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- 27 Mar 2024 22:50
- Forum: Teach & Share
- Topic: AMA on Indonesian
- Replies: 68
- Views: 27154
Re: AMA on Indonesian
TAM in Indonesian part III SYNTAX examples Now that I know my categories, here are some examples. I decided to have a post with some examples but not all possible examples because this post is already very long. The modal adverbs mungkin and pasti can occur in initial position without any context. ...
- 27 Mar 2024 22:17
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1111
- Views: 283004
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I don't think there is an easy asnwer but here are some functions that I know of. 1) The difference between the two arguments of transitive verbs. Happens in English (and probably many other languages). 2) Information structure, so things like topic and focus. Happens in many languages including Eng...
- 27 Mar 2024 20:36
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Play scratchpad
- Replies: 2
- Views: 100
Re: Play scratchpad
One feature distinguishing Play from nearby languages is that its 1>2 verb marker is a zero morph, and the 2>1 marker is usually a doubling of the vowel. (All verbs have two arguments, whether stated or not.) Thus one can say ti deed; what I am doing to you tii what you are doing to me Tiitīs? What...
- 27 Mar 2024 18:55
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Clothing and Clothing Inspiration for Concultures
- Replies: 9
- Views: 304
Re: Clothing and Clothing Inspiration for Concultures
Isn't there also a lot of variation on Earth when it comes to clothing (apart from the satus symbol thing)? I was thinking of the variation in Indonesia alone between this (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koteka?wprov=sfla1) and this (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minangkab ... prov=sfla1).
- 26 Mar 2024 20:21
- Forum: Teach & Share
- Topic: AMA on Indonesian
- Replies: 68
- Views: 27154
Re: AMA on Indonesian
Thank you for the nice words. I still might add some example sentences in the next post.
- 25 Mar 2024 23:15
- Forum: Teach & Share
- Topic: AMA on Indonesian
- Replies: 68
- Views: 27154
Re: AMA on Indonesian
TAM in Indonesian part II SYNTAX So, I tried to come up with a consensus classification of the syntactic behavior of Indonesian TAM markers and I soon noticed that there is no consensus. Compare the three following classifications from Wiktionary, KBBI jaring (the official Indonesian dictionary by ...
- 25 Mar 2024 15:13
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Fredauon Fun Facts
- Replies: 99
- Views: 5315
Re: Fredauon Fun Facts
[...] Do these creatures have any basis in the reality of the setting or are they really just myths? Well, they have a solid basis in *our* reality. The feathered, winged monsters would look like birds of prey/owls and the dry, furred creatures like wild cats. I estimate that said creatures would w...
- 24 Mar 2024 21:51
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Quick Diachronics Challenge
- Replies: 1042
- Views: 268951
Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
Here is a revised guess.
Which doesn't share a whole lot of segments with my earlier guess
Spoiler:
- 24 Mar 2024 20:11
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Fredauon Fun Facts
- Replies: 99
- Views: 5315
Re: Fredauon Fun Facts
I noticed recently that many of the FFFs are not fun at all. I also noticed that fun fact -at least for me- does not mean a fact that is fun but is instead a fixed expression meaning 'a very small bit of information that is neither completely informally nor scientically presented and in itself of li...
- 24 Mar 2024 18:20
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Quick Diachronics Challenge
- Replies: 1042
- Views: 268951
Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
My first guess hal.ta
- 24 Mar 2024 16:57
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Fredauon Fun Facts
- Replies: 99
- Views: 5315
Re: Fredauon Fun Facts
Fredauon Fun Fact #35: Another mythological creature in Fredauon tales is said to have black fur like a bat, a shape like an otter but to be as big as an ostrich. It stalks its human prey at night, at first without any consequences but then it jumps on the human's back and is carried until the huma...
- 24 Mar 2024 13:25
- Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
- Topic: Language practice thread 2
- Replies: 150
- Views: 52799
Re: Language practice thread 2
Kalau gitu, bisa tanya ulang: ko memang?
So we can ask again: did you win?
So we can ask again: did you win?
- 24 Mar 2024 12:01
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1111
- Views: 283004
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
There are also binary gender systems based on shape (usually sphere-like vs. stick-like) and based on animacy. The thing is, of you have a purely formal system that assigns different genders to very frequently used nouns (which makes sense in terms of frequency) than it is likely that either man and...
- 24 Mar 2024 00:15
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Quick Diachronics Challenge
- Replies: 1042
- Views: 268951
Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
This was definitely fun (at least for me). @Arayaz: You are the winner. You can provide a new challenge or say that you don't want to.
- 23 Mar 2024 23:29
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Fredauon Fun Facts
- Replies: 99
- Views: 5315
Re: Fredauon Fun Facts
Fredauon Fun Fact #34: The religion of Omlueuet-speaking Bólks includes a complex hierarchical pantheon. On the top are several higher deities, followed by creation deities and fertility deities in that order. Lower order include various wrathful and protective spirits, as well as deified ancestors...
- 23 Mar 2024 22:37
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Quick Diachronics Challenge
- Replies: 1042
- Views: 268951
Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
It is retrievable, maybe even more than that. But I agree that the closest should win. That's why I said, I don't want to wait much longer before revealing it. So, why spend more time waiting. Here is the solution I had in mind. The protoform was simple: *ma, my favorite syllable. *ma >mba >>ba >>>p...
- 23 Mar 2024 10:50
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Quick Diachronics Challenge
- Replies: 1042
- Views: 268951
Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
That's further away
- 22 Mar 2024 21:18
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Quick Diachronics Challenge
- Replies: 1042
- Views: 268951
Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
You are very close.
- 22 Mar 2024 20:33
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Quick Diachronics Challenge
- Replies: 1042
- Views: 268951
Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
You identified the problem but you need to think outside the box in order to solve it
- 22 Mar 2024 20:02
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Quick Diachronics Challenge
- Replies: 1042
- Views: 268951
Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
One last time: 1. bæ 2. mõ 3. muaŋ 4. pa 5. wa 6. mva 7. mpà: 8. m: a: *mba bæ & pa (*ba) mõ & muaŋ (*mwã) mva & wa (*mwa) mpàà & mmaa (*mbaa) *mwã & mwa (*mwa) *ba & mbaa (*mba) *mwa & mba (*mba) please please please All intermediate forms and groupings are correct (or ...