Monday, December 9, 2013

Composition Challenge

There are frequently translation challenges of various sorts on conlang forums, but I haven't seen what I propose: a composition challenge.

Here's how it works:

1. Choose a topic. It could be anything: daily life in your conworld, a famous person, unique cultural practices, arts, history, etc.

2. Compose one paragraph in your conlang. Preferably, don't write it in English (or your native language) first. Rather, compose it entirely in your conlang.

3. Post the result here, with a translation into English.

To get you started, I'd like to propose the first topic as: A Scene from Daily Life in your Conworld (or wherever speakers of your conlang exist).

Here's my contribution in Paiodd:

Amir goshía abb as. Amizhir ó fazrir aerim vieoc. Sunthudd zhuró tusor ashidmríé sídh íasem. Amir miosía miram ciaum. Wesetlugélía algg as ruebir císenía. Chizen sidh veoc elgía lugélía vusía. Tim darir lodd éau ómurizé zhibb sem elgmré.

ˈam.ɪˈgoʃ.iː.a ab as| ˈamiʒ.ir oː ˈfaz.rir ˈæerɪˈvʲe.oc ˈsun.θudd ʒuroː ˈtu.sor 
ˈa.ʃid.mriˌeː sɪð ˈiːaˌsem| ˈam.ir miˈosiːa ˈmi.ram ˈkʲɔm| ˌwe.set.luˈgeːliːa alg as ruˈɛb.ir kiːˈsɛn.iːa.|ˈxiz.en sið ˈvɛ.oc ˈelg.iːa luˈgeːliːa ˈvus.iːa | tɪm ˈdar.ir lod eːɔ oːmuˈrizeː ʒɪb sɛm ɛlgˈmreː |

The sun rises over the mountains. In the cities and the fields, people begin to awaken. A mother prepares the morning meal while her children sleep. Above the fire a kettle begins to boil. The smell of Southdrink rises throughout the house. Now the children awake to the smell of the warm drink. But the man remains in bed until he smells the meat.

If you have a conscript, feel free to share that, too. Here's mine:


I just updated this because I noticed I had the wrong form in the word "omir". It should have been "amir", as it is now.