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Yamda
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2026 6:49 am
by bradrn
Just noticed this was up! Maybe I’ll have something more substantive to say later, but for now: is ⟨m⟩ really /n/, or is that a typo?
EDIT: while I’m at it, on the visiting Eretald page: Wolancyzk → Wolanczyk.
Re: Yamda
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2026 3:11 pm
by zompist
Those are both typos— thanks, should be fixed.
Re: Yamda
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2026 12:21 am
by Reál
I noticed a typo as well. In the example sentence where the boy is given the date-figs, Vokyon should be Gêkyon.
Re: Yamda
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2026 1:08 am
by zompist
Thanks! I'm impressed when people find typos in the samples, it means they read them.
Re: Yamda
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2026 10:00 pm
by Leilis
'The Dual is formed by repeating the last syllable. If the noun ends in a consonant, repeat the syllable instead.'
Should this be 'the first syllable instead'?
Re: Yamda
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2026 10:06 am
by Leilis
Coming back (now that I've read the whole thing) to add that I really enjoy this kind of 'in-world' grammar. Now I want to write one myself but I think I'd need a second well-developed conlang.
Re: Yamda
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2026 5:46 pm
by zompist
Reál wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2026 12:21 am
In the example sentence where the boy is given the date-figs,
Vokyon should be
Gêkyon.
Fixed.
Leilis wrote:Should this be 'the first syllable instead'?
No, but I see that my examples were unclear as they were one-syllable words. I've added a two-syllable word to clarify.
Thanks to both of you!
Re: Yamda
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2026 8:49 pm
by Emily
under "nominal sentences", i believe that it is also possible, and common, for sentences to have no noun at all should say have no verb at all instead, based on the example sentences
Re: Yamda
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2026 3:09 pm
by BGMan
Leilis wrote: ↑Mon Jun 22, 2026 10:06 am
Coming back (now that I've read the whole thing) to add that I really enjoy this kind of 'in-world' grammar. Now I want to write one myself but I think I'd need a second well-developed conlang.
I got a kick out of the 1700s-style English (with the associated capitalization) used to translate the grammar. I don't think I've seen it anywhere else in Almea-related material.
Re: Yamda
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2026 5:45 pm
by zompist
Emily wrote: ↑Mon Jun 22, 2026 8:49 pm
under "nominal sentences", i believe that
it is also possible, and common, for sentences to have no noun at all should say
have no verb at all instead, based on the example sentences
Correct, and corrected, thank you!
Re: Yamda
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2026 1:36 pm
by Pedant
bradrn wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2026 6:49 am
Just noticed this was up! Maybe I’ll have something more substantive to say later, but for now: is ⟨m⟩
really /n/, or is that a typo?
EDIT: while I’m at it, on the visiting Eretald page: Wolancyzk → Wolanczyk.
Mildly unrelated, but I'm rather pleased that the variation with one-side-knights/one-side-archers made it in! Also that the "water" tiles from the earlier version made it in, albeit in altered form and only in archaic versions. (Honestly I'm pleased as punch any of it made it in at all!)
Re: Yamda
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2026 5:41 pm
by sasasha
Pedant wrote: ↑Tue Jul 07, 2026 1:36 pm
bradrn wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2026 6:49 am
Just noticed this was up! Maybe I’ll have something more substantive to say later, but for now: is ⟨m⟩
really /n/, or is that a typo?
EDIT: while I’m at it, on the visiting Eretald page: Wolancyzk → Wolanczyk.
Mildly unrelated, but I'm rather pleased that the variation with one-side-knights/one-side-archers made it in! Also that the "water" tiles from the earlier version made it in, albeit in altered form and only in archaic versions. (Honestly I'm pleased as punch any of it made it in at all!)
Pedant, you know I made a set with linocut (so in theory I can make more) and playtested it? Pics
here.
It’s a fun game! I sent the results of the playtests to zomp, if you like I will forward them on?
Re: Yamda
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2026 7:26 pm
by Pedant
sasasha wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2026 5:41 pm
Pedant wrote: ↑Tue Jul 07, 2026 1:36 pm
bradrn wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2026 6:49 am
Just noticed this was up! Maybe I’ll have something more substantive to say later, but for now: is ⟨m⟩
really /n/, or is that a typo?
EDIT: while I’m at it, on the visiting Eretald page: Wolancyzk → Wolanczyk.
Mildly unrelated, but I'm rather pleased that the variation with one-side-knights/one-side-archers made it in! Also that the "water" tiles from the earlier version made it in, albeit in altered form and only in archaic versions. (Honestly I'm pleased as punch any of it made it in at all!)
Pedant, you know I made a set with linocut (so in theory I can make more) and playtested it? Pics
here.
It’s a fun game! I sent the results of the playtests to zomp, if you like I will forward them on?
Ohmygosh
yes, this is
amazing--
Re: Yamda
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2026 7:49 pm
by sasasha
Pedant wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2026 7:26 pm
sasasha wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2026 5:41 pm
Pedant wrote: ↑Tue Jul 07, 2026 1:36 pm
Mildly unrelated, but I'm rather pleased that the variation with one-side-knights/one-side-archers made it in! Also that the "water" tiles from the earlier version made it in, albeit in altered form and only in archaic versions. (Honestly I'm pleased as punch any of it made it in at all!)
Pedant, you know I made a set with linocut (so in theory I can make more) and playtested it? Pics
here.
It’s a fun game! I sent the results of the playtests to zomp, if you like I will forward them on?
Ohmygosh
yes, this is
amazing--
Haha, glad you like,
here are the playtesting comments.
I want to make another (bigger) set of linocuts so I can reproduce the sets more easily. This one was very fiddly both to make and to play. It may take a while but I’d happily make you one, if you like.