Conlang Workshop
Session by Jam Ham
Start your journey into the Japanese language with our structured beginner lessons, designed for self-learners, students, and language enthusiasts. These lessons provide a strong foundation in Japanese grammar, sentence structure, and essential vocabulary, making it easier to build fluency step by step. Learn the fundamentals of Hiragana and Katakana, essential greetings, polite expressions, and verb conjugation, including the differences between う-verbs, る-verbs, and irregular verbs. Master key Japanese particles such as は, が, に, を, で, へ, and の, which are crucial for constructing natural sentences. Understand the subject-object-verb (SOV) sentence structure, practice forming questions, and explore demonstratives to improve conversational skills.
With practical exercises and real-world examples, these beginner lessons will help you confidently navigate the Japanese language. Whether you are looking to develop conversational skills or lay the groundwork for advanced learning, this series is the perfect starting point.
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Task #1: Ideate Your Conlang!
For this week, please ideate an idea you have for a conlang that you would be working on throughout the workshop series! For the task, please mention: The purpose of your conlang. - Why do you plan on making this conlang? What kind of conlang are you making? Who speaks your conlang? - Is this for a worldbuiding project, and if so, who in your world speaks it? If this is a personal conlang, you can just mention yourself. Start conceptualizing grammatical/written aspects! - What do you want the sounds, grammar, or writing system to look like (if applicable)? Are you taking inspiration from other natlangs (natural languages), and if so, what languages? Are you deriving from other natlangs? You're not making a fully-fledged grammatical system here; you're just brainstorming ideas. Please use complete sentences in either bullet points or in [short] paragraph form, and feel free to describe or show us an image of your ideation process! Are you making random doodles to think more about your conlang? Are you making a bunch of connected sticky notes? Whatever it may be to get your creative juices flowing, tell us more about how you brainstorm your conlang idea!
