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https://i.imgur.com/wOhuuyx.png Silvish On prejhéva de ki ky ama ki. [ɔ̃m.pʁəˈʒe.va de.kiˈkja.ma ˈki] 1P talk-IPF-3S of who REL-NOM love-3S who We were talking about who loves whom. Notes I could almost go through this sentence word by word. The last time I translated this, I used the reflex of Lt....

yalota [ʃɐˈloːtɐ] - giant, very big Etymology: ya- "very" + lota "big" It might not seem necessary to include this as a lexical entry […] Funny you should mention this because I actually forgot to translate the word in my version [:P] I've added that in now. manduia pun tome - "to exist in the sand...

This is an edited version of a sign I saw at 1:00 in this video . :eng: English Warning for tourists: The donkeys are wild and can be very dangerous! They may fight each other when they are eating or mating! You could easily be seriously injured! Elderly people and parents, use care! Keep dogs away ...

Updating https://i.imgur.com/wOhuuyx.png Silvish L' e ppà li Jhan ki l' a fotu li Mari, l' ett li Davî. [lɛˈpa liˈʒɑ̃ŋ ki.lɑfˈty li.maˈʁi | lɛt.tli.daˈviː] 3S be.3S NEG DEF-M.N John REL-NOM 3S have.3S hit-PSTP DEF-F.N.ACC Mary | 3S be.3S DEf-M.N David John didn't hit Mary, David did. Li Jhan l' a pà...

https://i.imgur.com/wOhuuyx.png Silvish Ankora una koî, î-z ont epprovà de battî un posto radió jheyan, me-z î semblava d' ettre rin k' a ly ettui. [ʔɑ̃ˈko.ra ʔy.ŋaˈkuː | ʔiː.zɔ̃n.tɛp.pʁəˈva de.bɑˈtiː ʔœ̃ˈpo.stə ʁaˈdjo ʒəˈjɑ̃ŋ | me.ziː.sɛ̃ˈbla.va ˈdɛt.tʁə ˈʁɛ̃ŋ ka.ʎˑɛˈtjy] again INDF-F.C time | 3.M...

Silvish

çen k' î faliva demouttrâ
[ˈʃɛ̃ŋ kiː.faˈli.va de.muˈtʁɑː]
DEM REL.ACC 3S.M.NOM be_necessary-IPF-3S demonstrate-INF
which was to be demonstrated

Updating https://i.imgur.com/wOhuuyx.png Silvish Maybe I'll get to the rest of these very depressing sentences within the next five years [:P] 1. Lo solê meû. [lɔˈslɛː ˈmœː] DEF-M.C sun die.3S The sun dies. 2. Lo solê l' ett apré morî. / Lo solê l' ett en tren de morî. [lɔˈslɛː lɛt.taˈpʁe məˈʁiː | l...

Aevas wrote: ↑19 Oct 2020 21:00I'm glad that you like it! I've been curious about whether anyone has been using it, so your comment is much appreciated

I have also been using it It's how I make almost all of my IPA transcriptions online. Thank you for keeping it up!

If you want to use all the apostrophes and hyphens, and all the single-letter words, use "there is" constructions in Silvish. https://i.imgur.com/wOhuuyx.png Silvish Parké k' l' i-y a-t un univer ? Parké k' l' i-y a kin k' î sé ? Parké k' l' i-y a pà rin ? Lo fé k' l' i-y a fran pà rin e k' l' i-y a...

https://i.imgur.com/wOhuuyx.png Silvish La vi par pà devan un kamére. La vi se konsoema de çen ki par la kkaméra fremava. [laˈvi ˈpɑʁ ˈpa dəˈvɑ̃ŋ œ̃ŋ.kaˈme.ʁə | laˈvi se.kɔ̃ˈsu.ma dəˈʃɛ̃ŋ ki.pɑʁ lɑk.kaˈme.ʁa fʁəˈma.va] DEF-F.C life happen.3S NEG in_front_of INDF.F.C.OBL camera-OBL | DEF-F.C life co...

Also in that map is strat, an stupid or rude person, which is related to both Trump (more distantly) and "straight." If you're about to be offended over that, don't. It's a joke. Well now that you point out that I could be offended by that, I might be, so thanks for that. Maybe I'll do the same thi...

rainbowcult wrote: ↑16 Oct 2020 23:13If you're about to be offended over that, don't. It's a joke.

Hi rainbowcult, just a reminder that in the House Rules we ask that users not post things they know will offend others. This extends to jokes.

Is this naturalistic? Certainly. There are plenty of examples of this sort of thing, but the one that I think of first is Latin clitics, such as -que "and". Take populus /‍ˈpopulus/. It has initial stress, but when -que is added (as in Senātus Populusque Rōmānus ) it becomes populusque /popuˈluskʷe...

The second element was the name of a saint celebrated on the child's birthday. If the saint was of the same gender as the child, the name was directly assigned; if not, a variant of the appropriate gender was used. Is that usual? Particularly as the second element of the name, wouldn't it keep the ...

Delightful and authentic! Thank you! I'm still trying to figure out the exact implications for the supply of names, particularly the inherited elements. I may have gotten the "four" number wrong, for example. Now that I've thought it over longer, it looks as if only the feminine name elements stay ...

An idea for Silvish first names I've been mulling over for the past few days: Beginning in the Middle Ages, Silvia developed an idiosyncratic system of given names; at its most widespread, it worked as follows: The first son and the first daughter in a family received compound given names based on n...

Yeah … I don't like it [xD] It's either <k> for /k/ and <qu> for a certain reflex of Latin /kʷ/; or <c> and <qu> for /k/ and <qù> for that /kʷ/ reflex. The latter certainly looks prettier, but it's also more complicated. Don't forget the Spanish option: (c) or (qu) for /k/ and (cu) for /kʷ/. Though...

I'll ask everyone to stop commenting on the conversation that resulted from Salmoneus' reply to eldin's post.

Updating https://i.imgur.com/wOhuuyx.png Silvish Love the flag! Thank you! you can see the non-bubble version in this post . The coat of arms it's based on is in the next post up. And Silvish uses the letter K now? Yeah … I don't like it [xD] It's either <k> for /k/ and <qu> for a certain reflex of...

So I got a new job, but it's a little unusual. Every night at midnight I go out into the fields and transform cattle into terrible monsters. (I'd ask my employer why, but he works remotely from some place called R'lyeh.) Anyway, I don't do this all alone; there are people who help me complete the jo...