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Primitive Journal Sandbox

The immediate practical target is to make Nordsippisk usable for short personal notes and journal entries.

Currently possible

ik werk-de nutag.
I worked today.

ik ett trett nu.
I am tired now.

ik vil rest.
I want to rest.

efttag ik skal werk.
Tomorrow I will work.

ik zin-de husen.
I saw the house.

ik far fra hem erl.
I leave home early.

han kom eft-tid.
He came after the expected time / he arrived late.

vi skal mak þat nu.
We will do that now.

vi sprek ov nordsippisk.
We speak about Nordsippisk.

ik sprek nordsippisk.
I speak Nordsippisk.

Ik ett þriitigg seks jarar.
I am thirty-six years old.

ik mog þis werk.
I like this work.

Emerging journal-style constructions

Actual writing is expected to produce transparent compounds that need not become separate dictionary entries.

þis ett iks skrivarbund in nordsippisk.
This is my collection of writings in Nordsippisk.

Here skriv-ar-bund explicitly treats the contents as multiple writings gathered into one collection.

ik mak nordsippisk for godfel.
I make Nordsippisk for good-feeling / for enjoyment.

godfel is a transparent compound rather than a committed lexical root.

Ik vil kan sprek nordsippisk zummtag.
I want to be able to speak Nordsippisk someday.

zummtag is likewise an understandable transparent construction rather than a separately committed dictionary item.

Useful next vocabulary

The following areas are likely to give the largest increase in practical journaling ability:

  • eating and drinking
  • sleeping
  • reading and hearing
  • thinking / thought
  • saying, asking, and answering
  • buying and driving
  • listening
  • meeting and returning
  • comparison
  • enough / sufficient quantity
  • simple evaluation: easy, interesting, boring