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- 02 Aug 2022 03:41
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: Tengwar script question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11043
Tengwar script question
Not sure where this should go but I stumbled across https://www.tecendil.com/ when I was looking for a new conscript idea. Then I kept going back it now about 2 weeks, I'm still asking myself why is Tolkien's Tengwar script so pretty? Even the words themselves are pretty too, as if Welsh got a major...
- 04 Jul 2022 05:07
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: If natlangs were conlangs
- Replies: 150
- Views: 112487
Re: If natlangs were conlangs
Tbf, /envelope/ should be invelop (like develop but for paper) to be consistent with English rules but not everything is consistent in English.
- 04 Jul 2022 04:44
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Untranslatable words
- Replies: 32
- Views: 8680
Re: Untranslatable words
Vezen: vájjarinazg /vʌʝɘɾɪnæʒ/ - closest equivalent is to Japanese 'mottainai' from mottai (wasteful/too good) nai (does not exist) again even if broken up into individual components it still seems untranslatable to English.
- 26 Jun 2022 12:03
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: The heretics have burnt our temple!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6018
Re: The heretics have burnt our temple!
Qhimhál
A mìvalìnàm rayëtni qhinem valìnár! Vâk Giál qhirem kayà!
[æ mɨvʲəlɪnæm rəjɛtnɪ qɪnəm vəlɪnʌʁ! Vɑk gʲʌɫ qɪɾəm kəjæ!]
DEF.art un-templar.pl burn.PERF.3pl our temple.acc! May God us.acc help!
A mìvalìnàm rayëtni qhinem valìnár! Vâk Giál qhirem kayà!
[æ mɨvʲəlɪnæm rəjɛtnɪ qɪnəm vəlɪnʌʁ! Vɑk gʲʌɫ qɪɾəm kəjæ!]
DEF.art un-templar.pl burn.PERF.3pl our temple.acc! May God us.acc help!
- 26 Jun 2022 08:45
- Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
- Topic: Last word you learned in a foreign language
- Replies: 116
- Views: 115520
Re: Last word you learned in a foreign language
etiam - latin for also/too. Reminded me of tambien a bit.
- 26 Jun 2022 08:30
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1738
- Views: 363450
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Am wondering if pre verb modals or post verbal inflections are better for situationals eg You can eat vs eat able or you may eat vs if you eat? I noticed that if I stick to post verbal inflections the order of verbs become very regimented (like Japanese) and you just end up sticking to grammatical r...
- 25 Jun 2022 04:02
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What is the newest word in your conlang?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 27378
Re: What is the newest word in your conlang?
Hebragnayaca is made of two main partsː Hebra + Agnayaca. Hebra comes from the Ancient Egyptian word "hprr/hprj" (Kheper/Khepri) meaning a Scarab Beetle. Agnayaca is the Humrayan name for the month of June. Agnayaca is named after the Vedic god of fire Agni, and the final +ca ending of Ag...
- 25 Jun 2022 03:21
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What did you accomplish today?
- Replies: 752
- Views: 217963
Re: What did you accomplish today?
Went and fleshed out my verb list after I somehow figured out where the plosives fall in place. Because the original list had too many approximants (eg lava, rala) that can be hard to pronounce but are great for verb manipulation to strong or weak forms, so I just added -ka, -ga, -ca, etc and differ...
- 24 Jun 2022 05:57
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: hases san|anai (Gotta catch them all!)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4072
Re: hases san|anai (Gotta catch them all!)
:con: Vezen: Qi giya ben i fiáli 1.PRES desire-1PRES be.INF the best-adj Kval agzaz nagzar bék Like anywho never be-3.PST Kenon kirem bak qin kresz jari Catch.INF 3.PRES-PL be-3.PRES my test.sbj real-adj Karan kirem kvak qin iráz Train.INF 3.PRES-PL that be.3sg my goal Gavir evam a bajaz Go-1FUT acr...
- 02 Aug 2020 04:35
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: It only snows in the north, but it rains everywhere.
- Replies: 67
- Views: 21061
Re: It only snows in the north, but it rains everywhere.
Lantash:
Ta pérushivé vysalan, natt- áméni vayat.
[tɐ pəɪrʊʃɪvəɪ visəlɐn nɐʔt ɑməɪnɪ vəjɐt]
It.SG-NOM over.there-LOC-north.SG-LOC fall-clump-3SG but-It.SG every-LOC fall.3SG
Ta pérushivé vysalan, natt- áméni vayat.
[tɐ pəɪrʊʃɪvəɪ visəlɐn nɐʔt ɑməɪnɪ vəjɐt]
It.SG-NOM over.there-LOC-north.SG-LOC fall-clump-3SG but-It.SG every-LOC fall.3SG
- 02 Aug 2020 03:48
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: I am king of kings
- Replies: 98
- Views: 65044
Re: I am king of kings
Lantash:
1. Ho raham-raho -sa
[həʊ rəhʌɴ rəhəʊ sə]
1S.NOM rule(V).ONE.PL-rule(V).ONE.SBJ be.1sg
2. Ho raho raharâm asa (closer to the English version)
[həʊ rəhəʊ rəhərɑm ɐsə]
1S.NOM rule.ONE-SG rule.PL-GEN be.1sg
Hiryaz:
Ha ryä-rya fke
[ɦɐ ʁʲɑ ʁʲɐ fkə]
1S.NOM king.PL-king.SG be.1sg
1. Ho raham-raho -sa
[həʊ rəhʌɴ rəhəʊ sə]
1S.NOM rule(V).ONE.PL-rule(V).ONE.SBJ be.1sg
2. Ho raho raharâm asa (closer to the English version)
[həʊ rəhəʊ rəhərɑm ɐsə]
1S.NOM rule.ONE-SG rule.PL-GEN be.1sg
Hiryaz:
Ha ryä-rya fke
[ɦɐ ʁʲɑ ʁʲɐ fkə]
1S.NOM king.PL-king.SG be.1sg
- 28 Mar 2015 04:20
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Conlang Conversation Thread [2010–2019]
- Replies: 8666
- Views: 1461477
Re: Conlang Conversation Thread
Kaan cha. Tuitaz omnaaria ha kshaiai.Imralu wrote:kka jehe na xi tuita
be.NEG use NOM.1s.MUJA ACC.3s.DEF.INAN.REL be.Twitter
I don't use Twitter.
1sbj also. Twitter.sbj nothing-do.adj REL opine.1psn
Me too. I think twitter is boring.
- 03 Sep 2014 11:47
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What did you accomplish today? [2011–2019]
- Replies: 11462
- Views: 1642320
Re: What did you accomplish today?
I accomplished learning more signs from being exposed to friends who only sign to each other because they can't hear. I already know enough to say basic sentences - and it has only been like nearly two weekends of being fully exposed. Boy, my head had been swimming from the information overload. It'...
- 11 Jul 2014 17:59
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Conlang Conversation Thread [2010–2019]
- Replies: 8666
- Views: 1461477
Re: Conlang Conversation Thread
Ti skava ca, Lambhujau - And hey to you too, Lambhuzhao Good effort - yep indeed some garbled bits there. FYI the conlang is more SOV. Ghanṇṭabhyantare is Sanskrit for 'an hour'. Time is kaala , which also means death. There are cognates with kali , the Hindu Goddess of Time and Destruction and Deat...
- 11 Jul 2014 08:52
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Conlang Conversation Thread [2010–2019]
- Replies: 8666
- Views: 1461477
Re: Conlang Conversation Thread
Umbrikasthaas? kona paro-romasthaal aste?
Umbrian? Isn't that pre-latin?
Cahe, Avastasthaas sanskritasthaye 'sta ne?
In which case, Avestan is like Sanskrit no?
Umbrian? Isn't that pre-latin?
Cahe, Avastasthaas sanskritasthaye 'sta ne?
In which case, Avestan is like Sanskrit no?
- 05 Jul 2014 01:11
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What did you accomplish today? [2011–2019]
- Replies: 11462
- Views: 1642320
Re: What did you accomplish today?
Better start all over again :p
- 03 Jul 2014 07:42
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: CBB Lexicon Building [2010–2019]
- Replies: 2299
- Views: 382855
Re: CBB Lexicon Building
To cook - Mentruh
Next: wok
Next: wok
- 25 Jun 2014 11:39
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Conlang Conversation Thread [2010–2019]
- Replies: 8666
- Views: 1461477
Re: Conlang Conversation Thread
Uvakaa-dulavaas surairo! Ahang cha yari-chivam aa chayaham. Vaa nihonad asvado! Ocean.drop-bad.mud.sbj indeed! Green-enjoyable.drink.acc very.much enjoy.1sg. Esp Japan.orig be.if-3sg-EMPHATIC! Pond scum indeed! I very much like Green tea too. Esp if it's from Japan! Kliyarichiva khikkhataans cha! K...
- 24 Jun 2014 12:09
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What did you accomplish today? [2011–2019]
- Replies: 11462
- Views: 1642320
Re: What did you accomplish today?
It's a wimp-out, I realize, but I like them both. So I'd keep them both and chock it up to "dialect differences" (and they look reasonably mutually intelligible). That's a brilliant idea. I'll do that then :D Eldin Ragmore, if only I could rep you on that epic explanation of affixes and i...
- 24 Jun 2014 04:30
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Superweapons in Your Conworld / Connation
- Replies: 55
- Views: 16721
Re: Superweapons in Your Conworld / Connation
Not quite on topic conlang wise but I thought I'd bring up an interesting point. In the Mahabharat, they mention 'brahmastras' and 'brahmashiras' - them being equivalent to nuclear bombs by description but much more potent because they can be any object the wielder so desires to use. And there's eve...