Summary

<aside> 💡 TL;DR: I still dream of Krypton is

”.zhind-es zhindif khap w kryptahn im”

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<aside> 👉 The sentence glossed:

/ zhind-es zhindif khap w kryptahn im / dream-PRES.PROG always 1PS.SG.FEM OBJ Krypton of ’I still/always dream of Krypton.’

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from: Supergirl - Woman of Tomorrow #8

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How we got here

I still dream of Krypton.

words

<aside> 👉 figure out which words are used in the sentence and what function they have (write down the Kryptonian (=the alien glyphs/letters) as well, Notion just can’t display it)

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English	Kryptonese	Word Class	Pronunciation	Notes
I	khuhp/khap/khahp	pronoun	çæp	here khap, fem. form
still	-	-	-	no word for still in K, use always (kinda has the same meaning? or at least a similar one)
always	zhindif	adverb	ʒin.dif	also: invariably, habitually
dream	zhind	verb	ʒind	type 1; dream, fantasize, hope
of	im	postpostition, conceptual	im	also: about, regarding
Krypton	kryptahn	name	krɪp.tɑn	from Early Modern Kryptonian for "Our Land”

Sentence structure

<aside> 👉 Now that we have the necessary words, we need to combine them into the sentence.

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<aside> 🔗 Basic Kryptonian sentence structure: VSO (verb - subject - object)

Sentence → VP (NP:Subject) (Object)
VP (Verb Phrase) → (Particles) Verb-Root+(Suffixes) (Adverbial Phrases) (Temporal Phrases)
NP (Noun Phrase) → (Article/Possessive) (Counter) Noun (Adjectival Phrase) (Postpositional Phrase)
Object → [Object Particle] NP </aside>

Affixes needed:

simple present = odh
simple progressive = es
in English: simple present for habitual actions, simple progressive for present action
- not in K tho?
- so habitual action uses simple progressive?