Category: Create/Make/List

Goal: Create the lexical forms you need for naming places Note: Focus on the list you made yesterday to prepare for the naming process. Tip: These forms may include nouns, verbs, modifiers, and adpositions! Work focus: Create/Make/List Today’s goal is to fill in the list of forms you made yesterday. Add in any form you’ve…

Goal: Create time-based words in your conlang Note: Some of these forms may be basic, but they don’t have to be! Tip: The more abstract the time division is, the more likely it is to be non-basic. Work focus: Create/Make/List It’s time to create some time-based words in your language! You can opt to make…

Goal: Create new sentences to showcase adverbs Note: Demonstrate word order when there are multiple adverbial forms. Tip: Use a variety of verbs with different argument structures. Work focus: Create/Make/List Today’s goal is to use your newly minted adverbs (or adverb-like forms) in sentences to showcase their form and function in context. Try to use…

Goal: Create degree and discourse adverbs Note: Or create the strategies you will use in lieu of adverbs. Tip: These adverbs may be reduced forms of expressions. Work focus: Create/Make/List Today’s goal is to create more adverbs! Create a sampling of degree- and discourse-marking adverbs (or create strategies to show how your language might communicate…

Goal: Create forms of “non-basic” adverbs Note: These forms may be derived, compounded, or periphrastic. Tip: Create enough examples to demonstrate patterns. Work focus: Create/Make/List Today’s focus is on creating examples of adverb (or adverb-like words) that are not basic. In other words, forms that are derived, compounded, or periphrastic. Create enough forms to demonstrate…

Goal: Create forms for basic adverbs Note: These will most likely be temporal and spatial adverbs. Tip: It’s okay if you only have a handful of forms at this point. Work focus: Create/Make/List Today’s focus is to create word forms for basic adverbs in your language. As a reminder, the adverbs that are most likely…

Goal: Create examples with ordinal numbers Note: Use ordinal numbers in a variety of contexts and different positions. Tip: Ordinal forms may also be pronoun forms. Work focus: Create/Make/List Spend your time today creating examples with ordinal numbers. Make sure you use the ordinal numbers in a variety of noun phrase structures (e.g. with modifiers…

Goal: Create ordinal number forms Note: You may need to create a lexical source for an ordinal-related affix. Tip: Position may determine if a number is ordinal or cardinal. Work focus: Create/Make/List Today’s goal is to create ordinal number forms, which may mean creating an affix (or word) that occurs with cardinal number forms to…

Goal: Create examples of numbers in context Note: Showcase how cardinal numbers work when they appear in clauses. Tip: Create a variety of situations to highlight their use. Work focus: Create/Make/List Today’s goal is to create examples that incorporate your cardinal numbers in context to showcase their features and use, both when they occur alongside…

Goal: Create compound cardinal numbers Note: Once you develop a pattern, it can extend to even larger numbers. Tip: Some languages use “and” in these forms. Work focus: Create/Make/List Beyond basic roots of cardinal numbers, you can combine forms to create larger numbers, such as the compound “three-ten” to mean “13” or “four-tens” to mean…