[tlhIngan Hol] "Make your own language"?

[De'vID]

On Tue, 4 Feb 2020 at 11:24, Sai <conlangs at saizai.com> wrote:

> How would you say "make your own language" in Klingon? I.e., with the
> contrastive sense "don't just look at this Klingon, do some conlanging
> yourself".
>
> Note: I intend to use this commercially, eg to put on a shirt or the like
> & sell online. I intend to give 30% of net proceeds to the LCS, 30% to the
> KLI, 20% to whomever helps translate this, & 20% to myself. So, if you
> respond, please separately respond privately to let me know how/if you'd
> like to get paid.


I suggest {HollIj tlhIn yI'ogh}:
* {Hol} n. language
* {-lIj} your
* {tlhIn} v. be particular, individual
* {yI-} verb prefix for you-it
* {'ogh} v. invent, devise

An alternative is to use {chenmoH} "cause to take form" rather than {'ogh}.

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