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- 26 Sep 2019 20:58
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Comfortable
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4292
Re: Comfortable
Not a native speaker, but let's see: Both "comfortable" and "interesting" are always 3 syllables for me, but I've heard people pronounce them as four syllables. I didn't know this was considered more correct. I think I've never heard /ˈfɛb.ɹuˌɛɹi/ in my life, but maybe I just did...
- 16 Sep 2019 12:53
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Parallel Lexicon Sculpting
- Replies: 447
- Views: 129162
- 11 Sep 2019 16:19
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Parallel Lexicon Sculpting
- Replies: 447
- Views: 129162
- 10 Sep 2019 17:13
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexicon sculpting
- Replies: 37
- Views: 13790
- 08 Sep 2019 17:06
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexicon sculpting
- Replies: 37
- Views: 13790
- 06 Sep 2019 22:27
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Parallel Lexicon Sculpting
- Replies: 447
- Views: 129162
Re: Parallel Lexicon Sculpting
Akʼaleniw:
t'almih [ˈtʼal.mih] (n.) horizon
Źilaa Ruńu:
kupa [ˈku.pɑ] (v.) plow
Next:
ndilaat [ⁿdiˈlɑːt] (n.) fence, boundary
- 06 Sep 2019 18:20
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexicon sculpting [2013–2019]
- Replies: 2345
- Views: 447611
Re: Lexicon sculpting
Next (doubles as a sculpt): Wǽmi [ˈʝ˕æː.mi]: Deity of portals veem(i) [ˈβɛː.mi] (v.) wander, roam iveem [iˈβɛːm] (n. hu.) 1. wanderer, traveler, nomad 2. A person of the specific group able to walk through my world's network of portals I still havn't decided what they call themselves :P Next: ptaoś...
- 05 Sep 2019 13:44
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexicon sculpting [2013–2019]
- Replies: 2345
- Views: 447611
- 23 Aug 2019 15:49
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Źilaa Ruńu
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3242
Re: Źilaa Ruńu
I've neglected this thread for a while, so here's some stuff I created long ago but never presented before (because my notes were too messy!) Stative verbs in Źilaa Ruńu are verbs that do not describe any event or change. They are a small class, but some of them are very common. They include copulas...
- 03 Aug 2019 00:45
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
- Replies: 881
- Views: 275073
Re: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
I don't know if this one has been mentioned before:
סוס [sus] 'horse'
sūs 'pig'
סוס [sus] 'horse'
sūs 'pig'
- 22 Jul 2019 15:06
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexicon sculpting [2013–2019]
- Replies: 2345
- Views: 447611
- 06 Jul 2019 00:49
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Źilaa Ruńu
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3242
Re: Źilaa Ruńu
The Perfective Verb roots can only have one or two syllables. All monosyllabic roots end in a consonant (except the copula mi , which is a stative verb). Bisyllabic roots can end in a consonant or a short vowel , but not in a long vowel. Furthermore, none of them end in -i .This is important becaus...
- 03 Jul 2019 11:00
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Źilaa Ruńu
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3242
Re: Źilaa Ruńu
Using ĺ is brave. I tried it once (I wish I remembered what for... oh, I remember! It was for accented syllabic laterals in one of the earliest sketches of Limestone), but I couldn’t make it work. It works quite well alongside ź . I like the word eeź and its relatives. Looking forward to reading ab...
- 01 Jul 2019 23:16
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Źilaa Ruńu
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3242
Re: Źilaa Ruńu
Źilaa Ruńu verbs are marked for aspect, tense, and the subject's person and number. This part is going to be long so I'm going to divide it into a few posts. Nonstative verbs have two main aspects, imperfective and perfective. The imperfective is the most basic form, created by adding a subject suff...
- 30 Jun 2019 20:58
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What did you accomplish today? [2011–2019]
- Replies: 11462
- Views: 1631489
Re: What did you accomplish today?
Yay!
I didn't create something new but I updated the Źilaa Ruńu thread. This took way longer than I thought it would! My notes are a mess but explaining things here helps me clarify them.
- 30 Jun 2019 20:51
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Źilaa Ruńu
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3242
Re: Źilaa Ruńu
Nominal Modifiers A general note: Since inanimate nouns and their modifiers are not marked for number, anything I gloss as singular or plural is always animate, so I don't see a reason to indicate its gender. Źilaa Ruńu is almost completely head-initial, so adjectives, numerals and demonstratives f...
- 30 Jun 2019 00:51
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Źilaa Ruńu
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3242
Re: Źilaa Ruńu
I've developed Źilaa Ruńu quite a lot, and there are many translations etc. already on the board, so I think I can present it for real this time. Hopefully. Updated Phonology Consonants: /m n ɲ/ <m n ń> /p t c k/ <p t c k> /b d ɟ g/ <b d j g> /ᵐb ⁿd ᶮɟ ᵑɡ/ <mb nd ńj ng> /s ʃ x h/ <s ś h> * /β z ʒ/ <...
- 27 Jun 2019 21:54
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Why isn't there just nothing?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14990
Re: Why isn't there just nothing?
Źilaa Ruńu: ńjie lisru viema? why exist-IPF.3INAN world Why is there a world? ńjie lisru ebe uha nei? why exist-IPF.3.INAN also thing one-INAN.NOM Why is there even anything? ńjie lisru uha nduhee malse ngehu? why exist-IPF.3.INAN thing apart.from nothing alone Why is there something other than jus...
- 27 Jun 2019 08:41
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
- Replies: 11605
- Views: 2043748
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Thank you all for the answers! Classical Arabic has two reciprocal constructions I know of. One is to use the word 'some' ("ba3ḍ") /baʕdˤ/ twice, the first instance usually taking a plural pronoun suffix, and the second taking the definite article 'al'. li-ba3ḍ-ihim al-ba3ḍ for-other-3PL.M...
- 26 Jun 2019 20:27
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
- Replies: 11605
- Views: 2043748
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Źilaa Ruńu is nearly two years old and still has no reciprocal construction [:|] I want some kind of adverb or particle to be used for that,but it's hard come up with anything that's not a direct translation of "one another". How do different languages handle this? I know that words for bo...