conlangs1-12  Exercise 3: Reviewing a Design
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Take the "Viaje" sheet from Exercise 1 and run three tests.

(a) Relex test. Translate "Mi voli pan" word for word: "I want bread".
    The word order is English (SVO), the plural is English-style (-s) and the
    verbs have no marking of their own beyond -is / -os. Result: a partial
    failure. Improvement: give the language one feature that English lacks, for
    example a polite suffix on verbs for speaking to strangers.

(b) Accidents test. Say each word aloud and check it against Spanish, French
    and English. "no", "hola", "adio" are fine because they are borrowed on
    purpose, but "mala" means "bad" in Spanish, which is intended, and "vi"
    sounds like the English letter V. Improvement: rename "vi" "tu" if the
    confusion matters.

(c) Naming check. "Viaje" means "journey" in Spanish, so the name suits a
    traveller's language and does not clash with a key word in it.

Your own answers will differ. Check that each test is applied to your own sheet
and that each failure has a specific change.