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- 27 Feb 2015 01:38
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Yonataorin
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3286
Re: Yonataorin
for <Ϝ>!
- 20 Feb 2015 19:55
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random Idea: Alt-History Languages
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5800
Re: Random Idea: Alt-History Languages
The assumption here is that they did. The why is irrelevant. Taken for a given that they did decide to do this, how did they do it?Salmoneus wrote:Why would they write in an arabic script?
- 19 Feb 2015 23:57
- Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
- Topic: 中文 | Mandarin Conversation Thread
- Replies: 219
- Views: 343670
- 19 Feb 2015 00:44
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random Idea: Alt-History Languages
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5800
Random Idea: Alt-History Languages
So here's a question for some of you who might be interested in doing a little mental exercise. A while ago I was working on an alt-history world that I ditched because I was a little too ambitious. It was going to be the backdrop of a bunch of novels that frankly I was never going to write. But one...
- 18 Feb 2015 07:25
- Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
- Topic: 中文 | Mandarin Conversation Thread
- Replies: 219
- Views: 343670
Re: 这练习中文
略識之無
- 17 Feb 2015 08:23
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Artificial grammar rules in natlangs
- Replies: 84
- Views: 16615
Re: Artificial grammar rules in natlangs
Just because I disagree with the point doesn't mean I missed it. Thank you, though, for explaining it to me.
And it's a false equivalency at any rate.
And it's a false equivalency at any rate.
- 17 Feb 2015 07:49
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Artificial grammar rules in natlangs
- Replies: 84
- Views: 16615
Re: Artificial grammar rules in natlangs
What is an "artificial grammar rule"? Do you mean a stupid prescriptivist standard, like how you supposedly "can't" end a sentence with a preposition in English? Standard dialects of languages, especially languages with extensive literary traditions, often have such arbitrary th...
- 12 Feb 2015 19:31
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Introduction thread(s)
- Replies: 723
- Views: 424564
Re: Introduction thread(s)
Hello, Canis. Welcome
- 12 Feb 2015 06:33
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Teach me, Master!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8504
Re: Teach me, Master!
...why are you on a conlang board... is kind of my question...Rock4Rose wrote: Anyway, I don't like conlangs. They're fun and interesting to make, but they're pointless beyond that. Just my opinion.
- 12 Feb 2015 06:07
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Teach me, Master!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8504
Re: Teach me, Master!
Erm...Rock4Rose wrote: I don't much like conlangs besides Esperanto and Volapük because they were intended to be used as lingua franche.
- 11 Feb 2015 20:52
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Teach me, Master!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8504
Re: Teach me, Master!
Mwalimu, tafadhali nielimishe
/mʷɑ.'li.mu tɑ.fɑ.'ðɑ.li ni.ɛ.li.'mi.ʃɛ/
mw-alimu tafadhali ni-elim-ish-e
CL1-teacher please 1ps-instruct-CAUS-SUNJ
Teacher, please teach me
/mʷɑ.'li.mu tɑ.fɑ.'ðɑ.li ni.ɛ.li.'mi.ʃɛ/
mw-alimu tafadhali ni-elim-ish-e
CL1-teacher please 1ps-instruct-CAUS-SUNJ
Teacher, please teach me
- 10 Feb 2015 22:48
- Forum: Teach & Share
- Topic: Nani anataka yujifunze Kiswahili?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16247
Re: Nani anataka yujifunze Kiswahili?
Verbs: The Passive; The Habitual The Passive Given the long lessons, I thought I would toss in a short one. The passive voice in Swahili is created by a verb extension, much like the applicative. The passive extension is <-w->, or sometimes <-liw-> or <-lew-> in verbs where the applicative would ta...
- 10 Feb 2015 21:57
- Forum: Teach & Share
- Topic: Nani anataka yujifunze Kiswahili?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16247
Re: Nani anataka yujifunze Kiswahili?
Verbs: To Be, To Have In Swahili the verb for “to be” is somewhat irregular, and the verb “to have” is an extension of “to be”. The verb “to be” is <kuwa> and the verb “to have” is <kuwa na> (if you recall, <na> above can mean “and”. It can also mean “with” or “too”; as well as “by means of” but th...
- 10 Feb 2015 18:57
- Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
- Topic: Language practice thread
- Replies: 6104
- Views: 1004253
Re: Language practice thread
哈哈
Haha
Haha
- 10 Feb 2015 18:07
- Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
- Topic: Language practice thread
- Replies: 6104
- Views: 1004253
Re: Language practice thread
ᎥᎥ ᏪᏌ ᏥᏔᎦ ᎦᏰᎠ ᏍᏆᏂᎪᏍᎦᏧLao Kou wrote:Haben sie dem Huhn begegnet?Thakowsaizmu wrote:ᏪᏌ ᏕᎦᎾᏗᏍᎦ ᏅᏃᎯ ᏥᏍᏚ ᏕᎵᏔᏕᎦ ᏅᏃᎯ
A cat is crossing the road, a rabbit is jumping along the road.
Have they run into the chicken?
Yes. The cat ate the chicken. Does that surprize you?
- 10 Feb 2015 08:32
- Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
- Topic: Language practice thread
- Replies: 6104
- Views: 1004253
Re: Language practice thread
ᏪᏌ ᏕᎦᎾᏗᏍᎦ ᏅᏃᎯ ᏥᏍᏚ ᏕᎵᏔᏕᎦ ᏅᏃᎯ
A cat is crossing the road, a rabbit is jumping along the road.
A cat is crossing the road, a rabbit is jumping along the road.
- 09 Feb 2015 07:27
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: Linguistics Course for Beginners
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1657
Linguistics Course for Beginners
I just thought I'd pass this along. It's a Coursera course on basic / intro linguistics that starts on March 30th.
- 06 Feb 2015 04:44
- Forum: Teach & Share
- Topic: Nani anataka yujifunze Kiswahili?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16247
Re: Nani anataka yujifunze Kiswahili?
Verbs: Negation This lesson will cover the negative form of all the verb forms we have learned so far, aside from negative command form, because that is related to a form we haven’t learned yet. Swahili verbs get interesting in the negative. Noun class 1 is the most irregular of the negative verb f...
- 03 Feb 2015 00:20
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: My conlang, not yet named, but Angelic.
- Replies: 67
- Views: 12792
Re: My conlang, not yet named, but Angelic.
Did you install the keyboard lay out?Great Angemon wrote:I actually already downloaded that, but how do I set that layout as my primary layout?Thakowsaizmu wrote:https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964665.aspx
- 03 Feb 2015 00:15
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: My conlang, not yet named, but Angelic.
- Replies: 67
- Views: 12792