Mi lernata Esperanto.

The title translates to "I am learning Esperanto." And really, that is what I've decided to do. I chose Esperanto as a focus over, say, Italian for a couple of reasons. First, Esperanto is a language that is said to be relatively easy to learn as a second language, and I plan on using the experience as a gateway to learning other languages. I eventually plan on becoming a polyglot, with Spanish, French, Italian, German, maybe Russian and maybe Mandarin Chinese on the docket.

I would also like to afd thst I have not forgoten my own conlang. I have one thing to say: "Iok hra'anh chrekete." This translates to <I (am) creating Hra'anh.> I have been working on translating dialogue from Solitude in recent days, and it has been quite the experience. I suppose that I should at some point get around to translating The North Wind and the Sun, which isn't too long of a text to tramslate, no matter what the folks at Conlangery say.

Progress

Tonight I set about translating some of the dialogue in my current novel project, Solitude. I now know that the best way to develop your conlang is to translate. Some of the stuff I did tonight:

* I created a bunch of new words.
* I created a genitive case marker.
* I created an infix that marks reciprocity.
* I created a question particle.

That was from translating only four sentences. Doesn't sound like much, but the translation, glossing and IPA, as well as the research I did, took me the better part of an hour for just those four sentences. I anticipate that I will get better as I go along and run out of features and words to add. And maybe the notes I keep adding to my grammar will out a significant dent in things.

Examples to come.

(posted from my phone, so lack of formatting)