Below are the 4 most recent journal entries recorded in Khellos' LiveJournal:

Thursday, October 27th, 2005
7:11 pm	List of Cases! Absolutive: In an intransitive verb, the noun is the subject (The dog barked), in an active transitive verb, it is the object (The man ate the pig.). In a passive transitive verb, it is the subject (The pig was eaten by the man.).. Ergative: In an active transitive verb, it is the subject (The man ate the pig.). In a passive transitive verb, it is the object (The pig was eaten by the man.). Ablative: Marking departure from an area. (I left New Zealand.) Egressive: Marking the beginning location or time period. (I walked from Connecticut to Minnesota.) OR (The bank opens in the morning and closes in the afternoon.) Lative: Both to or into the location. (I went to Laos.) Terminative: Marking the end location or time period. (I walked from Connecticut to Minnesota.) OR (The bank opens in the morning and closes in the afternoon.) Dative: Indirect object. Shows who your doing it for or giving it to. (I fought for my country.) Or (The book was given to the man.) Abessive: Showing lack of something. (I did it without help.) How to decide between the Egressive/Terminative and Ablative/Lative. If dealing with time, you would ALWAYS use Egressive/Terminative. Egressive/Terminative would be used for ultimate beginnings/destinations. If you said, "I traveled from Germany to Switzerland to France to Scotland to Nova Scotia to Russia.", Germany would be in the Egressive, Russia in the Terminative, all the rest in the Lative. Ablative is particularly rarer. If refering to a vacation where, say, Dent is in the middle of your travels and you say, "I went from Dent to Perham.", Dent would be in the Ablative and Perham, if it's not your final destination, would be in the Lative. If there are any questions, comment or e-mail. Did you know Tolkien invented the Dedative case? (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, October 16th, 2005
6:36 pm	Pronunciation in Writing "TH" will represent the character for ð and θ, because in the written language, the same character is the same. If "TH" is at the beginning, it will be pronounced as ð. If "TH" is in the middle or at the end, it will be pronounced θ. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
5:13 pm	Stress #4 C = Consonant V = Vowel If noun: V in first CV pair is stressed. Verb: Last CVC or VC is stressed in root. Any affixes are ignored. Others: If there are more than 2 syllables the 2nd syllable is stressed, else the first syllable is stressed. EDIT: Fixed the -Fixes. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
1:57 pm	Phonetics of #4 Well, I have the nasty habit of not naming my conlangs until they're finished. #4 is the one I'll be working on for however long, so assume that every language post relates to it unless otherwise stated. Now, to get this underway, the phonetics are in IPA format. There is an IPA chart (With sound recordings!) here. Slashes are put if the consonants are in the same group (i.e. f and v are both labiodental fricatives.) Consonants: p/pᴴ t/tᴴ c k/kᴴ m n ɲ ŋ r f/v θ/ð s ç x h w j l Vowels: i u ɪ Y Ɛ ɔ a (Comment on this)