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by Dormouse559
06 Feb 2022 20:14
Forum: Translations
Topic: Essay instructions
Replies: 4
Views: 1201

Re: Essay instructions

https://i.imgur.com/wOhuuyx.png Silvish L' es dura vres̄tyé d' la viza ke poi de mondo s' entressa a cen ke tu dî. Y a d' eksepsyon, bin syu, mes te faûdrà ke merite lo priveléjo de te férï oui la grampar de ta viza d' adulto. La melyeura façon d' y akompli l' ê (a) d' avé kalke çhoza k' importan a...
by Dormouse559
03 Feb 2022 07:38
Forum: Translations
Topic: I have a moon, but I ignored it
Replies: 10
Views: 2184

Re: I have a moon, but I ignored it

https://i.imgur.com/wOhuuyx.png Silvish Jh' y un' luna, mes jho l' y inyorava. [ʒ(j)yˈŋly.ŋa | mɛʒ.ʒo.ʎˑi.ɲˑəˈʁa.va] 1S.NOM have.1S INDEF.F.C moon | but 1S.NOM 3S.ACC have.1S ignore-PSTP-F.C I have a moon, but I ignored it. A feature that I find fun in this sentence is the reduction of the first pe...
by Dormouse559
01 Jan 2022 03:14
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Forum News Thread
Replies: 108
Views: 150834

Re: Forum News Thread

From Dormouse559

VOICE OF REASON has been banned for repeated flamebaiting.
by Dormouse559
29 Dec 2021 22:53
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Conworlders' religious influences on conworlds
Replies: 201
Views: 152059

Re: Conworlders' religious influences on conworlds

Saving grace is what's usually meant by 'grace' in a christian context: god's gift to the sinner to enable them to seek redemption. Or figuratively anything that redeems something otherwise bad. Ah, so that's what Christians are talking about! I don't think any of the religions I've developed in th...
by Dormouse559
27 Dec 2021 07:01
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2021
Replies: 303
Views: 44334

Re: Lexember 2021

21 d' leksembro neli/nelitye adj - left (direction); clumsy, awkward (< Lt. neglectus) nelitye nfc - left The term coexists with guaûçho (cf. Fr. gauche ) but is more limited geographically, becoming more common as one travels east. Sivê çetta ruiye e vou vverê la biblyotéka a vottra nelitye . foll...
by Dormouse559
21 Dec 2021 07:26
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2021
Replies: 303
Views: 44334

Re: Lexember 2021

20 d' leksembro konto pon veppro d' iver n. phr. - fairy tale, tall tale (lit. "tale for a winter's night") Silvia developed a distinctive tradition of storytelling over its history. For centuries, winter nights in the high Alps left little to do besides gather with one's neighbors to do ...
by Dormouse559
20 Dec 2021 06:15
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2021
Replies: 303
Views: 44334

Re: Lexember 2021

17 d' leksembro kyê/kyéva adj - satisfied; full, no longer hungry (< Lt. quietus ) maûkyê/maûkyéva adj - unsatisfied; having lost one's appetite; disgusted (< maû- "un-" + kyê ) Note that maûkyê is sometimes but not always a direct antonym of kyê . In relation to eating, it means that som...
by Dormouse559
16 Dec 2021 21:36
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2021
Replies: 303
Views: 44334

Re: Lexember 2021

16 d' leksembro frizà v - to scratch (< PG *hrītaną ) frizolyé v - to tickle (frequentative < frizà ) S' ke tu me frizeulyï , jho krivaré e Mama s' faççherà kontra té. if SBRD 2S.NOM 1S.ACC tickle-PRS_SBJV.2S | 1S.NOM scream-FUT-1S and mommy-NOM 3.REFL get_mad-FUT-3S against 2S-DSJ If you tickle me...
by Dormouse559
16 Dec 2021 05:23
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2021
Replies: 303
Views: 44334

Re: Lexember 2021

15 d' leksembro droçhé v - to fall from a height, like a tree, a building etc., but especially a mountainside (denominal < de- "from" + roçhe "rock") Dyê çui filmo, un' alpenista â de seurvivre aprê ettre droçhéva d' un lorjhï. in DEM-OBL.M.C movie | INDF mountain_climber 3S.NOM...
by Dormouse559
15 Dec 2021 11:14
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2021
Replies: 303
Views: 44334

Re: Lexember 2021

Catching up after a hectic couple weeks: 6 d' leksembro [ADJ] de [NOUN] - (casual) marks an adjective as restrictive or mirative In its restrictive meaning, this construction correlates strongly with definiteness and specificity. It sees particular use when both the adjective and noun are necessary ...
by Dormouse559
09 Dec 2021 05:56
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1109
Views: 282355

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Would anyone happen to know of literature about the pragmatic/discourse role of word order in Old French? The sources I've found just acknowledge that different orders exist, without going into any detail on when and why they were used. (Relatedly, I'm also looking into Old French's agreement of th...
by Dormouse559
07 Dec 2021 08:31
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2021
Replies: 303
Views: 44334

Re: Lexember 2021

While this is the first time I have managed to post, I have actually been following along, and have words for Days 1-5, but I do not know if it would be a breach of etiquette to post them after the fact (if so, feel free to let me know). Not at all! It's perfectly normal to post catch-up entries. (...
by Dormouse559
05 Dec 2021 22:20
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2021
Replies: 303
Views: 44334

Re: Lexember 2021

3 d' leksembro seçhé (de) v - to be obsessed (with) (< seçhé "to dry"; apparently from humor theory, perhaps in reference to melancholy, which is connected with dryness and perfectionism) 4 d' leksembro çerta adv - at least, anyway, in any case; frames a fact as a consolation for another,...
by Dormouse559
03 Dec 2021 07:50
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2021
Replies: 303
Views: 44334

Re: Lexember 2021

2 d' leksembro - Silvish profetixé dyen lo kan - to steal the limelight; to toot one's own horn (lit. "to prophesy in the camp") Based on the story of Eldad and Medad , forms of this phrase can be used either to avoid the appearance of bragging when talking positively about yourself or to...
by Dormouse559
02 Dec 2021 06:44
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2021
Replies: 303
Views: 44334

Re: Lexember 2021

1é d' leksembro - Silvish Li Bondyê lo/la boute en bon repô - "God rest his/her/their soul"; inserted after a reference to a person to indicate they are dead Me mare — li Bondyê la boute en bon repô — me dixiva toujjhour ke menjho pâ la nef jhauna. 1S-POSS.NOM.F.N mother-NOM | DEF-NOM.M.N...
by Dormouse559
01 Dec 2021 21:49
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1109
Views: 282355

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Would anyone happen to know of literature about the pragmatic/discourse role of word order in Old French? The sources I've found just acknowledge that different orders exist, without going into any detail on when and why they were used. (Relatedly, I'm also looking into Old French's agreement of the...
by Dormouse559
26 Nov 2021 23:31
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1678
Views: 347425

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

So I read that French stresses the last syllable with a full vowel at the end of a phrase, instead of just having word final stress. This is correct. It's easy to misinterpret French stress as word final because, when a French word is cited in isolation, it counts as a "phrase" (or "...
by Dormouse559
24 Nov 2021 20:00
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Forum News discussion/feedback thread
Replies: 898
Views: 431777

Re: Forum News discussion/feedback thread

Aevas wrote: 24 Nov 2021 08:31 I've removed the old Mississippi icon. If someone wants to make a new one with the new flag we can add that, but on the other hand I don't think I've ever seen this icon used to begin with?
Ooh, an excuse to procrastinate? [:P] Will this work? Image
by Dormouse559
14 Nov 2021 06:07
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: What are you listening to/watching?
Replies: 322
Views: 88396

Re: What are you listening to/watching?

Taylor Swift - All Too Well (10 Minute Version) "All Too Well" was already one of my favorite Swift songs because of how specific and vivid its images are, and the 10-minute version just drills even deeper. But I can understand why it was cut in half originally (besides its length); that'...
by Dormouse559
13 Oct 2021 18:05
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: An eleventh-degree relationship
Replies: 3
Views: 1518

Re: An eleventh-degree relationship

Does your cousin’s spouse’s sibling’s spouse count as a relative? (Perhaps equivalently: does your spouse’s sibling’s spouse’s cousin count as a relative?) English certainly doesn't have a specific term for this relationship or for the more distant one you gave. In my U.S. Anglophone cultural exper...