Category: Prompt
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Day 106: April 15, 2024
Goal: Write an introduction to your verbs Note: Focus on any verb class distinctions and indexing markers that you have. Tip: Remember to use example sentences you’ve created. Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Today’s goal is to write an introduction to your verb section in your language documentation. Focus first on describing any verb class distinctions you…
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Day 105: April 14, 2024
Goal: Start documenting your verb inflections Note: If you haven’t already made charts, now is the time to begin! Tip: Focus on putting information you need together in one place. Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Today begins a four-day focus on officially documenting all the inflections you’ve created for your verbs, beginning with creating any inflectional charts…
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Day 104: April 13, 2024
Goal: Create a negation strategy Note: You may need to create lexical sources and/or multiple strategies. Tip: Negate the sentences you recently created! Work focus: Create/Make/List Build on what you did yesterday, and actually create your negation strategies, whether that means creating new forms, grammaticalizing existing words, or creating a new column in a chart…
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Day 103: April 12, 2024
Goal: Explore options for negating verbs Note: Brainstorm potential lexical sources for a negator in your language. Tip: The negator can be an affix, particle, or auxiliary. Work focus: Learn/Brainstorm/Try Today’s focus is on exploring options for negating verbs. You have a variety of options for negation strategies, such as creating an affix that attaches…
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Day 102: April 11, 2024
Goal: Create more example sentences Note: Make sure you are happy with how forms occur in clause structures. Tip: These should be basic declarative active positive clauses. Work focus: Create/Make/List Take your verbs out for a spin! Have some fun creating more clause structures in your language—these will be handy additions to your language’s grammar…
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Day 101: April 10, 2024
Goal: Map out the components of your verb structure Note: Include a variety of verb types, especially if they are marked differently. Tip: A chart or series of charts can be helpful! Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure Sometimes, creating multiple elements that occur with a single head word can make it difficult to keep track of what…
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Day 100: April 9, 2024
Goal: Create examples to show non-finite verb forms Note: It’s okay if you haven’t decided how to use them in clauses yet. Tip: Recall these are the infinitive and active participle forms. Work focus: Create/Make/List Give examples to show your plan for the infinitive and active participle verb forms in your language. These may end…
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Day 99: April 8, 2024
Goal: Create any forms you need for marking tense/aspect Note: These may be particles or auxiliaries rather than affixes. Tip: You can create adverbs if you don’t want to mark T/A. Work focus: Create/Make/List Today’s goal is to create any forms you need to mark the tense/aspect distinctions you chose to include in your language.…
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Day 98: April 7, 2024
Goal: Create any index markers you want for your verbs Note: Provide examples—even if the examples just show the lack of index marking. Tip: If you don’t need any index markers, create more verbs! Work focus: Create/Make/List It’s time to start putting your inflectional plans into motion! Today’s focus is on creating any index markers…
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Day 97: April 6, 2024
Goal: Create verbs to work with in the coming days Note: If you have verb classes, make sure you have at least a few verbs per class. Tip: Verb type can affect case-marking on arguments. Work focus: Create/Make/List Today’s goal is to create more verbs—specifically verbs that will be helpful so you can test forms…