Can I use suhkw to mean "to break"?

Literally "thing-broken-verb"

probably I'm stupid, but why are there always 2 signs per each on this cheatsheet? Like isn't one sign enough?

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Hello

A 19x19 table of all binary mergers. Of course, many cells will be empty, because not every combination exists as a word in Vahn. Additionally, some cells should have up to 4 entries because of negation and the -n suffix. I believe that this resource will help learners get a good feel for how merging works. I also believe that it will be aesthetically pleasing to study.

A tourist's generic list of things to ask, and how to respond. (With English translations, of course.) A short dialogue filled with similar language was provided in the youtube lessons, but it only covered a short exchange in which two friends greeted, and one asked if the other would like to go shopping.

Example:

Q: What is your name?

A: My name is par_.

Q: How do you do?

A: I'm doing well, thanks.

A: I've been better.

Q: What time is it?

A: It's _ o'clock.

Q: How old are you?

A: I'm _ year's old.

Q: Would you like to go shopping with me?

A: Yes, I would.

A: Sorry, not today.

S: Thank you.

A: You're welcome.

I was intrigued by Vahn when I found your university of reddit course and noticed that the lexicon looked kind of like that of toki pona's. If you don't know anything abou toki pona, it's a language with about 125 words, with no conjugation or declension, and in which the part of speech of a word is determined by its position within a sentence. Thus, for example, the word for 'eat', and for 'food', are the same.

I'll post a translation and IPA of this on the main conlanging subreddit later, for now here is the Vahn, I typed it from my phone so it someone could help proofread it that would be great

##hhee chi puhngmoo

puhngmoongah reen jehw rar vahngi reen torwanm laiyw vaht vahnwya rharwa puhngmoo torw

kah chi kahngin kort chiw jehwangah rarm hornwya rarwangah suhwa chi shuh barthortorw

ya~ suhn torchiw pah puhng puhyaphoon torchiwya rarwa maiyvahnw ya~ hheu vahngi suhn hhee chi puhngmoo chiw vaht vahnwya rarwa puhngmoo torwya reen barw

kah chi tortw reen rarwa vahnwya reen torchiwn chi puhng thorw rihwan fee chi reen thorvarwya deu varw rihn varwya rihwan reen ghorw rarwa varwya reen ghiwya puhn puhyazloiyn torchiw

kahn chi ghorwngi~ kahngol chi maiywn chi mooyagoiy puhyazloiyn torchiw reen vahngi rorwan rarn ghorw rarn shuhwa torwya rarn ghihw kahngol puhngol phuh chiw puhya thortorw rarn shuhwa torw~ vaht vahnwya rarwan varchirarngahgoiy laiyw

ya~suhn chi shuh chiwya khawa maiyw rorn suhwa varwya khawa maiyw

rarn vahn lahnlaiyw.
(I want to speak vahn.)

Vahn 101

Next weekend, I will be aiming to begin a course centered around teaching Vahn to beginners. For those who may not have heard of Vahn, it is a constructed language with some unique features, including it's oligosynthetic nature, and syllable synthesis structure.

Syllabus

Lesson 1

• Reading Vahn words
• Introduction to Oligosynthesis
• Basic Vocab & Pronouns

Lesson 2

• Sentence Structure
• Multiple Agreeing Clauses and Juxtaposition
• -l Verb Conjugation

Lesson 3

• -ya Verb Conjugation
• -lya Verb Conjugation
• verb nouns

Lesson 4

• Using ~ correctly when writing
• Reading Cursive and the Phonetic Script

Classes will be held on Teamspeak using conceptboard as an online whiteboard.

http://ureddit.com/class/105560/vahn-101

Paths.

I want to try to learn and practice Vahn by using it. Please talk to me.

Edit: I just realized it's #)! (vahnw) not -! (torw) sorry I started learning @[ (kahngor)( I think that's what now is).

Usual conlanging service will be resumed!

kah chi torkwn rorwan thoryasuh~~

(so... How many people here know vahn?)

###ICE HARVESTERS

BORN OF COLD AND WINTER AIR
YAGIH CHI ZOON CHIN PUHNGZOON

AND MOUNTAIN RAIN COMBINING,
CHIN PUHNGMOOZOIY RARN CHIW

THIS ICY FORCE BOTH FOUL AND FAIR
TORWAN CHI ZOON CHI SHUH CHIN SUH ~

HAS A FROZEN HEART WORTH MINING.
GOIYNGI CHI ZOON LAIYLAIYWN CHIW

CUT THROUGH THE HEART, COLD AND CLEAR.
GOIYNGINGAH TORW~ ZOON CHIN BARWN~

STRIKE FOR LOVE AND STRIKE FOR FEAR.
MAIYWN CHI GAIY CHIN MAIYWN CHI GHIH~

SEE THE BEAUTY SHARP AND SHEER.
POON BARW MOOKN CHIN TORKN

SPLIT THE ICE APART!
ZOO TLOR TORCHIW

AND BREAK THE FROZEN HEART.
YA GOIYNGI MAIYW

Hup! Ho! Watch your step! Let it go!
~ ~ HLAIY BARW~ ZOO TORW~

Hup! Ho! Watch your step! Let it go!
~ ~ HLAIY BARW~ ZOO TORW~

BEAUTIFUL! POWERFUL! DANGEROUS! COLD!
PUHN~ TORWAN~ MOOKN~ ZOON~

ICE HAS A MAGIC CAN'T BE CONTROLLED
ZOON TORWANM LAIYW YA SHUH TARW

STRONGER THAN ONE, STRONGER THAN TEN, STRONGER THAN A HUNDEREN MEN!
ZOONNGAHRARRLAR~ ZOONGAHRARZLOIY~ ZOONGAHRARZLOIYZOIY CHIW

BORN OF COLD AND WINTER AIR
YAGIH CHI ZOON CHIN PUHNGZOON

AND MOUNTAIN RAIN COMBINING,
CHIN PUHNGMOOZOIY RARN CHIW

THIS ICY FORCE BOTH FOUL AND FAIR
TORWAN CHI ZOON CHI SHUH CHIN SUH ~

HAS A FROZEN HEART WORTH MINING.
GOIYNGI CHI ZOON LAIYLAIYWN CHIW

CUT THROUGH THE HEART, COLD AND CLEAR.
GOIYNGINGAH TORW~ ZOON CHIN BARWN~

STRIKE FOR LOVE AND STRIKE FOR FEAR.
MAIYWN CHI GAIY CHIN MAIYWN CHI GHIH~

SEE THE BEAUTY SHARP AND SHEER.
POON BARW MOOKN CHIN TORKN

SPLIT THE ICE APART!
ZOO TLOR TORCHIW

BEWARE THE FROZEN HEART.
VARWN CHI GOIYNGI CHI ZOON~

i.e., I'm interested on how to pronounce Vahn, and how the hell your syntax works xD

I'd love to see some examples and their glosses.

Thanks!

Within three days I'll have vahn lessons up on soundcloud