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- 06 Feb 2022 20:14
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Essay instructions
- Replies: 4
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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...
- 03 Feb 2022 07:38
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: I have a moon, but I ignored it
- Replies: 10
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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...
- 01 Jan 2022 03:14
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Forum News Thread
- Replies: 108
- Views: 150942
Re: Forum News Thread
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- 29 Dec 2021 22:53
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Conworlders' religious influences on conworlds
- Replies: 201
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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...
- 27 Dec 2021 07:01
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2021
- Replies: 303
- Views: 44349
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...
- 21 Dec 2021 07:26
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2021
- Replies: 303
- Views: 44349
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 ...
- 20 Dec 2021 06:15
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2021
- Replies: 303
- Views: 44349
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...
- 16 Dec 2021 21:36
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2021
- Replies: 303
- Views: 44349
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...
- 16 Dec 2021 05:23
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2021
- Replies: 303
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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...
- 15 Dec 2021 11:14
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2021
- Replies: 303
- Views: 44349
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 ...
- 09 Dec 2021 05:56
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1110
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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...
- 07 Dec 2021 08:31
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2021
- Replies: 303
- Views: 44349
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. (...
- 05 Dec 2021 22:20
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2021
- Replies: 303
- Views: 44349
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,...
- 03 Dec 2021 07:50
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2021
- Replies: 303
- Views: 44349
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...
- 02 Dec 2021 06:44
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2021
- Replies: 303
- Views: 44349
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...
- 01 Dec 2021 21:49
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1110
- Views: 282693
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...
- 26 Nov 2021 23:31
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1679
- Views: 347731
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 "...
- 24 Nov 2021 20:00
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Forum News discussion/feedback thread
- Replies: 898
- Views: 431974
- 14 Nov 2021 06:07
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: What are you listening to/watching?
- Replies: 322
- Views: 88498
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'...
- 13 Oct 2021 18:05
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: An eleventh-degree relationship
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1523
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...