Elcuin:
èryaëya dibèrdesetìllet tirea sië
erya=eya di=berd-eset-ill-et tir-ea sill-ye
1pl.nom=1pl.acc for=drink-one_who-VBZ-1p.PRES wine-ACC.sing PRO_VERB-INF.PRES
"We made ourselves drinkers (boozers) by doing it (drinking) with wine"
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- 17 Mar 2016 17:28
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: We get drunk by drinking wine.
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8797
- 16 Mar 2016 23:31
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Yay or Nay? [2011–2018]
- Replies: 2876
- Views: 449288
Re: Yay or Nay?
While I was messing with syntax I came up with this idea: let verbs absorb the preposition of a noun, making that noun a grammatical object (thus allowing two objects in a sentence). This would make possible two distinct passive forms (a bit alike the two passive forms of the double accusative in En...
- 05 Mar 2016 19:21
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: Idea of a language
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4138
Re: Idea of a language
If you want a "the most information in the littlest space" language, I'd suggest you to take a peek at Ithkuil
You could steal something from it
Your language looks so auxlang-ish, however. I wouldn't really suggest it for a videogame, but it's up to you
You could steal something from it
Your language looks so auxlang-ish, however. I wouldn't really suggest it for a videogame, but it's up to you
- 27 Feb 2016 16:54
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Do you have a rock in your pocket?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 7597
Re: Do you have a rock in your pocket?
:eng: : Do you have a rock in your pocket? No? Then you lose... :ita: : Hai una roccia in tasca? No? Allora hai perso... have-PRES.IND.2sg a rock-sg in pocket no then lose-PAST.IND.2sg Have a rock in pocket? No? Then you lost... :con: Elcuin: al racrea icera Lartomot? alco icera? cyed cadera... al r...
- 27 Feb 2016 14:21
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: Difference between /kʷ/ and /kw/
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7402
Re: Difference between /kʷ/ and /kw/
I think now I've understood the main difference between /kʷ/ and /kw/(even if, as Ephraim said, it can be broad). Pronouncing /k/ before /ɯ/ or before /u/ (differing only in roundedness) will result in different /k/ sounds. The former would be [kɯ], the latter [k̩ʷ̩]~[kʷu] Then, adding another vowel...
- 26 Feb 2016 17:38
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: I am not a cactus
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10012
Re: I am not a cactus
:eng: : I am not a cactus. I need water to survive. :con: Elcuin: o cactus co naya. imadea fem a eandye. ACC cactus not be-1sg-PRES water-ACC.sg have_to-2sg-PRES to survive-PRES-INF The orthography of loan words is kept (and special prepositions are put to prevent their declension), they would prono...
- 26 Feb 2016 17:08
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: The random Wikipedia article challenge
- Replies: 91
- Views: 24679
Re: The random Wikipedia article challenge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notgonnachange :eng: In line with the album theme, Corinne Drewery also grew out her hair from her trademark bob which had become a visual signature for their early years. :con: Elcuin Amu Herillomi la album Corinne Drewery ner Lerela di omerac nubac Lerenc na innam sya...
- 23 Feb 2016 19:28
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: What will not kill you makes you stronger.
- Replies: 64
- Views: 32612
Re: What will not kill you makes you stronger.
Elcuin (still working on it)
nara co rencyehi sihi iri arcarsa.
na-ra co renc-ye-hi si-hi ir-i arca-rsa
that-all not kill-INF.PRES-you.ACC it.NOM-you.ACC make-PRES.3 strong-COMP.ACC
nara co rencyehi sihi iri arcarsa.
na-ra co renc-ye-hi si-hi ir-i arca-rsa
that-all not kill-INF.PRES-you.ACC it.NOM-you.ACC make-PRES.3 strong-COMP.ACC
- 15 Feb 2016 17:21
- Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
- Topic: Italiano | Italian Conversation Thread
- Replies: 46
- Views: 62123
Re: Italiani
Ci sono anche io nel gruppo
L'Italiano con solo due pagine di thread fa pena. Riattiviamolo insieme o mi ritroverò a fare degli immensi soliloqui con me stesso
L'Italiano con solo due pagine di thread fa pena. Riattiviamolo insieme o mi ritroverò a fare degli immensi soliloqui con me stesso
- 12 Feb 2016 20:37
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Romanizing ɑ
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4748
Re: Romanizing ɑ
romanizing the contrast between /e/ and /ɛ/ and between /o/ and /ɔ/. As an Italian, I always use è /ɛ/ and é /e/, ò /ɔ/ and ó /o/. Funny thing is, even though ó is used in Italian when clarifying the pronounciation (for example in dictionaries), it doesn't appear on keyboards and I have to copypast...
- 12 Feb 2016 10:46
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Alternative Phonetic Alphabet proposal
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3158
Re: Alternative Phonetic Alphabet proposal
Wow, that was a lot ANADEW... especially Visible Speech
I share a lot with its vowel system, with consonants Visible Speech is clearer but more incomplete, and has to use a lot of inner, outer, close, open
But yep, ANADEW at its finest (or rather APhoneticAlphabetADEW)
I share a lot with its vowel system, with consonants Visible Speech is clearer but more incomplete, and has to use a lot of inner, outer, close, open
But yep, ANADEW at its finest (or rather APhoneticAlphabetADEW)
- 11 Feb 2016 15:48
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Alternative Phonetic Alphabet proposal
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3158
Alternative Phonetic Alphabet proposal
Why? For fun and to be able to get the height+backness (or place+manner of articulation) of a phoneme just remembering its shape. Mostly for fun. How does it work? Vowels: http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/18/06/97/01/vowel10.png Consonants: I've created a system which can hold up to 200 consonants (voi...
- 08 Feb 2016 07:52
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: Difference between /kʷ/ and /kw/
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7402
Difference between /kʷ/ and /kw/
Simple as that. How do I distinguish /kʷ/ and /kw/? Or how do I distinguish between /t͡s/ and /ts/, and affricates vs. clusters in general? All of my teachers think Italian still pronounces <qu> graphemes /kʷ/ as in Latin, but I've never seen the IPA of an Italian text using that instead of /kw/ My ...
- 31 Jan 2016 21:15
- Forum: Teach & Share
- Topic: Tarquesta Quenya case system is possible!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4452
Re: Tarquesta Quenya case system is possible!
Languages like Latin and German, while they do still make a nominative/accusative distinction, have neutralised it for a lot of nouns. That's what I was going to say. In Latin nominative and accusative always coincide with neuter nouns, and often coincide in the plural NOM and ACC of plural feminin...
- 31 Jan 2016 18:55
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Yay or Nay? [2011–2018]
- Replies: 2876
- Views: 449288
Re: Yay or Nay?
The language is spoken, but the capital letter thing can only be conveyed in the written languagefelipesnark wrote:How would you pronounce a capital letter? Or is your language not spoken?
- 31 Jan 2016 17:58
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Yay or Nay? [2011–2018]
- Replies: 2876
- Views: 449288
Re: Yay or Nay?
In Elcuin currently a capital letter on a relative pronoun marks a restrictive phrase, and, on a noun, works as a determinative article.
Should I make it a spoken thing instead? (like, by adding a suffix or whatever marking a restriction in meaning, eg. <car>=a chair, <carna>=the chair)
Should I make it a spoken thing instead? (like, by adding a suffix or whatever marking a restriction in meaning, eg. <car>=a chair, <carna>=the chair)