What did you accomplish today? [2011–2019]

[Micamo]

If it doesn't listen to the rod, then violently execute it in public as an example to the other mules.

Today I got the idea for a Western Yugur + Ket + Evenki + Chukchi + Yukaghir conlang. I should probably put it on the backburner though until Project Steel is further along.

[Dormouse559]

I've always been partial to this version:

If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you.

[Ahzoh]

The proverb is supposed to be similar to "don't suffer fools easily"
Or don't suffer stubborn fools easily.

[eldin raigmore]

Today I got the idea for a Western Yugur + Ket + Evenki + Chukchi + Yukaghir conlang. I should probably put it on the backburner ....

Maybe you should, but I hope you don't.

[mbrsart]

Today I developed the new numeral system for Lhoresla and Lhork'ela, opting for octal rather than the previous system, which was decimal.

1. hes
2. lai
3. mel
4. arum
5. ila
6. ema
7. hali
8. fan

Forming numbers up to 100008, or 409610:

Spoiler:

For the purposes of this explanation, all numerals will be in octal, unless subscripted with a 10. Also, all words are stress initial, FYI.

11 - hes fan
12 - lai fan
13 - mel fan
14 - arum fan
15 - ila fan
16 - ema fan
17 - hali fan
20 - fanim (lit. "eights")

After 20, the system switches order.
21 - fanim hes
22 - fanim lai
.
27 - fanim hali

Now, the strategy changes a bit. Since numerals from here on out get really freaking long, the shortened forms are used in almost every situation, but young elves and dragons are taught how to use the longer forms. For 30 and greater, numeral names are formed with a numeral, a classifier, and fanim, translating loosely to "two of eights". By all logic, lai li fanim should mean "forty", since fanim means "twenty", but it really means "twenty plus eight more". This explains the irregularity of hali li fanim, which is 100 rather than 70.
30 - lai li fanim -> lifa
31 - lifa hes
32 - lifa lai
.
37 - lifa hali
40 - mel li fanim -> melifa
41 - melifa hes
.
50 - arum li fanim -> alifa
60 - ila li fanim -> ilifa
70 - ema li fanim -> emifa
100 - hali li fanim -> halifa

Now the strategy switches again. hali-li-fanim, shortened to halifa is used to mean "hundred". And rather than saying halifa hes, for 101, the preposition an, "with", enters the ring.
101 - halifa an hes "one hundred with one"
102 - halifa an lai
103 - halifa an mel
104 - halifa an arum
105 - halifa an ila
106 - halifa an ema
107 - halifa an hali
110 - halifa an fan
111 - halifa an hes fan
112 - halifa an lai fan
.
120 - halifa an fanim
121 - halifa an fanim hes
.
130 - halifa an lifa
131 - halifa an lifa hes
.
179 - halifa an emifa hali
200 - lai li halifa (X li halifa is never shortened)
300 - mel li halifa
400 - arum li halifa
.
700 - hali li halifa
.
779 - hali li halifa an emifa hali

Now we get to the thousands, where the quantifier hami, which usually means "many", gets picked up as a classifier. An also makes a comeback. Short forms here are used only in Lhork'ela.
1000 - hami halifa
1001 - hami halifa an hes
.
1100 - hami an halifa OR hami an hes li halifa (rarer)
1200 - hami an lai li halifa
1300 - hami an mel li halifa
.
2000 - lai hami halifa -> lami halifa OR lahami halifa OR laimi halifa (most don't shorten at all)
2100 - lai hami an halifa
2200 - lai hami an lai li halifa
.
3000 - mel hami halifa -> memi halifa OR mehami halifa
4000 - arum hami halifa -> arami halifa OR arumi halifa
5000 - ila hami halifa -> ilami halifa
6000 - ema hami halifa -> emami halifa
7000 - hali hami halifa -> hali hami OR halami halifa
10000 - fan hami halifa

The second biggest number in this system, 7777, in its expanded form:

hali hami an hali li halifa an ema li fanim hali (the closest thing to a tongue twister I've come up with so far)

Shortened:
Halami an hali li halifa an emifa hali.

For larger numbers like this, many speakers just read out the digits (hali hali hali hali). In this case, though, arum zehali ("the fourth seven") or arum li zehali ("four of the sevens") might be easier to say.

[prettydragoon]

Shoveled my driveway, the first time this winter. This could count as creativity just as well since in Finnish the verbs 'to shovel' and 'to create' are homonyms.

[Ahzoh]

Came up with some auxiliary verbs:
"ʾaht" is the affirmative verb where do would be in English.
"ʾīzmet" is the imperitive verb that commands,

Compare:
"ʾaht sēvok nēyīd" - "do/does speak not" or "do/does not speak"
"ʾīzmet sēvok nēyīd" - "(do) speak not!" or "do not speak!"

Also made new conjugations of my verb forms...
Here's some
"Hēy aḵven!" - "he will die!"
"Kaj amagvīm" - you all will create"

[eldin raigmore]

I want to see more of mrbsart's and ahzoh's projects.

[Ahzoh]

finished my verb forms
there is a base form for a verb in all my aspects:

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imperfective            Kēgod
perfective              Kēgūd
causative               Rakgod
reflexive               Sēkgūd
inceptive/inchoative    Yakgad
terminative             Nūkgīd
intensive               Vēkgēd

They are all in present singular.

Plural is made by adding the suffix -īm so "Yakgad" - "I/You/He/She starts to know" becomes "Yakgadīm" - "We/You/They start to know".

Aside from the perfective and imperfective which have their own forms for past and future as well as plural, the affixes m- and h- denote past and future respectively.

So rakgod which is the resent-tense causative meaning "teach" becomes hīkgod which means "will teach" or mīkgod meaning "tought"

I fear these minor distinctions might cause confusion though...

I'm aware that -im is the masculine plural of Hebrew verbs, but that's pure coincidence...

I'm now facing the problem of how I will deal with moods, I'm thinking of turning them all into modal verbs, but that's too analytic, and too Englishy, but I don't want agglutination because then they look like 4-syllable messes.

[Thrice Xandvii]

I created <dá> /tʰɑɹ/ which acts as a sort of attributive particle, take for example:

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ma  wûjam dá   ßapûjan   
SGV woman ATTR invisibility

Which is "an invisible woman."

I haven't really begun to explore what else I might use this particle for. There is a decent chance that it might also be used as a possessive marker, in which case it would become more like a genitive particle. Not sure if that would potentially introduce too much ambiguity or not. I mean in this case "a woman's invisibility" or "an invisible woman" do seem pretty different. The former is focused on the invisibility itself, whereas the latter on the woman (who happens to be invisible).

[DesEsseintes]

I created <dá> /tʰɑɹ/ which acts as a sort of attributive particle, take for example:

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ma  pûjam dá   ßapûjan   
SGV woman ATTR invisibility

Which is "an invisible woman."

I haven't really begun to explore what else I might use this particle for. There is a decent chance that it might also be used as a possessive marker, in which case it would become more like a genitive particle. Not sure if that would potentially introduce too much ambiguity or not. I mean in this case "a woman's invisibility" or "an invisible woman" do seem pretty different. The former is focused on the invisibility itself, whereas the latter on the woman (who happens to be invisible).

If this structure is head-initial, I don't see there could be much ambiguity, as "woman's invisibility" would surely be ßapûjan dá pûjam? Or perhaps I'm not getting something...

[Chagen]

I JUST realized that "I do not disagree" and "I do not sit down" are homophonous in Sunbyaku: miejiro. Actually, it would be homophonous in ANY person conjugation but distinct in the past: miureji "I didn't disagree" and miereji "I didn't sit down".

Unfortunately I cant wring any funny stuff out of like how kvaku means both "to die" and "to learn".

[moose]

My two yet unnnamed projects are really starting to take shape. This is doubly exciting cause I've never successfully worked on a conlang for more than a month before and these have been in formation for well longer than that. This is all very new territory for me.

[eldin raigmore]

I JUST realized that "I do not disagree" and "I do not sit down" are homophonous in Sunbyaku: miejiro. Actually, it would be homophonous in ANY person conjugation but distinct in the past: miureji "I didn't disagree" and miereji "I didn't sit down".

As long as I'm congratulating you about having the foresight to build puns into your language, may I ask, as regards:

Unfortunately I cant wring any funny stuff out of like how kvaku means both "to die" and "to learn".

What do ducks say in Sunbyaku?

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Unfortunately I cant wring any funny stuff out of like how kvaku means both "to die" and "to learn".

I have spent three and half hours today writing my extra-size physics homework and my back hurts now. Hope this can inspire you.

[Thrice Xandvii]

If this structure is head-initial, I don't see there could be much ambiguity, as "woman's invisibility" would surely be ßapûjan dá pûjam? Or perhaps I'm not getting something...

No you're right.

Chalk my confusion up to posting at 5 in the morning? Genitive particle it is then!

[Micamo]

Added a more intricate gender system (inspired by Eyak) to Mithara, then decided I didn't like it and went back to the older system. Maybe I'll add it to one of its sister languages instead.

Also, made a new avi. Can you guess who is bestest pony?

[Thrice Xandvii]

Flava Flav!?

[Xing]

Also, made a new avi. Can you guess who is bestest pony?

Wally Toxic?

[eldin raigmore]

Added a more intricate gender system (inspired by Eyak) to Mithara, then decided I didn't like it and went back to the older system. Maybe I'll add it to one of its sister languages instead.

There's a thread for posting phoneme-inventories independent of their conlangs.
Maybe you'd go ahead and post your gender system(s)?
Didn't someone somewhere start a thread for posting bits of our conlangs' grammars (or maybe just morphologies)?
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To make sure I haven't obscured this point:
I'd like to see those gender systems. Please?