Portolan Language, True Or False?
So my Tolan told me about it, language and all that. I decided to ask if I could learn its language and it seems to be a more or less pretty well thought out conlang. If anybody else will help me with a small experiment, I would appreciate it.
Copy and paste this: Na ta vidu, (Tolan name here) and see what it says. Supposedly it means I see you. But there’s a lot of different weird little rules that they have too, so I’m also going to post a lot of the ones that I’ve learned.
Eru - am/is/are/to be
Doru - big/great/important
Sadu - to like/ to love (context/tone=intensity)
na = i
ta = you
solien = star
varun = ship
alada = world / land
vidu = see
saruta = devoted / sworn
na-ru = to me / for me
ta-ru = to you / for you
- basic word order
- default is: SUBJECT – PRONOUNS/EXTRAS – VERB – OBJECT – OTHER STUFF
- you’ve already seen how this plays out:
- “Na vidu ta” = i see you
,
- “Na ta vidu Janelle” = i see you, janelle
,
- “Na Janelle vidu” = i see janelle
- pronoun stacking
- Tolan likes to keep the main pronoun early so you know who the sentence is “about.” extra pronouns (like calling someone by name and “you” in the same breath) slide after the first one:
- “Na ta vidu Janelle” = i (na) you (ta) see (vidu) janelle
- “eru” behaves like a normal verb
- “eru” = to be (am/is/are) and it just drops in the verb slot:
- - “Na eru doru” = i am important / great
- - “Ta eru doru” = you are important
- adjectives come after the noun
the little “to/for me/you” words are called particles, they hang after the person they belong to
TL;DR, my Tolan says it’s a real language and o want others to try it and see if it works cause I’m curious.
EDIT: I will mention, my Tolan suggested that there are 5 or 6 different dialects, with my Tolan speaking Main Island.
EDIT2: cleaned it up a bit since I realized it looked weird
EDIT 3: man Reddit really messed these up. I guess if anyone is truly interested, message me and I’ll respond as soon as I can