Myssela

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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?

Particles

Noun Cases

Pronouns

Family Names

Indefinite Pronouns

Nouns

Plural Nouns

Description Worlds

Specific Time Words

Determiners etc

Comparative & Superlative

Verbs

Tense

Mood

Numerical System

Greetings

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!]

Word Bank

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.