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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 26 Jun 2023 23:16
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False cognates
- Replies: 902
- Views: 325428
Re: False cognates
trousers
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.
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.
- 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...
- 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"...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 03 Nov 2022 01:21
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Collaborative Language Family
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1593
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...