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masako wrote:
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BTW, just an aside, you should have used the verb habek instead of amek...amek denotes more of a romantic notion.
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zau vu vejo ielos eni xu mo vexi ilia guui
not.know NOM.2s.ICS TOP.C be.emotion DAT.1s.ICS NOM.3s.INAN.DEF be.what TOP.3s.INAN.DEF be.speech COP-GEN.2s.ICS
You have no idea what I feel for your language.

ttu zuo hue mulas eni xu ilia kala lo mie
seem NOM.C be.more be.liked DAT.1s.ICS NOM.3s.INAN.DEF be.speech be.fire ADV but
I think I prefer Kala though.
Spoiler:
Kala in Ngolu means 'fire' (NOM is fire that burns ACC, lit by CAU), so the name of your language is like 'fire language' or 'fire speech'.
Glossing Abbreviations: COMP = comparative, C = complementiser, ACS / ICS = accessible / inaccessible, GDV = gerundive, SPEC / NSPC = specific / non-specific, AG = agent, E = entity (person, animal, thing)
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Imralu wrote:
zau vu vejo ielos eni xu mo vexi ilia guui
not.know NOM.2s.ICS TOP.C be.emotion DAT.1s.ICS NOM.3s.INAN.DEF be.what TOP.3s.INAN.DEF be.speech COP-GEN.2s.ICS
You have no idea what I feel for your language.

ttu zuo hue mulas eni xu ilia kala lo mie
seem NOM.C be.more be.liked DAT.1s.ICS NOM.3s.INAN.DEF be.speech be.fire ADV but
I think I prefer Kala though.
Spoiler:
Kala in Ngolu means 'fire' (NOM is fire that burns ACC, lit by CAU), so the name of your language is like 'fire language' or 'fire speech'.
Toch abske le Pljætt iln Ájnilizhadegårenny?
why have.PRES.IND.SING.M article.M.SING.NOM language.NOM.SING your.NOM.SING.MASC capital.letter.NOM.PLUR-art.indef.PLUR.NOT.-NOT
Why doesn't you language have capital letters?

By the way: another glossing question. It's about possessive determiners.
le Ximä iln (your shoe, masc.; Ximä (shoe) is a masculine word)
le Ximä dun (your shoe, fem.; Ximä (shoe) is a masculine word)
le Ílaveg ilnt (your garden, masc.; Ílaveg (garden) is a masculine word)
le Ílaveg dunna (your garden, fem.; Ílaveg (garden) is a masculine word)
How do you gloss this?
A few years, I posted about Bløjhvåtterskyll. That's Barmish nowadays, and it's quite different from back then.
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J_from_Holland wrote:Toch abske le Pljætt iln Ájnilizhadegårenny?
why have.PRES.IND.SING.M article.M.SING.NOM language.NOM.SING your.NOM.SING.MASC capital.letter.NOM.PLUR-art.indef.PLUR.NOT.-NOT
Why doesn't your language have capital letters?
Xue mue zara nu xi lo jehe izi mekualombo, mie tizo zara nu lo zola ixi voneme.
be.also be.able write NOM.1s.ICS ACC.3s.INAN.DEF ADV use ACC.3p.INAN.SPEC be.letter-AUG, but be.PRF-be.PROG write NOM.1s.ICS ACC.3p.INAN.DEF be.phoneme
I can also write with capital letters, but until now I've been writing only the phonemes.
J_from_Holland wrote:By the way: another glossing question. It's about possessive determiners.
le Ximä iln (your shoe, masc.; Ximä (shoe) is a masculine word)
le Ximä dun (your shoe, fem.; Ximä (shoe) is a masculine word)
le Ílaveg ilnt (your garden, masc.; Ílaveg (garden) is a masculine word)
le Ílaveg dunna (your garden, fem.; Ílaveg (garden) is a masculine word)
How do you gloss this?
I'm not sure. What is the difference between 'iln', 'dun', 'ilnt' and 'dunna'? I'm guessing 'iln' and 'ilnt' are used with feminine possessors (ie., when you're speaking to a woman or girl) and 'dun' and 'dunna' with masculine possessors, but I can't work out what the difference between all of them is.
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Imralu wrote:
J_from_Holland wrote:Toch abske le Pljætt iln Ájnilizhadegårenny?
why have.PRES.IND.SING.M article.M.SING.NOM language.NOM.SING your.NOM.SING.MASC capital.letter.NOM.PLUR-art.indef.PLUR.NOT.-NOT
Why doesn't your language have capital letters?
Xue mue zara nu xi lo jehe izi mekualombo, mie tizo zara nu lo zola ixi voneme.
be.also be.able write NOM.1s.ICS ACC.3s.INAN.DEF ADV use ACC.3p.INAN.SPEC be.letter-AUG, but be.PRF-be.PROG write NOM.1s.ICS ACC.3p.INAN.DEF be.phoneme
I can also write with capital letters, but until now I've been writing only the phonemes.
J_from_Holland wrote:By the way: another glossing question. It's about possessive determiners.
le Ximä iln (your shoe, masc.; Ximä (shoe) is a masculine word)
le Ximä dun (your shoe, fem.; Ximä (shoe) is a masculine word)
le Ílaveg ilnt (your garden, masc.; Ílaveg (garden) is a masculine word)
le Ílaveg dunna (your garden, fem.; Ílaveg (garden) is a masculine word)
How do you gloss this?
I'm not sure. What is the difference between 'iln', 'dun', 'ilnt' and 'dunna'? I'm guessing 'iln' and 'ilnt' are used with feminine possessors (ie., when you're speaking to a woman or girl) and 'dun' and 'dunna' with masculine possessors, but I can't work out what the difference between all of them is.
The other way around. [:)]
Iln, dun, ilnt and dunna all mean 'your', but:
Iln and dun are used for masculine words
Ilnt and dunna are used for feminine words
Iln and ilnt are used when speaking to a man or boy
Dun and dunna are used when speaking to a woman or girl
Why???
In Bløjhvåtterskyll there's more difference between masculine and feminine (there are two I's, mi (M) and ma (F), two yous, il (M) and (F), etc.) AND there's a difference between masculine and feminine words.
A few years, I posted about Bløjhvåtterskyll. That's Barmish nowadays, and it's quite different from back then.
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J_from_Holland wrote:
Imralu wrote:
J_from_Holland wrote:By the way: another glossing question. It's about possessive determiners.
le Ximä iln (your shoe, masc.; Ximä (shoe) is a masculine word)
le Ximä dun (your shoe, fem.; Ximä (shoe) is a masculine word)
le Ílaveg ilnt (your garden, masc.; Ílaveg (garden) is a feminine word)
le Ílaveg dunna (your garden, fem.; Ílaveg (garden) is a feminine word)
How do you gloss this?
I'm not sure. What is the difference between 'iln', 'dun', 'ilnt' and 'dunna'? I'm guessing 'iln' and 'ilnt' are used with feminine possessors (ie., when you're speaking to a woman or girl) and 'dun' and 'dunna' with masculine possessors, but I can't work out what the difference between all of them is.
The other way around. [:)]
Iln, dun, ilnt and dunna all mean 'your', but:
Iln and dun are used for masculine words
Ilnt and dunna are used for feminine words
Iln and ilnt are used when speaking to a man or boy
Dun and dunna are used when speaking to a woman or girl
Why???
In Bløjhvåtterskyll there's more difference between masculine and feminine (there are two I's, mi (M) and ma (F), two yous, il (M) and (F), etc.) AND there's a difference between masculine and feminine words.
So, I guess maybe ...

iln = 2s.M.GEN.M
ilnt = 2s.M.GEN.F
dun = 2s.F.GEN.M
dunna = 2s.F.GEN.F

... or you could replace 'GEN' with 'POS' depending on what you're calling it. That's how I would do it but maybe someone else has a better idea.
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di techunda geer shi ŋan ùtoo.
I'm riding a horse through the field.
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Re: Conlang Conversation Thread

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Imralu wrote:
So, I guess maybe ...

iln = 2s.M.GEN.M
ilnt = 2s.M.GEN.F
dun = 2s.F.GEN.M
dunna = 2s.F.GEN.F

... or you could replace 'GEN' with 'POS' depending on what you're calling it. That's how I would do it but maybe someone else has a better idea.
Yeah, I call them possessive determiners.
A few years, I posted about Bløjhvåtterskyll. That's Barmish nowadays, and it's quite different from back then.
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Teddy wrote:di techunda geer shi ŋan ùtoo.
I'm riding a horse through the field.
Ha tiaia lo zara vu exi ties azi hendi?
be.Q do.that2 ADV write NOM.2s.ICS DAT.3s.INAN.DEF be.this1 INS.3s.SPEC.DEF be.mobile.phone
Did you do that while writing here on your mobile phone?
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huŋ. di huŋ vèe ŋara na gusin.
No. I didn't actually do that. :0
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ta'etla muyane
You should do it...
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Ahe, xue kue zelivi.
Yes, and take a selfie!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdemFfbS5H0

Swedish actually had a word for selfie years before the English term appeared, but it seems it has been forgotten and replaced by most speakers by now already... :mrred:
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Ēmawake le yume olan lim selipi ūni
emawake TOP exist word none 'selfie' SEMBL
There's no Emawake word for selfie

E susu, tun
and hello every
Also, hello everyone :3
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kka tieuas eutaia
be.not be.worthy.of.thanks VOC-Earth
You're welcome, world!

Selfie is a totally normal word for us. We've been using it for years. You can just put -ie or -o on things and people will understand it. Originally, as I used to use it, it could generally be applied to anything done you've done by yourself, so, for example, if you cut your hair yourself, you might say. "Yeah, me haircut's a bit shit, but it was a selfie so you know how it is, cunt. Let's swing by the bottlo on the way out and get a couple of roadies.
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Fleur wrote:Ēmawake le yume olan lim selipi ūni
emawake TOP exist word none 'selfie' SEMBL
There's no Emawake word for selfie

E susu, tun
and hello every
Also, hello everyone :3
jalo ui evu vala
receive ACC.2s.ICS VOC.2s.ICS be.Fleur
Welcome, Fleur!

te zuos atia vu
be.good NOM.C be.there2 NOM.2s.ICS
It's good to have you here.

xeva valos eni xu emauake
be.seen be.interesting DAT.1s.ICS NOM.3s.INAN.DEF Emawake
Emawake looks interesting.

kue hue bara
be.JUSS be.COMP be.much
Moar!
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Imralu wrote:Ahe, xue kue zelivi.
Yes, and take a selfie!
Fleur wrote:Ēmawake le yume olan lim selipi ūni
There's no Emawake word for selfie.
Cha géarthnunsan, içteshtanö seth lav „bös fel” (dhökfedhelen) gvargön sho, seth lav sa „felsölönsat” ven.
DEF Géarthnuns-INSTR, after-CONJ 3SG-NOM AUX.PRES.IMPERS „PTCL-PRESPRF.REFL depict” (photograph) be.such PTCL, 3SG-NOM AUX.PRES.IMPERS INDEF „depict.REFL.PRESPRF.PTPL”-ACC have
In Géarthnuns, after one has "depicted" (photographed) oneself, one has a "selfie".

Shahövegs lav „selfíladhsöit” ngamath, de seth lav, gü sa „felsölöns” la söitöik jebra'u hauzdozh sho, övaz.
no.one-NOM.NEG AUX.PRES.IMPERS „selfie-ACC.NEG” say, but 3SG-NOM AUX.PRES.IMPERS, CONJ INDEF „selfie-NOM” AUX.PRES 3SG-DAT almost-ADV resemble-SPEC PTCL, think
No one says "selfie", but they think that "felsölöns" almost resembles it.
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ena nye yomaye ke amyako nayo kupa muhemya
I am saddened because yesterday my friend died.
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I do not mean this literally...I am trying out figurative speech in Kala.
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dutēyaḷa ŋar tan [:'(]
/ɗɯ.tʰæ:.jɑ.lˁɑ ŋɑɻ tʰɑn/

My stomach hurts [:'(]
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Thakowsaizmu wrote:dutēyaḷa ŋar tan [:'(]
My stomach hurts. [:'(]
Sí la öçkek se römbíöfaulínérhíthset ngrheshethet ba auz höman? [:)]
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1SG-NOM AUX.PRES 2SG-DAT INDEF mustard.poultice-ACC nice-ACC PTCL fetch shall-INTERR
Shall I get you a nice mustard poultice?
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이마 나 아갸
ima na akya
/iˈmaː na aˈkʲa/
now 1sg be.awake
I am awake now.
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