Láadan/Lessons/12

Láadan Relationships Previous Page Next Page Introduction Inter-personal relationships can be described in much more detail, and with many fewer words, in Láadan. Family relationships Láadan Description shinehothul great-grandmother hothul grandmother shathul mother (formal term; honored mother) mathul mother (intimate, informal) emath mother, mama (intimate, informal) hena sibling by birth héena sibling of the heart rahéena non-heart-sibling; completely incompatible with another, no hope of ever achieving some understanding. yáawith teenager háawith child áwith baby hoówith granddaughter shinehóowith great-granddaughter berídan aunt hoberídan great-aunt You can use the suffix "-id" to explicitly specify maleness. Remember that Possession markers can also be used. Love Láadan Description áayáa mysterious love, not yet known to be welcome or unwelcome áazh love for one sexually desired at one time, but not now ab love for one liked but not respected ad love for one respected but not liked am love for one related by blood ashon love for one not related by blood, but kin of the heart aye love that is unwelcome and a burden azh love for one sexually desired now éeme love for one neither liked nor respected oham love for that which is holy sham love for the child of one's body, presupposing neither liking nor respect nor their absence (Suzette Haden Elgin A First Dictionary and Grammar of Láadan, Second Edition 1988 136) Pronouns The standard pronouns can also be altered to indicate feeling toward them. Recall the basic pronouns: Voice Singular Plural, 2 to 5 Plural, 6 or more First Person ("I") Le Lezh Len Second Person ("You") Ne Nezh Nen Third Person ("He", "She") Be Bezh Ben And rules for adding feeling: Beloved - change the "e" vowel with "a". la, lazh, lan, ba, bazh, ban, na, nazh, nan Honored - change the "e" vowel with "i". li, lizh, lin, bi, bizh, bin, ni, nizh, nin Despised - add "lhe-" to the beginning. lhele, lhelezh, lhelen, lhebe, lhebezh, lheben, lhene, lhenezh, lhenen Notes