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And how frequently does that come up, in your conculture? I sorted out some aspects of dalar birthrates today. It is not only possible that a woman could be a grandmother before she stops having children, it's actually quite common--and it's also not uncommon that a woman becomes a grandmother befo...

And how frequently does that come up, in your conculture? I sorted out some aspects of dalar birthrates today. It is not only possible that a woman could be a grandmother before she stops having children, it's actually quite common--and it's also not uncommon that a woman becomes a grandmother befor...

Tirina

Ton napresi frosa toalenahi yes. Tofisalenahi inlansi!
NEG FEM-understand what MASC-say 2SG.MASC. MASC-IMP-speak English
I don't understand what you're saying. Speak English!

Tirina:

Tokeluwarn napa?
MASC-INTERR-drive car

Also not particularly tricky in Tirina!

Ha! Just was talking about this the other day. I'm from the Saginaw Bay area, and I've said "on accident" all my (not very long) life. My mother, on the other hand, who works in an elementary school, thinks it's the funniest thing she's ever heard when the kids say it. I'm not sure how she...

It'd depend on where the desert is, no?

Lao Kou wrote:
Next: dvérhéks [dveˈXeks] a noun

hot pepper

Next: mrina, a verb relating to flight or the sky (not to fly or to blow, though)

Lao Kou wrote:Next: shlauruls [ʃlɔˈɾuls] a noun

a young, unmarried woman.

Next: oreku [o'ɾe:ku], an adjective related to flavor or smell

:con: Tirina: Ye tasorned de ahu. ye tasorn-ed de ahu 3SG.MASC tall-MASC like 1SG.FEM He is as tall as me. Ye tasornanared yai ha. ye tasorn-anar-ed yai ha 3SG.MASC tall-INT-MASC than 1SG.FEM He is taller than me. Ye tasornatoed yai do'a. ye tasorn-ato-ed yai do'a 3SG.MASC tall-INT-MASC than child H...

However, verbs having to do with building microphones and/or microwave ovens have five tenses: How many such verbs exist? Eight. - To build a microwave, - to build a microphone, - to build a microphone and a microwave at the same time, - to build multiple microwaves, - to build multiple microphones...

:con: Tirina 1. Natawida ahu ikepa eki pısketa. FEM-have-PST 1SG.FEM bowl COM cookie 2. Pısketa idar tewa ikepa. cookie PST in bowl 3. and 4. Naperasda idartal ahu pısketa. (no distinction) FEM-eat-PST ago-INT 1SG.FEM cookie 5. Naperasda ahu pısketa fıle der'ail idar. FEM-eat-PST 1SG.FEM cookie five...

Dezinaa wrote:You could have /ng/ be allophonically realized as [ŋg]. The delete the /g/, and you have phonemic /ŋ/. I'm not sure how common of a sound change this is, but I think it would work.

Seeing as ng > /ŋ/ happened in English, I think it's safe to say this is more than just possible.

Father really is pronounced pretty close to [a] for me, but that's probably because I have parts of the Northern Cities Vowel Shift.