Yes; it's a bit redundant, but in order to conjugate in this language (formally, which is what I'm doing here), the bits after the apostrophes are the person and number performing the action ~ sola'be means 'I sing,' sola'u means 'you sing,' sola'ua means 'y'all sing,' etc.. Two apostrophized morphemes = subject and object. This can get messy, as it can be sola'u'ho 'you sing it (the song)' or sola'u'be 'you sing to me.' Tense marker suffixes don't take apostrophes. It's inspired largely by Spanish and its complicated conjugation system; I simplified it somewhat but kept the idea.
Also, the possessive includes apostrophes: baj'ben is 'my bird.'
I started adding the apostrophes to keep myself from getting confused, because this was my first language and I didn't know that apostrophes are frowned upon. I also had figured that sprites themselves would use some form to mark conjugations, so when I made a writing system I was sure to include it in their punctuation.
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Date: 2005-12-26 08:25 pm (UTC)Also, the possessive includes apostrophes: baj'ben is 'my bird.'
I started adding the apostrophes to keep myself from getting confused, because this was my first language and I didn't know that apostrophes are frowned upon. I also had figured that sprites themselves would use some form to mark conjugations, so when I made a writing system I was sure to include it in their punctuation.
Thanks for your interest!