Language practice thread

[loglorn]

al infierno con la signo de interrogación al revés!

¿何で?

¿Why?

[DesEsseintes]

Ííyą́ą́'.
I've eaten.

(I would have said 'dinner' except my dictionary has no such entry.)

I'd say e'e'aahgo da'adánígíí for dinner. That just means 'evening meal'.

Entonces, que usas por aprender el idioma navajo? Te di un enlace a un diccionario en línea, cierto?
So, what are you using to learn Navajo? I gave you a link to an online dictionary, didn't I?

al infierno con la signo de interrogación al revés!

Sto usando "The Navaho Language" di Young e Morgan, e "The Navajo Verb" di Faltz.
I'm using "The Navaho Language" by Young and Morgan, and "The Navajo Verb" by Faltz.

Il link che m'inviasti è soltanto un indice dei temi verbali. O mi sbaglio?
The link you sent me was only an index of verb themes. Or am I wrong?

C'è un buon dizionario online?
Is there a good online dictionary?

No debería ser el signo de interrogación?

[thetha]

Il link che m'inviasti è soltanto un indice dei temi verbali. O mi sbaglio?
The link you sent me was only an index of verb themes. Or am I wrong?

Tiene sustantivos también!
It has nouns too!

No debería ser el signo de interrogación?

Sí, gracias. yo confundo siempre los géneros.
Yes, thank you. I always get the genders mixed up.

[Thrice Xandvii]

Entónces, ¿qué usas por para aprender el idioma navajo? Te di un enlace a un diccionario en línea, ¿cierto?
So, what are you using to learn Navajo? I gave you a link to an online dictionary, didn't I?

al infierno con la signo de interrogación al revés!

Por and para are difficult to master, but "para + infinitive" is a very common construction meaning "in order to V". I don't know that I've ever seen por there instead.

As for "¿"? Well, the ASCII shortcut with Alt and the numpad is 0161, and the exclamation point is 0191. On my phone it's even easier, just have to hold the question mark button and it'll pop up.

[Thrice Xandvii]

al infierno con la signo de interrogación al revés!

¿何で?

Probablemente porque no es fácil de escribirlo a máquina en todos los tipos de dispositivos.
Probably because it isn't easy to type it on all variety of devices.

[Lambuzhao]

¿Pís fangvad oscad dicest?
Quis linguā oscā dicat?
INTERR.ANIM.NOM.SG language-ABL.SG <Oscan>ABL.SG say-FUT.3SG

[Lambuzhao]

Preparo i fondamenti per una proto-lingua artificiale, che voglio usare nel progetto di collaborazione "Teles".
Però non c'è il Latino Volgare, ma una lingua Osco-Umbra.
I prepare the foundation for a proto-conlang, which I want to use in the colkaborative project "Teles".
But it's not Vulgar Latin, but an Osco-Umbrian language.

Quelle langue?? As-tu vu mon attente de reconstruire la langue Osque? C'est dans mon sig. Mais je n'ai pas travaillé sur cela pour quelques mois...
Which language?? Have you seen my attempt at reconstructing Oscan? It's in my sig. I haven worked on it in several months though...

Kanejam, tfei faamahu!
<Kanejam> 2SG.DAT call-PRS.1SG
Kanejam, tibi clamo!

Píd mais fefakís?
INTERR.INAN.ACC.SG much<COMPAR>N <PFT>make-PFT.2SG
Quid magis fecisti?

[loglorn]

Kanejam, tfei faamahu!
<Kanejam> 2SG.DAT call-PRS.1SG
Kanejam, tibi clamo!

Píd mais fefakís?
INTERR.INAN.ACC.SG much<COMPAR>N <PFT>make-PFT.2SG
Quid magis fecisti?

オスカン語だ？

That's Oscan?

ラテンが見えて違うのはびっくりさせた。

It surprised me how different from Latin it looks.

I'm rather insecure about that second phrase, is there anything too wrong with it?

[Egerius]

Kanejam, tfei faamahu!
<Kanejam> 2SG.DAT call-PRS.1SG
Kanejam, tibi clamo!

Píd mais fefakís?
INTERR.INAN.ACC.SG much<COMPAR>N <PFT>make-PFT.2SG
Quid magis fecisti?

C'è Umbro. Solo gli Umbri scrivono <faamahu> per <fāmahu>. Ed ho detto che il Proto-Umbrico discende del Proto-Avestico, che è una parodia del Proto-Indo-Europeo (con le parole a priori).
It's Umbrian. Only the Umbrians write <faamahu> for <fāmahu>. And I said that Proto-Umbric descends from Proto-Avestic, which is a parody of PIE (with a priori words).

[kanejam]

He 'hop' te kupu i rapaia e au, e mihi ana ki a koutou.
'Hop' was the word I was looking for, thanks guys.

[...]

C'è Umbro. Solo gli Umbri scrivono <faamahu> per <fāmahu>.
It's Umbrian. Only the Umbrians write <faamahu> for <fāmahu>.

Non, c'est l'osque. Les Osques écrivaient les voyelles longues plus consistentement que les Umbriens.
No, it's Oscan. The Oscans wrote long vowels more consistently than the Umbrians.

@Lam (rātou ko ngā tāngata atu i āhuareka), arumia atu te hono kei taku haina.
@Lam (and anyone else interested), follow the link in my sig.

[Dormouse559]

Non, c'est l'osque. Les Osques écrivaient les voyelles longues plus consistentement régulièrement que les Ombriens.
No, it's Oscan. The Oscans wrote long vowels more consistently than the Umbrians.

"Consistent" n'est pas un mot français, mais n'oublie pas que les adjectifs qui se terminent par "-ent/-ant" ont des formes adverbiales spéciales. Par exemple, constant > constamment, innocent > innocemment. Et les terminaisons "-amment" et "-emment" se prononcent de la même façon : /amɑ̃/.

"Consistent" isn't a French word, but remember that the adjectives ending in "-ent/-ant" have special adverb forms. For example,
constant > constamment, innocent > innocemment. And the "-amment" and "-emment" endings are pronounced the same way: /amɑ̃/.

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Un personnage dans un livre que j'ai lu il y a quelques ans s'appelle Oscan, mais je ne me suis pas rendu compte que c'était le nom d'une langue jusqu'à ce que tu commences à en parler.
A character in a book I read a few years ago is called Oscan, but I didn't realize it was the name of a language until you started studying it.

[Thakowsaizmu]

Usiku jana niliota ndoto kwa Kiswahili. Ndotoni kwangu nilizungumzia haja yangu kusoma Kichina kwa zaidi. Zungu sana.
Last night I had a dream in Swahili. In my dream I was talking about my need to study Chinese more. Weird.

[loglorn]

もう日本語で夢見たけど、何が言われたのも覚えない。
I already had a dream in Japanese, but i don't remember anything that was said.

[Pirka]

It's Umbrian. Only the Umbrians write <faamahu> for <fāmahu>. And I said that Proto-Umbric descends from Proto-Avestic, which is a parody of PIE (with a priori words).

Kas ir "indoeiropeišu pirmvalodas parodija"? Kur joks ir?
What is a "parody of PIE"? Where is the joke?

[thetha]

Usiku jana niliota ndoto kwa Kiswahili. Ndotoni kwangu nilizungumzia haja yangu kusoma Kichina kwa zaidi. Zungu sana.
Last night I had a dream in Swahili. In my dream I was talking about my need to study Chinese more. Weird.

Jamás yo soñé en otro idioma. No estoy capacitado para aprenderlos.
I've never dreamed in another language. I'm no good at learning them. :c

[Pirka]

Es esmu sapņojis tikai angļu un krievu valodās...
I have only dreamt in English and Russian...

[Trailsend]

alta na miɬayt kʰapa Vancouver pus munk-manaqʰi-skukum uk hən'q'əmin'əm' lalang. nsa wawa hayu hən'q'əmin'əm' kanawi-san, pi anqati, pus nsayka miɬayt yakwa alaxti ɬun shənti, ilip na hayu-kʰəmtəks hən'q'əmin'əm' kʰapa musum. dret ɬush-təmtəm nayka--anqati pus na chaku-kʰəmtəks xloyma lalang, ukuk chaku manaqʰi ɬawa.

At the moment I'm in Vancouver working on a language revitalization project for the "hən'q'əmin'əm'" language. We speak a ton of hən'q'əmin'əm' all day, and after we'd been here for maybe three weeks I had my first hən'q'əmin'əm dream. I was super excited--when I've done other languages, it's taken longer for that to happen.

[k1234567890y]

alta na miɬayt kʰapa Vancouver pus munk-manaqʰi-skukum uk hən'q'əmin'əm' lalang. nsa wawa hayu hən'q'əmin'əm' kanawi-san, pi anqati, pus nsayka miɬayt yakwa alaxti ɬun shənti, ilip na hayu-kʰəmtəks hən'q'əmin'əm' kʰapa musum. dret ɬush-təmtəm nayka--anqati pus na chaku-kʰəmtəks xloyma lalang, ukuk chaku manaqʰi ɬawa.

At the moment I'm in Vancouver working on a language revitalization project for the "hən'q'əmin'əm'" language. We speak a ton of hən'q'əmin'əm' all day, and after we'd been here for maybe three weeks I had my first hən'q'əmin'əm dream. I was super excited--when I've done other languages, it's taken longer for that to happen.

sehr gut. in der Welt brauchen wir mehre natürliche Sprachen.
very good, in the world we need more natural languages.

[Lao Kou]

sehr gut. in der Welt brauchen wir mehre natürliche Sprachen.
very good, in the world we need more natural languages.

"mehr" is never declined

[Trailsend]

sehr gut. in der Welt brauchen wir mehre natürliche Sprachen.
very good, in the world we need more natural languages.

我们至少不要更少的。而且，那种语言太好玩了！
At the very least we don't need any less. And anyhow, the language is a ton of fun!