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by Dormouse559
02 Jul 2023 20:23
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Weird Dream Thread
Replies: 310
Views: 142170

Re: Weird Dream Thread

The plot of this dream was hard to follow, even within the dream, so I'm not totally sure what was going on, but the general premise was that the afterlife is real, and it's essentially an alternate reality invisibly occupying the same space as the world of the living. The living can enter the world...
by Dormouse559
29 Jun 2023 21:42
Forum: Translations
Topic: Three moronic sentences
Replies: 20
Views: 4944

Re: Three moronic sentences

Given the inspiration for this thread, I wonder if any resident Latinists want to translate the sentences. [:O] https://i.imgur.com/wOhuuyx.png Silvish Written standard Ki bé pas de vin î s' fe mà. REL-NOM drink.3S NEG of wine 3S.M.NOM 3REFL do.3S harm Who drinks no wine, hurts himself. Moûtiers dia...
by Dormouse559
28 Jun 2023 17:37
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Altlang Ideas Discussion
Replies: 101
Views: 26834

Re: Altlang Ideas Discussion

I was taught that -i is a reliable way of making a population from a group or state*. Ie, people from Pakistan are Pakistanis. You don't say "My neighbor is a Pakistan" you say "My neighbor is a Pakistani"...though you could say "My neighbor is an Afghan" or "My n...
by Dormouse559
27 Jun 2023 18:03
Forum: Translations
Topic: They passed down all the roads long ago...
Replies: 8
Views: 542

Re: They passed down all the roads long ago...

Ah, it looks like it's time for my once-yearly inexplicable surge of wistful The Last Unicorn nostalgia. :eng: They passed down all the roads long ago. And the Red Bull ran behind them, and covered their footsteps. Oof, baby Dormouse was so scared by this line, or the part where the unicorn remembe...
by Dormouse559
26 Jun 2023 23:16
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: False cognates
Replies: 902
Views: 325428

Re: False cognates

:eng: trousers
:fra: trousse

In the past, trousse referred to a kind of hose (nowadays, it means "kit" or "pencil case"), but English apparently got its word from Scottish Gaelic triubhas.
by Dormouse559
22 Jun 2023 18:32
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282583

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

Here's a question that I feel dumb for asking, but I couldn't find an answer with a quick search: Is the glottal stop basically our vocal apparatus's resting position? I.e. when I remain silent, is that technically a prolonged [ʔː]? Or is there actually something more going on in a "proper&quo...
by Dormouse559
11 Jun 2023 18:49
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
Replies: 881
Views: 275250

Re: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences

:cat: esports "sports" and :eng: E-Sports It took me a good while to figure out that the :cat: is supposed to be Catalan [xD] Worth noting that "e-sports" can also be spelled "esports" in English. I always read the latter in my head as someone saying "sports"...
by Dormouse559
10 Jun 2023 00:17
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Conlang Conversation Thread
Replies: 197
Views: 64320

Re: Conlang Conversation Thread

Pigre: [/b] Feu! Gummisero gõdouçe tico. Uff! I wholeheartedly sympathize with you. Raccẽde la re issa mi sesquès: Recently the same thing happened to me: iamu ñequì accedri ina siddu nendreçuja læ lingue rumansça I can no longer access a website for Rumantsch language [:'(] ¡Quæ noçivũ! How hatefu...
by Dormouse559
03 Dec 2022 10:39
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2022
Replies: 249
Views: 13434

Re: Lexember 2022

I've been having trouble coming up with new terms for the past few days, but I managed a burst just now. I even invented two extra terms while making the example sentence for Lexember 3. 1é d' leksembro sousférï [suˈfe.ʁi] v - satisfy; suffice, be enough (conflation < Lt. satisfaciō , sufficiō ) Le ...
by Dormouse559
08 Nov 2022 00:54
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Conlang Conversation Thread
Replies: 197
Views: 64320

Re: Conlang Conversation Thread

Aû lui de trasvà mui parï, on fe-t una ves̄prava desgizyéva. [ɑˈʎˑy de.tʁɑˈva mjyˈpa.ʁi | ɔ̃ɱ.fe.ty.ŋa.vɛˈpʁa.va dɛg.giˈzje.va] My dad's work has a costume party. Alyora, mi pare î 'st alâ aû trasvà desgizyê en Faûçheuze. [aˈʎˑo.ʁa | miˈpɑːʁ it.taˈlɑː ɑː.tʁɑˈva dɛg.giˈzjɛː ɛ̃ɱ.fɑˈhœːz] So my dad we...
by Dormouse559
03 Nov 2022 17:40
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Collaborative Language Family
Replies: 33
Views: 1593

Re: Collaborative Language Family?

How about this for a verb system: That looks pretty good. Could you give an example of each verb/aspect combo (just in English is fine). (To make a chart that displays properly, you'll want to align the columns based on the number of characters/spaces. This is easiest in a word processor or text ed...
by Dormouse559
03 Nov 2022 01:21
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Collaborative Language Family
Replies: 33
Views: 1593

Re: Collaborative Language Family?

I'd like to join in. It sounds like fun!
Üdj wrote: 01 Nov 2022 02:58 - Aspect, tense, or both?
Both, but with aspect predominant? Maybe tense is only marked in a certain aspect(s). For example, verbs in imperfective aspect can also mark tense, but not verbs in the perfective.
by Dormouse559
02 Nov 2022 21:24
Forum: Translations
Topic: Oaths of Strasbourg
Replies: 7
Views: 2162

Re: Oaths of Strasbourg

Hey, might be time to update this translation. The language itself has changed, but I also fiddled with certain word interpretations, certain prepositions. Maybe eventually I'll get it just right. The cist meon fradre Karlo construction in the original gave me grief the first time around, and it sti...
by Dormouse559
21 Oct 2022 06:18
Forum: Translations
Topic: Think II
Replies: 3
Views: 580

Re: Think II

https://i.imgur.com/wOhuuyx.png Silvish « Parké ke tu m' a fé férï cen ? Tu te bà pa-l agetyé mori tou lo mondo ki t' entourna ! Pensa, Mark ! Tu seurvivrà a çhas̄ke kreatura frajila y insinyefyanta desû ci planéte. Tu vivrà pa vezé ço mondo çhévre en poûse e tervolà ! Tou lo mondo e tou cen ke tu ...
by Dormouse559
01 Oct 2022 08:34
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Conlang Conversation Thread
Replies: 197
Views: 64320

Re: Conlang Conversation Thread

U·Hazırı mulıuṭkuraàx, ḷí·s ak·Haızıu sa ahà·s sám! [ˈfçɜʃɪrɪ ˈmɔɮjɯ̽kʼɯ̽rɑχ t͡ɬiz ɜkˈçəjʒɪv sɜ əˈçɑz sam] because=be.sad<1>-dur spider<3>-evid-nom.obl-conc-va however at=resting<3>-opt-dur place.obl in.opinion=that.obl 1<obl> I am sad to hear that it has spidden away, but wish it well, wherever it...
by Dormouse559
27 Sep 2022 01:48
Forum: Translations
Topic: Think
Replies: 17
Views: 5235

Re: Think

https://i.imgur.com/wOhuuyx.png Silvish Jho penso a lyi toù lo ten. [ʒəˈpɛ̃n.sə ʔaˈʎˑi ˈtu ləˈtɛ̃ŋ] 1S.NOM think-1S at 3S.F.DISJ all DEF-F.C time I think about her all the time. Jho penso / Jho krévo k' l' es tro tar. [ʒəˈpɛ̃n.sə ʒəˈkʁɛːv klɛt.tʁəˈtɑː] 1S.NOM think-1S / 1S.NOM believe-1S SBRD 3S be...
by Dormouse559
26 Sep 2022 05:29
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: False cognates
Replies: 902
Views: 325428

Re: False cognates

:eng: heriot - a payment made to a lord on the death of tenant I thought the word might be connected to heir and heritage , so ultimately from Latin heres . The TV program that used the term said a heriot allowed a family to inherit the land lease from their dead family member. Also, -ot looks like ...
by Dormouse559
26 Sep 2022 04:46
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Conlang Conversation Thread
Replies: 197
Views: 64320

Re: Conlang Conversation Thread

Taràkıá muhkuẓârazíma Uraḳsusı mukúlıuṭ! [təˈrɑkja mɯ̽çkɯ̽ˈt͡ʃarɑʒim ˈvrɜŋzɯ̽zɪ mɯ̽ˈkuɮjɯ̽ʔ] support<1.3>-dur-v2a learn<3.3>-try.to-nom.pat-inch-va French<pat> spider<that-agt> I support that spider's work towards learning French! Ḷí·s, Xmuàxı ǐtlırıràrrǎzımr làlìthıḷ. Je spide, tu spides, nous spi...
by Dormouse559
22 Sep 2022 05:23
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Conlang Conversation Thread
Replies: 197
Views: 64320

Re: Conlang Conversation Thread

Y a-t una grant' aranye nérye dyen mi çhambre, prê dî livro d' las konjheiyélye françéza ! [ja.ty.ŋa.gʁɑ̃n.taˈʁɑːɲ ˈnɛːʁj ˈdjɛ̃ŋ miˈhɑ̃m.bʁə | ˈpʁɛː diˈli.vʁə dlɑk.kɔ̃n.ʒəˈjɛːʎ fʁɑ̃ˈʃe.za] There's a big black spider in my room, near the book of French conjugations! [D:] L' es bravo k' l' es̄tuiyï l...
by Dormouse559
20 Sep 2022 07:06
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: (EE) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 751
Views: 455676

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

I've been slowly drafting the opening post for a thread on natural sign languages, trying to summarize everything I've learned so far, as well as listing some resources and such things. But it's already six pages - over 3000 words long. Is that too much? Not at all. As long you can keep things stra...