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by Thakowsaizmu
27 Feb 2015 01:38
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Yonataorin
Replies: 9
Views: 3286

Re: Yonataorin

[+1] for <Ϝ>!
by Thakowsaizmu
20 Feb 2015 19:55
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random Idea: Alt-History Languages
Replies: 30
Views: 5800

Re: Random Idea: Alt-History Languages

Salmoneus wrote:Why would they write in an arabic script?
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?
by Thakowsaizmu
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...
by Thakowsaizmu
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 [:'(]
by Thakowsaizmu
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.
by Thakowsaizmu
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...
by Thakowsaizmu
12 Feb 2015 19:31
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Introduction thread(s)
Replies: 723
Views: 424564

Re: Introduction thread(s)

Hello, Canis. Welcome [:D]
by Thakowsaizmu
12 Feb 2015 06:33
Forum: Translations
Topic: Teach me, Master!
Replies: 34
Views: 8504

Re: Teach me, Master!

Rock4Rose wrote: Anyway, I don't like conlangs. They're fun and interesting to make, but they're pointless beyond that. Just my opinion.
...why are you on a conlang board... is kind of my question...
by Thakowsaizmu
12 Feb 2015 06:07
Forum: Translations
Topic: Teach me, Master!
Replies: 34
Views: 8504

Re: Teach me, Master!

Rock4Rose wrote: I don't much like conlangs besides Esperanto and Volapük because they were intended to be used as lingua franche.
Erm...
by Thakowsaizmu
11 Feb 2015 20:52
Forum: Translations
Topic: Teach me, Master!
Replies: 34
Views: 8504

Re: Teach me, Master!

:tan: 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
by Thakowsaizmu
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...
by Thakowsaizmu
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...
by Thakowsaizmu
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
by Thakowsaizmu
10 Feb 2015 18:07
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Language practice thread
Replies: 6104
Views: 1004253

Re: Language practice thread

Lao Kou wrote:
Thakowsaizmu wrote:ᏪᏌ ᏕᎦᎾᏗᏍᎦ ᏅᏃᎯ ᏥᏍᏚ ᏕᎵᏔᏕᎦ ᏅᏃᎯ
A cat is crossing the road, a rabbit is jumping along the road.
Haben sie dem Huhn begegnet?
Have they run into the chicken?
ᎥᎥ ᏪᏌ ᏥᏔᎦ ᎦᏰᎠ ᏍᏆᏂᎪᏍᎦᏧ
Yes. The cat ate the chicken. Does that surprize you?
by Thakowsaizmu
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.
by Thakowsaizmu
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.
by Thakowsaizmu
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...
by Thakowsaizmu
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.

Great Angemon wrote:
I actually already downloaded that, but how do I set that layout as my primary layout?
Did you install the keyboard lay out?