Do you speak multiple tongues? If so, write a short story or poem in a different language than your native tongue, depending upon your proficiency. If you are not proficient in another language, pick some of your favorite things (nouns), some of your favorite actions (verbs), and a list of articles, pronouns and adverbs such as a, an, the, this, that, he, she, they, quickly, slowly, happily, sadily. Pick some of your favorite descriptive words (adjectives).
Now that you have your list, develop your own language.
she = sen
quickly = buquerity
wrote = yada
a = e
new = uevo
tongue = tonga
Now write something active and interesting...hopefully better than this example:
Sen buquerity yada e uevo tonga.
Perhaps this sparks an interest in learning other languages, the history and development of different tongues and encourages renewed excitement over the play with words. Tolkien developed complete languages for species such as the elves in the Lord of the Rings simply to inject a small portion of that tongue into his book.
Come neve d'estate e come la pioggia all mietitura, cosi l'onore non conviene allo stolto.
Keep learning new things and build your writing so that it may be honorable!
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