Wybe.us

źøl, ice cream

Źøl lautar yn adai hus śycai petir; hus æwa irir yn fæzai yn soþaifer wennaiźeśan laþai nyjan., Ice cream is a cold and refreshing treat, and it is particularly enjoyable on a warm summer’s evening.

Di platid. Se platis. Didir e źøl plati., I scream. You scream. We all scream for ice cream.

hnottijemna, science fiction

Mnoter zæþan, di yn imissai mofen hnottijemnai faze televisas gøhlid yn gluravin., I stayed up all night watching science fiction movies on the television.

hnuśiśe, to mutate

Zoþrippa źaisai rotait ømøraidir cos trøhiraidir japanejai hnuśavir., The radioactive ooze mutated the four turtles into Japanese warriors.

texasælyna, striped bark scorpion

Texasælyna ririr yn vruđai; eju æwa oźissar glæmai gir seiśe., The striped bark scorpion is not deadly, but it can deliver a painful sting.

Texasælyna literally means “little Texas-like thing.” The suffix -ælyna is commonly used to coin new words in Satchian. The striped bark scorpion is commonly found in Texas, but it is not only found in Texas. It’s actually one of the most common scorpions in the United States. Also, the German word is Texasskorpion.

The Satchian lexicon has finally reached 5,000 words. The 5,000th word added to Satchian was þyraibræma meaning shellfish. I had thought I hit 5,000 words a few days ago, but I was off by a few words. As of right now, there are 5,002 words in Satchian. Woot. ^_^

I’ve uploaded the latest version of my dictionary, which you can get here. Feel free to count them yourself.

watyma, speaker

Watymar din irir yn joþravin; ær di fejair obid ceniśe., My speakers are shot, which means I have to buy new ones.

On 2 March 1836, Texas declared its independence from Mexico.

The Burnet Flag was the first official flag of the Republic of Texas.

I’m such a bad Texan. Every year I forget about it, but I remembered this year. By the way, my friend Jamie wanted me to translate Happy Texas Independence Day into Satchian so here it is…

Vittaju riśas zos trozajun Texasi!

^_^

afocada, avocado

Afocadar irite yn mlæþi., Avocados are delicious.

Okay, after a short hiatus, the Satchian Word of the Day is back! There’s no theme for this week, just random words.

tolla, web

Dynæla dubiśavir tollas hnæwan zuttai., The dwarf became caught in the giant spider’s web.

I’ve been working on Satchian for a while now. According to my grammar document’s properties, Satchian was “born” on 8 April 2007. That’s almost three years ago. Total editing time lists 312 hours, or 13 days. Over a period of 1041 days, that means I spent, on average, 18 minutes a day working on Satchian’s grammar. I’ve spent a bit more time working on Satchian’s lexicon: a total of 390 hours, or 16 days, and 22 minutes a day on average. So in all, I put roughly 40 minutes a day into my conlanging hobby. Wow, I just surprised myself.

The time spent on Satchian is just the time spent on this particular version of Satchian. I’ve actually redone the language a couple times, and that’s not even counting on all the previous failed attempts at conlanging. To put it simply, I’ve been doing this for a long time.

If Satchian were software, it would be beta software. I still have some “bugs” to fix. If you look through my grammar, you’ll see some sections marked under construction in red. Regardless, Satchian is, more or less, usable as a language, which I am quite proud of. Satchian’s lexicon contains nearly 5,000 words (as of right now, I’m 116 words shy of 5,000), and that’s not counting a lot of alternate forms.

I just had to toot my own nerd horn. ^_^