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I finally finished my 121 subject and object agreement affixes and made some basic sentences. I'm also up to 37 words. I also worked on an abugida for that language Keenir made. Are it really 121 suppletive ones? If so, it's hugely impressive. I did nothing special besides infiltrating my Yélian vo...

Yélian

lorebrodar
[lɔrəˈbroːdaɾ]
infrastructure

from lorena - to travel and brodar - cross, crossroads

Next: to lap up

:deu: German Ich bin kein Kaktus: Ich benötige Wasser zum Überleben. [ɪç bɪn kʰaɪ̯n ˈkʰaktʰʊs; ɪç bəˈnøːtɪgə ˈvasɐ t͡sʊm ˌyːbɐˈleːbən] 1SG be.1SG no.MASC.ACC cactus.ACC: 1SG require.1SG water.ACC to-DEM.MASC.DAT survive.NOMZ.ACC :fra: French Je ne suis pas un cactus. J'ai besoin d'eau pour survivre....

masako, re vutret reʻiadéspirmebarcai: [maˈsako, rɛ ˈvʊtrɛt rɛʔiaˌdesəˌpɪɾməˈbaɾkaɪ̯] masako, 1SG PS_DEM 1SG.REFL-already-while-ask-1SG Masako, I've been wondering for a while: Miyde sao palitínreyas disut getan? [ˈma̯iːdə ˈsa.ɔ paliˈtiːnrɛʃɐs ˈdisʊt ˈgɛtɐn↗] why Tazaric miss-PAS.3SG.INAN period.PL...

:con: Paatherye Speaking to a woman: क्राति थु तिल्पेज़ दू में वीरज़्तुड़ कीलियण थूसेण ऊति मोतयु? Krāti thū tilpes dū mem vīrastur kīliyan thūsen ūti mētayu ? [ˈkraːti tʰuː ˈtilpes ðuː mem viːˈrastur kiːˈli.an ˈtʰuːsen ˈuːti ˈmeːtaju] Speaking to a man: क्राति यो तिल्पेज़ दू में वीरज़्तुड़ कीलियण थू...

Salishan languages can be analyzed as having no nouns, only verbs. There are arguments against it, but i haven't read them. Honestly I'm not sure why the Salish languages always get singled out as lacking a noun/verb distinction. They definitely have syntactic nouns and verbs, it's just that roots ...

:con: Bath'aso (1) Shels drushok pħor bsħogrtshokpħuruzh Ogroko. [ʂɛls ˈdruʂɔk pˤɔr bsˤɔgʁ̩͡tʂɔkpˤuruʐ ˈɔgʁɔkɔ] POT live-2SG.ABS in hut-artificial-respecting-DAT Ogrok-GEN Surely you live in Ogrok's house. (1.1) Shels heks bezdek esht krħedstshekelizh Ogroko. [ʂɛls hɛks ˈbɛzdɛk ɛʂt kʁ̩ʕɛdstʂɛkɛlɪʐ ˈ...

:con: Anto (1) Do chiza do hute shas che ge? [tɔ ˈχit͡sa tɔ ˈhʊtʰɛ ʃas χɛ kɛ↗] 2SG live 2SG house who which in In whose house do you live? (1.1) Do de rum shas che nemmenem do ? [tɔ tɛ ɹʊm ʃas χɛ ˈnɛmmɛˌnɛm tɔ ↗] 2SG PART car who which steal-PST 2SG Whose car did you steal? (2) Do bel'om bel'om post...

:con: Utseech (1) Ich wem ejech hus lebs du? [ɪç wəm əˈjɛç huːs lɛbs du↗] in who.DAT 3SG_MASC.POSS.DAT house live.2SG 2SG.NOM In whose house do you live? (1.1) Wem ech narr ha gelaech bitgehech du? [wəm ɛç naɹː hɑ gəˈlaə̯ç bɪtˈgəhɛç du↗] who.DAT 3SG_MASC.POSS car have.2SG let.PP take_with.INF 2SG.NO...

:con: Caelian (1) Zan vportalyen Fabye bipirtin? [zan p̪ɔɾtʰaˈʎɛn ˈβabʲɛ bipʰɪɾˈtʰɪn↗] 2SG.NOM house.INN who.GEN STAT-live.2SG>3SG In whose house do you live? (1.1) Zan kalrungej Fabye sigirti? [zan kʰalrʊˈŋɛj ˈβabʲɛ ʒigɪɾˈtʰi↗] 2SG.NOM car.ACC who.GEN PST-steal.2SG>3SG Whose car did you steal? (2) ...

:con: Yélian (1) Pun pilat o'yat sa numei? [pʊn ˈpiːlɐt ɔˈʃat sa ˈnuːmɛɪ̯↗] inside house DEF_GEN-who.ACC 2SG live-2SG (1.1) Un'aélico o'yat sa yigrezei? [ʊnaˈeːlɪkoː ɔˈʃɐt sa ˈgrɛɟɛɪ̯↗] DEF_INAN-car DEF_GEN-who.ACC 2SG PST-steal-2SG (2) Pès yat sa yiogrei u'firan? [pɛs ʃɐt sa ʃiˈɔgrɛɪ̯ ʊˈɸiːrɐn↗] to...

Rest tomorrow Two years later... well. Time to revive that thread! (As all translation challenges before.) [xD] :deu: German (1) In wessen Haus wohnst du? [ʔɪn ˈvɛsn̩ haʊ̯s voːnst ˈduː↗] in whose house.DAT live.2SG 2SG.NOM A special sentence because someone has asked before: (1.1) Wessen Auto hast ...

I am currently thinking about one of my languages that is matriarchalic, so women are higher in society. Now I am imagining that it could be cool if not only the vocabulary, but also the used phones in speaking differ whether you are speaking to a female or a male. A few I had in mind contain: Pronu...

:con: Unnamed yet Il werseh diken was du ags. Pril Deušl! 1PS.SG understand-1PS.SG nothing what you say-2PS.SG. Speak-IMP English I don't understand what you're saying. Speak (unnamed yet, acutal with Deušl - German translated)! Two days later: Il waeh diken was du ags. Pril Deušl! That has changed...

How do you all structure the syntax section in your grammar descriptions? I have described the morphology and derivational morphology of all my languages widely elaboratedly, but I struggle to find an entrance into the syntax pages and therefore always have to rely on my intuition. How do you start?...

:con: Elfish सी नूगथं पयिण ब्रासेज़ गथं. Sī nūgatham payin brāses gatham. INDEF.PL.NOM DIM-cat.NOM be.3PL young.PL.NOM.FEM cat.PL सी नूगथं ओ चार कणमोयो. Sī nūgatham ē cāra kanmēyē. INDEF.PL.NOM DIM-cat.NOM have.3PL four leg प्लऐव्वि ओफिं याथै फि पयिण सी नूगथं चौमेव्वि. Plāyvi ēphim yāthay phi payin ...

Re letarai. Bai vadisvius fecun Batħaso vit aubet barcan viyd vat dipunvet ʻòtal. Pariut teʻa ianagirat radanan cet »Shels ħrontok Ogrok« (Birs sa yivitaru Ogrok) nat barcei æ'vit o'teʻat. [rɛ lɛˈtaraɪ̯. baɪ̯ ˈvadɪsˈvi.ʊs ˈɸɛkʊn batʔaso vɪt ˈaʊ̯bɛt ˈbaɾkɐn va̯iːd vɐt diˈpʊnvɛt ˈʔɔːtɐl. ˈpaɾʲʊt ˈtɛʔ...

Ratanai pi palitínó biylʻi saverdan can palan nernʻi rogourvetasan o'numasé. [raˈtanaɪ̯ pi palɪˌtiːˈno ˈba̯iːlʔi savɛrdɐn kɐn ˈpalɐn ˈnɛɾnʔi ˈrogoʊɾˌvɛtasan ɔnumaˈseː] think-1SG that language-COL have-3SG possibility for people express-3PL level-different-PL DEF_GEN-politeness I think every languag...

How can Mandarin Chinese differentiate between the perfective and the "Change of State" usage of 了 ? Because as I've just been informed the sentence 下 雨 了 Xià yǔ le. can either mean "The rain has stopped" or "It wasn't raining, but now it is", which is obviously quite o...

Crey, you've definitely got a point.
I read your post and was like "****, he's right."

I am going to have to overthink it entirely.

Anyway, thanks to you all for your help!