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Another Latin question: why is the plural of "genus" "genera" instead of "genora" like corpus/corpora? Why does every form except the nom/acc/voc singular have an "e" in the final syllable of the stem?

It might be one of those things that many of us have not read a lot about, or even read up-to-date thought about. What did you read? What jumped at you as interesting? I haven't read anything about its origin myself, but as a Latin learner I notice that it has very few members. There is only one de...

What do you guys think is the origin of the Latin Fifth Declension? I just read an interesting paper on it.

Do you think it has any parallels outside of Italic? Was it present in Proto-Italic?

I guess this isn't a "quick question", but just interested to hear any thoughts on it.

Once again, I suppose, English (or "SAE") is the exception, not the rule.

Yes, I was wondering how common it is for a language to have two or more copulas, two or more words translated as "to be" in English.

Thanks for the answers.

Are there other languages that have two different words/lexemes for "to be" with a similar sense of soy/estar in Spanish? Or a different sense, but still two or more "to be" verbs?

I know Japanese has two, with one being used for animate, and the other inanimate.

Is there some database where I can look up languages by phonemes or I can compare inventories? I want to know of languages with both /θ/ and /ʒ/ as phonemes. Off-hand I can only think of English and Avestan. PHOIBLE has a large database of inventories. Someone made an search tool for it that's more...

Is there some database where I can look up languages by phonemes or I can compare inventories?

I want to know of languages with both /θ/ and /ʒ/ as phonemes. Off-hand I can only think of English and Avestan.

Good sentence. I had to think about this one for a bit. But here's how you'd Lihmelinyanize it: :con: Lihmelinyan Gē zábres zi uk tantréyei-zei tára nu! PROHIB.PART. speak-2.s.INJUNC me-DAT or son-DAT-my-DAT again EMPH.PART. zábrami "I speak" takes a dative object. "Gē" is a special particle meaning...

Lih.

náhudan /'na.xu.dan/ - neut. them. - an instance, a moment

Next:

sállan /'sal.lan/ - neut. them. - ice

I made a decision that laryngeals can be syllabic in Lihmelinyan; it's just very rare. They can also follow stop consonants, something I initially disallowed: ethuént /ɛt.'xʷɛnt/ (an ugly-sounding word if there ever was one) "they attacked", from téhumi - "I attack" As is the case in -u- stem athema...

A Grammar of the Hittite Language

https://www.academia.edu/13160223/A_GRA ... view-paper

Where was this when I was first working on my hittite-inspired conlang? I think I may need to go back to the drawing board.

Thank you both for the explanations I had not thought about the re-arrangement of the words.

What is the semantic process that led to the grammaticalization of the word "have" (and similar words in Romance languages)? What makes "have" become a signifier of the perfect aspect? Are there any other words that are likely to indicate the same aspect in other languages?

qwed117 wrote: ↑

17 Jun 2020 02:32

Also wait until you hear about “sanction”...

Ah, yes, "sanction", my favorite contranym. Means both to approve something and to penalize.

Like "clip", which means both to attach and to cut off.

jimydog000 wrote: ↑

14 Jun 2020 17:23

The word condone is reversing it's meaning or is it just me?

Are people confusing it with "condemn"?

I'm a young LGBT person and I can say that "LGBT" is by far the most popular term. Other terms that are common are LGBT+ or LGBTQ where "Q" and "+" cover anything else not covered by LGBT. The long acronyms I almost never see anymore and even LGBT people themselves sometimes mock them or at least in...

Do you mean misspelled "breath"? Yes. I've become hyper-aware of it in light of recent events in America. It baffles me because the words are pronounced differently, which should make it easier to remember the spelling. When I see "breath" written out, I automatically read it as /bɹɛθ/, never as /b...

I think "breathe" may be the most frequently misspelled word in the English language.

Created a wonderfully euphonic Arculese word, guspetharios /xus.pe.'θa.ri.os/ "swordsman" from guspes "sword" + tharios "warrior, knight". I also was able to work on Arculese without feeling like I should go back to Lihmelinyan. It's so hard for me to have a second project. I eventually start thinki...

Noun case can differentiate that in Lihmelinyan: lēmas amíntān warántan sarumárkatran ušēti . man-NOM woman-ACC using-ACC.S.FEM telescope-ACC see-3.SG.PRES The man sees the woman using the telescope (the woman has the telescope). lēmas amíntān waránts sarumárkatran ušēti . man-NOM woman-ACC using-NO...