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by Astraios
09 Jul 2017 15:10
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Greek for Cherubim?
Replies: 19
Views: 15375

Re: Greek for Cherubim?

Wouldn't it have been /xeruːb/ in the time that the LXX was translated? Entirely possible, but I couldn't find a solid answer on that, so I defaulted to the more conservative pronunciation. I even saw suggestions of /xeruːv/. Actually it’s not possible at all, most obviously because the plain stops...
by Astraios
22 Sep 2016 14:20
Forum: Teach & Share
Topic: Biblical Hebrew
Replies: 31
Views: 28520

Re: Biblical Hebrew

There are a lot of things to point out here. First, you don’t make clear which stage of Biblical Hebrew you’re talking about. As late as the 3rd century BCE, the Proto-Semitic uvular fricatives were still unmerged with the pharyngeals, while the pronunciation of ⟨ś⟩ is known to have been /ɬ/ until e...
by Astraios
14 Dec 2011 08:57
Forum: Teach & Share
Topic: Basic Siųa
Replies: 16
Views: 7584

Re: Basic Siųa

So sỉngi "riekumi-so"-a gagi nana? (i.e. why the quotation marks?)

So sỉngi riekumi-so muvma-a nana? (i.e. why gagi, not muvma (if I understood it correctly)?)
by Astraios
14 Dec 2011 08:23
Forum: Teach & Share
Topic: Basic Siųa
Replies: 16
Views: 7584

Re: Basic Siųa

MONOBA wrote:Toton-go becomes totonta-go in the genitive, so if you want to say

'I live in my family's village' > mỉngi denaria totonta-go
What I actually wanted to say was, 'My family lives in a village'.

MONOBA wrote:And yeah, sahhįi ogasiṡimi means 'which I don't know how to speak'. Very impressive!
Yay!
by Astraios
14 Dec 2011 07:51
Forum: Teach & Share
Topic: Basic Siųa
Replies: 16
Views: 7584

Re: Basic Siųa

Mỉngi Manchesterkia (?); ỉngi toton-go (?) denaria. Miboaki Chesterka (?), Engilia. Sadnu mỉngi totonta-go muvma Chesterkia. Ỏdni mỉngi Manchesterkia. Hehmi, ỉngi daįoma. Atsa itu nỏ õki, ỉngi daįoma; atsa taįa tsavmi te. Takokkika, ỉngi daįoma. Takokkika, ỉngi daįoma te totonta-go muvma. Da taįa ts...
by Astraios
13 Dec 2011 23:57
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Playing Lakhota
Replies: 64
Views: 19427

Re: Playing Lakhota

Enágna iníhaŋmayaye. Míš wakšíwaglužaža ičhíŋ wíŋyaŋ waŋ wašté hemáčha.
by Astraios
13 Dec 2011 23:49
Forum: Teach & Share
Topic: Basic Siųa
Replies: 16
Views: 7584

Re: Basic Siųa

Sủoste, Monoba. Nỉvva sỉngi? Miboaki Englandka (?). Nỉka siboaki?
by Astraios
13 Dec 2011 23:41
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Playing Lakhota
Replies: 64
Views: 19427

Re: Playing Lakhota

"Mitȟášuŋkčik'ala" eyápi kte séče: šúŋka mitȟáwa kiŋ wapȟápȟa éyaš mitȟášuŋka kiŋ akáŋ maŋká owákihi.

... Tákuwe čha hé waŋyáŋg naŋká he? xD
by Astraios
13 Dec 2011 23:06
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Playing Lakhota
Replies: 64
Views: 19427

Re: Playing Lakhota

After almost exactly a year... Lé wówapi kiŋ uŋyúkinipi kta he?
by Astraios
12 Dec 2010 04:09
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Playing Lakhota
Replies: 64
Views: 19427

Re: Playing Lakhota

Owáakhiye othí kiŋ lé ȟ'aŋhíka he? :P
Is this board always slow? :P
by Astraios
10 Dec 2010 00:41
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Playing Lakhota
Replies: 64
Views: 19427

Re: Playing Lakhota

Tȟaspáŋ šá kiŋ hé tuwé tȟáwa he?
by Astraios
08 Dec 2010 20:46
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Playing Lakhota
Replies: 64
Views: 19427

Re: Playing Lakhota

Šič'éši, wíyaka kiŋ hé nitȟáwa he?
by Astraios
08 Dec 2010 16:57
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Playing Lakhota
Replies: 64
Views: 19427

Re: Playing Lakhota

Háŋ. Hé wíyaka. Wíyaka kiŋ hé Trailsend tȟáwa he?
by Astraios
08 Dec 2010 04:45
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Playing Lakhota
Replies: 64
Views: 19427

Re: Playing Lakhota

Héčhel eyápi. Leyápi: "..." eyápi. Tókhel eyápi he? Tókhel "..." eyápi he? Tókhel ["Lé míla kiŋ mitȟáwa. Hé...lé?...Astraios thamíla kiŋ é šni," kiŋ hé] eyápi he? Šič'éši, yuwášte ye! Míla kiŋ lé wašté. Šič'éši, philámayaye! :D Astraios Trailsend lé k'ú. Lé čhič'ú. htt...
by Astraios
08 Dec 2010 04:10
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Playing Lakhota
Replies: 64
Views: 19427

Re: Playing Lakhota

Yuwášte héčha: Imáǧaǧamaya po! Ištíŋme wakíniča. Tókhel imáǧaǧačhiyiŋ kta he? Táku tókȟamuŋ kta he? Míš-eyá ištíŋme wakíniča. Háŋ. ^_^ Šič'éši. <--(Lé wašté he?) Hiyá. :) (( This is too complicated to explain for the moment - you'll pick it up. A small explanation: I am pretending to be female in th...
by Astraios
08 Dec 2010 03:34
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Playing Lakhota
Replies: 64
Views: 19427

Re: Playing Lakhota

(Sorry I'm slow) Hé knife héčha šni. Hé míla héčha. Háŋ, šič'éši, léčhetu. (( What a great last sentence. I love the things beginners come out with. )) Yuwášte héčha: Leyápi: "Lé íŋyaŋ kiŋ mitȟáwa. Hé Rickard tȟa-íŋyaŋ kiŋ é šni," eyápi. Na nakúŋ: "Lé mitȟá-iŋyaŋ kiŋ é. Hé Rickard tȟa...
by Astraios
08 Dec 2010 03:14
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Playing Lakhota
Replies: 64
Views: 19427

Re: Playing Lakhota

Oháŋ. Léčhetu:

Astraios míla waŋ mignáke. Éyaš Rickard míla waŋžíni mignáke šni.


Šič'éši, Trailsend! Míla waŋží miyágnaka he?
by Astraios
08 Dec 2010 02:59
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Playing Lakhota
Replies: 64
Views: 19427

Re: Playing Lakhota

(Hiyá. "Héčha" kiŋ hé "indefinite" čha hé uŋ.)



Hé mitȟáwa he? Míla kiŋ hé wašté.

Puts knife in belt

Míla kiŋ miwágnake. Níš-eyá miyágnaka he?
by Astraios
08 Dec 2010 02:46
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Playing Lakhota
Replies: 64
Views: 19427

Re: Playing Lakhota

((Yuwášte héčha: Leyápi: "Hé míla héčha," eyápi. "Waŋ" eyápi šni.))


Háu! :D

Míla kiŋ hé nitȟáwa he?
by Astraios
08 Dec 2010 02:20
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Playing Lakhota
Replies: 64
Views: 19427

Re: Playing Lakhota

Očhíkaȟniǧe šni. :)