPERF.

NEGATIVE STATEMENT

To make a statement negative all you have to do is add the negative particle ‘nĕy’ before the verb.

Adde ladd decĕs Genĕdĕr nĕy assanef.

I am not Jennifer.

SUBJ.PART-NOM I OBJ.PART-ACC Jennifer NEG.PART am-IMPERF.

ASKING A QUESTION IN THE NEGATIVE

If there are also mood or aspect particles the negative particle appears last.

Mady nĕy yamnădlef adde yadd?

Shouldn’t you sleep?

MOOD.ID-DEB NEG.PART sleep-IMPERF SUBJ.PART-NOM you?

Answer: Fyĕ! [No!]

Examples

Adydĕ. Adde ladd dĕcĕs Genĕdĕr assenef.

Hello.FOR SUBJ.PART-NOM I OBJ.PART-ACC Jennifer is-IMPERF.

Hello. I am Jennifer.

Adde mysefe ysse rĕd assanya.

SUBJ.PART-NOM that DESC.PART-NOM red see-PERF.

That was red.

Adde ladd dĕcĕs cahăr yssĕss yelĕ ymessanef.

SUBJ.PART-NOM I OBJ.PART-ACC book DESC.PART-ACC yellow see-IMPERF.

I am seeing a yellow book.

Adde Genĕdĕr dĕcĕss ydden dĕcery yadd agĕnessanya.

SUBJ.PART-NOM Jennifer OBJ.PART-ACC food OBJ.PART-DAT you give-PERF.

Jennifer gave you food.

SUBJ.PART-NOM sun shine-IMPERF.

Adde ladd yamnădlef

SUBJ.PART-NOM I sleep-PERF.

I am sleeping.

Adde ladd mane yamnădlef...

SUBJ.MARK-NOM I MOOD.ID-COND sleep-IMPERF.

If I was sleeping....

SUBJ.MARK-NOM I DESC.PART this born-PERF.

Adde ladd yss myafa gaganădya.

SUBJ.MARK happy ETC.MARK-GEN one DESC.PART one ETC.MARK only exist-IMPERF, SUBJ.MARK (to) love-IMPERF ETC.MARK be love-PERF.

One’s happiness is only one.

there is only one happiness in life, to love and to be loved

I like chicken

SUBJ.PART-NOM I OBJ.MARK-ACC chicken like-IMPERF.

Adde ladd dĕces chicken calassanef.

This blanket is soft.

SUBJ.PART-NOM blanket DESC.PART this ETC.PART soft be-IMPERF.

I gloss everything.

I OBJ.PART-ACC everything gloss-IMPERF.

I walk like a duck.

I DESC. duck-ADV walk-IMPERF.

Ladd dĕc sylĕdam rĕmssanef.

I am a duck.

I OBJ-ACC duck be-IMPERF.

Ladd dĕcĕs sylĕdam assanef.

Sleep!

MOOD.ID-IMP sleep-FUTURE.

Marel yamnădlef.

SUBJ.PART-NOM I SUBJ.PART-GEN fish OBJ-ACC this see-PERFECT.

TIME.PART. Now SUBJ.PART-NOM I SUBJ.PART-GEN fish DESC.PART shark be-PERF.

My goldfish saw this, now he's a shark

Adde ladd addyĕ myna dĕcĕs myafa ymessanya, hyl yma ladd addyĕ myna yss fĕrsmyna assanya.

Yesterday I went into the forest to find a bunch of tiny berries.

Ladd dĕc gedly hyl agăsa sesĕ, dĕcĕss ydĕs yss myn amaryssanya.

subj.part-nom I loc.part forest Time.part yesturday, reason-being, obj,part-acc berry-PL desc.part tiny find.