Reading back what I said, I suppose people did roll their eyes. "Oh, you're one of THOSE".
I do have rules (definitive article at the end of nouns, certain forms of consonant mutation), that sort of thing.
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- 23 Aug 2013 18:02
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: How do conlangers add words to their lexicon?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3470
- 12 Aug 2013 01:43
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: How do conlangers add words to their lexicon?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3470
Re: How do conlangers add words to their lexicon?
Planning? No. I use a number of existing languages and shift the spelling as and when I see fit.
I can tell this isn't really within the philosophy of "proper" conlanging
I can tell this isn't really within the philosophy of "proper" conlanging
- 12 Aug 2013 01:05
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What did you accomplish today? [2011–2019]
- Replies: 11462
- Views: 1631462
Re: What did you accomplish today?
I accomplished an attempt at the Lord's Prayer! Vór u Petána Iga Petán, az yn é síla Éganlis mat ez ton'am Ton regalin ot com, ton ezenbras ód fám Ygsa trena, zu is'íl Brufö'g veç adag du dagimp brod, aç fógev ög du ofenzda ot ylím ög fógefum u ánom é ofenin Aç lénd ög san fre temptantis, aç telinu ...
- 12 Aug 2013 00:11
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: The Lord's Prayer
- Replies: 29
- Views: 8029
Re: The Lord's Prayer
Oh I know where the rules are, I just don't understand half of them!
I was going to add pronunciation (I tend to do on my other posts), but just getting the stuff out there was enough work for one night.
I was going to add pronunciation (I tend to do on my other posts), but just getting the stuff out there was enough work for one night.
- 11 Aug 2013 22:46
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: The Lord's Prayer
- Replies: 29
- Views: 8029
Re: The Lord's Prayer
What I hope to do with this post is twofold; to spend some time concentrating on the language I'm attempting to create and focus on its rules and regs; and to invite criticism/pointers/advice. Frankly if it looks as though I've used two different suffixes for the same tense, or made a mess with a cl...
- 11 Aug 2013 18:49
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
- Replies: 11605
- Views: 2043721
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
It's all about breaking out of what feels "right", usually in your native language. I still have great difficulty in going off-piste even when I know the dangerous position I find myself in is the likelihood that I'm creating a cipher :$
- 11 Aug 2013 13:22
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
- Replies: 11605
- Views: 2043721
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
As it happens, I've always wanted to ensure there was a distinction between "with [someone]" and "with [an implement]" in my language, I just didn't know the name for it (which is the comprehensive system for you)
- 11 Aug 2013 13:11
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
- Replies: 11605
- Views: 2043721
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
"Ornative" has a two line article on Wikipedia, that must be rare for a grammatical piece...
- 11 Aug 2013 12:31
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Introduction thread(s)
- Replies: 723
- Views: 424296
Re: Introduction thread(s)
Soon... very soon... we shall take over the whole CBB! Mwahahaha! And then, we shall return, and take over the whole of Nationstates! Muahahaha! Or, maybe not... Yes! We shall conquer all! We shall bring in a new era of universal darkness! Blood for Violet! Um, if it's all right with everybody... T...
- 11 Aug 2013 12:30
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Count to 10 in your Conlang
- Replies: 206
- Views: 53087
Re: Count to 10 in your Conlang
That's true of so many of us
- 11 Aug 2013 09:36
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Taking notes in your conlang
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2290
Re: Taking notes in your conlang
The only way I got better with shorthand (one of the original constructed languages!) was by using it in different contexts. Take down notes of what people are saying on the television, transcribe your favourite songs, doodle over newspaper headlines. Do whatever it takes to expand your language. I ...
- 11 Aug 2013 02:24
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Count to 10 in your Conlang
- Replies: 206
- Views: 53087
Re: Count to 10 in your Conlang
0 - 10 nul, un, dö, tren, pedren, fenv, seç, sebna, octa, nön, dezem (approx. /nʌl/ /ʌn/ /ˈdaʊ/ /trɛn/ /ˈpɛdrɛn/ /fɛnv/ /sɛts/ /sɛbna/ /ɒktə/ /naʊn/ /dɛtʃ'ɛm/, ) And just as approximately 11 - elum [elʌm] 12 - dónum [dɔːn'ʌm] I have half-an-idea showing consonant or vowel shifts for the addition of...
- 10 Aug 2013 16:38
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Your/You're conflict
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3875
Re: Your/You're conflict
For all intensive purposes, your right.
*hides*
*hides*
- 10 Aug 2013 14:51
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Count to 10 in your Conlang
- Replies: 206
- Views: 53087
Re: Count to 10 in your Conlang
0 - 10
nul, un, dö, tren, pedren, fenv, seç, sebna, octa, nön, dezem
(approx. /nʌl/ /ʌn/ /ˈdaʊ/ /trɛn/ /ˈpɛdrɛn/ /fɛnv/ /sɛts/ /sɛbna/ /ɒktə/ /naʊn/ /dɛtʃ'ɛm/, )
nul, un, dö, tren, pedren, fenv, seç, sebna, octa, nön, dezem
(approx. /nʌl/ /ʌn/ /ˈdaʊ/ /trɛn/ /ˈpɛdrɛn/ /fɛnv/ /sɛts/ /sɛbna/ /ɒktə/ /naʊn/ /dɛtʃ'ɛm/, )
- 10 Aug 2013 14:50
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Introduction thread(s)
- Replies: 723
- Views: 424296
Re: Introduction thread(s)
prettydragoon wrote:NationStates? There goes the neighbourhood!doktorb wrote:Hello!
I've been recommended this forum from the good folks over at NationStates so I hope I can find a home here.
But seriously, doktorb, welcome! They are good people here.
I'm New Lyrane over there.
:)
I'm The Shambles :)
- 10 Aug 2013 14:49
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: Numbers - where better to begin?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1233
Re: Numbers - where better to begin?
I am chin-stroking about changing the umlaut to something else. You wait until I explain why Shambolicue uses <á>, <é>, <í> etc.
- 09 Aug 2013 17:10
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: Numbers - where better to begin?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1233
Re: Numbers - where better to begin?
Cheers for that. I did wonder if the what I thought was a passing little detail would be picked up! <ö> is indeed the only example of an umlaut in Shambolicue, so could be easily sacrificed. If I avoid IPA for now, the sound is that of "ow", simply, that being "p ow er" or "...
- 09 Aug 2013 16:45
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Your/You're conflict
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3875
Re: Your/You're conflict
I'm not saying standardisation is wrong. It's damn well important. I just feel if we kept in mind that there isn't truly any "truer" or "purer" language... Isn't that a bit of a contradiction? If there are agreed standards then a language which more closely adheres to those stan...
- 09 Aug 2013 16:33
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: Numbers - where better to begin?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1233
Numbers - where better to begin?
Hello and indeed hi! As explained on the Introductions thread, I've wandered over here from NationStates, where the idea of having your own language goes only about as far as changing a few spellings and making do. I'm different to that, and always fancied trying to construct a genuine language as f...
- 09 Aug 2013 16:25
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Introduction thread(s)
- Replies: 723
- Views: 424296
Re: Introduction thread(s)
Hello! Welcome! It's always been an ambition to "conlag" but I always find that once I've written down the numbers 1 to 10 and a few attempts at declension all enthusiasm runs away to nothing. Maybe there's some hints and clues here I can find. The correct spelling is conla n g, with a n ...