Historical Linguistics, Language Creation, and Lots of PIE
Smarkaka salwa! Pra samkway (@Eevy) Twitter-ha parcha: “Sakwamans sa mi-janha-dajri. Kwayshim Winja kurpashna santayta, pracham? Kwati janmanis Winja-ha warha?” Shaja, traya dajris warshta iti : janha, janhas, janman-kwa. Hey everyone!
Smarkaka, salwa! Shaja Brina mu-kwa Danville, KY-m shalamas, ha History Respawned-is tatichan-ha warhamas. Shaja war manu Winjas iti warhamas. Shajas dajri warshta: nasa. Hello, everyone! Today Brenna & I are
Su shayar, salwa! Harhika pa, apa dajri-dachaymanim Winja frashmanis hu-gwamamas. Kwati tani-Winja gwash? Ku su shuta dus? Good morning, everyone! After a small break, we’re back to our daily
To Be or Not to Be? (In Wenja, usually not.) In English, we make use of a form of the word to be, also known as the copula, to connect a noun with
Continue readingWenja Grammar: the Copula & Stand-Alone Pronouns
Su shayar, salwa. Na shaja mi-janhasi su dajri — mi-chamyugi (@brennabyrd) & mi-sushnu (yiyi nashman Shlakanra Winja-ha) swarga. Na su hu-sasarsh. Nakway smaya. Good morning, all. Today is not a
Su shayar, sakush! Pra chashka warshtas “u” warhamas. Inglishu, “sentence starter” kalhamas. Shaja alya “sentence starter” hawchamas : ku. “Good morning, friends! Earlier we spoke about the command word “u”. In English,
Past, Present and Future Here’s an answer to an email we got. If you have suggestions or questions, please let us know! Wenja are very “present” and not usually concerned
Smarkaka, salwa! Shaja alya Winja kam-kamya warshtas warhamas : majish. Majish is the basic word meaning “big, large, great” and is often yelled in the context of the Udam —
Smarkaka, salwa! “Salwa” is a word that we’ve used quite a bit in the last couple weeks in our Wenja lessons, though it’s never been explicitly discussed. Meaning “all, whole,
Smarkaka, salwa! Shaja kam-kamya warshtas warhamas : su . “Hello, all! Today we’ll be talking about a very common word : su.” The base meaning of this word is “good”, though you’ll hear