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by eodrakken
Thu Mar 03, 2011 4:43 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Verdurian names
Replies: 30
Views: 10033

Re: Verdurian names

Iosif Iosifei Etaldey

My family name actually refers to uncultivated land, but I couldn't find a way to express that, so I went with "plain", which is at least not necessarily cultivated. I'm sure we've done this before but I can't remember what I came up with then.
by eodrakken
Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:40 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Invent an Idiom
Replies: 362
Views: 78802

Re: Invent an Idiom

an Einstein; a genius Tirase: Bezonbé te bólkilume sog biroló po Om . lit. "He doesn't need a dictionary when he talks to God". God, of course, speaks the classical language Kulae, widely believed to be learnable only by intelligent people. Only a genius would be confident enough in the language to...
by eodrakken
Mon Jan 24, 2011 5:05 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Invent an Idiom
Replies: 362
Views: 78802

Re: Invent an Idiom

Trailsend wrote:Next: A sudden stroke of inspiration
Tirase: E goví símal sog omúle, lit. "And then I saw the noontime sun". Tir often experiences heavy fog in the morning that clears up around noon, yielding a sunny sky.


next: making wild claims without anything to back it up
by eodrakken
Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:09 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 783973

Re: Lexicon Building

Tirase:

omúli adj. 1) high. 2) alert, watchful, vigilant. Etym. Kulae hoimúlie "high". Later sense of "watchful" is from the concept of a lookout being on high ground or a tower.


next: promise
by eodrakken
Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:01 am
Forum: C&C Archive
Topic: Infinitival predicates (kind of a TC, but not really)
Replies: 16
Views: 4627

Re: Infinitival predicates (kind of a TC, but not really)

How about in cases which, in English, are ambiguous? Like the following: John asked Martin to go early. Who's the subject of "to go" there: John or Martin? Can your language disambiguate between the two grammatically? I'd never realized this was ambiguous in English. I always figured it was the sam...
by eodrakken
Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:29 pm
Forum: C&C Archive
Topic: Infinitival predicates (kind of a TC, but not really)
Replies: 16
Views: 4627

Re: Infinitival predicates (kind of a TC, but not really)

In Tirase, there's a closed class of verbs that can take infinitive complements, most of which express aspect or mood, though not all. The infinitive complement is limited to having the same subject as the matrix clause. John kab tét-an su famárred John want[3sg] eat-INF the cake John wants to eat t...
by eodrakken
Tue Jan 18, 2011 5:50 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Invent an Idiom
Replies: 362
Views: 78802

Re: Invent an Idiom

cybrxkhan wrote:to strongly hate somebody or something
Tirase: Lid vi pésil kil nu lésro! lit. "He/she really scratches my ears!" The idea is that the very sound of the person's voice is painful for you to hear.


next: raining very hard
by eodrakken
Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:16 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Polyglottal Telephone XI
Replies: 124
Views: 18728

Re: Polyglottal Telephone XI

I liked how wise turned into white. I seem to be responsible for turning pavilion into flag, but this here crappy online Romanian-English dictionary said that flag was one of the potential translations for the word, and I definitely do not speak Romanian so I had no idea. 8) "Flag" is a possible se...
by eodrakken
Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:54 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Invent an Idiom
Replies: 362
Views: 78802

Re: Invent an Idiom

Next: annoyingly fond of someone Tirase: Rámam meríb , lit. "The puppy is thirsty". The image is of a puppy pestering its mother for milk, and refers to a person who annoyingly seeks attention from someone they like. Also rámam ki meríb "thirsty puppy", etc. next: bringing up a topic that has becom...
by eodrakken
Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:33 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Invent an Idiom
Replies: 362
Views: 78802

Re: Invent an Idiom

Great idea for a thread! Next: something very repulsive Tirase: mópluke ov su fúne , lit. "a whale on the beach". From a historical event where a whale washed up on the island and began to rot before it could be completely eaten/removed by animals or people, causing an overpowering stench. The idiom...
by eodrakken
Mon Jan 10, 2011 12:16 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 783973

Re: Lexicon Building

Tirase:

gis m. type, kind, class, category. (Kulae ekúnthi "family")


next: soon
by eodrakken
Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:01 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 783973

Re: Lexicon Building

Tirase:

úmirke, umírke m. practicality. (Compounding of the common phrase um írke "useful possibility", i.e. "practicality". Considered incorrect as a compound by some speakers.)


next: glittering, sparkling
by eodrakken
Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:46 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Cutesy verb conjugations
Replies: 24
Views: 7931

Re: Cutesy verb conjugations

But Japanese goes farther; e.g. Suzuki describes a woman talking to her own daughter holding a child, patting the seat next to her on the train and saying Mama, koko ni irasshai! "Mama, come here!" She was naming her daughter from the point of view of the child, who wasn't even being addressed. Thi...
by eodrakken
Thu Dec 30, 2010 4:07 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Sociolinguistics?
Replies: 4
Views: 1585

Re: Sociolinguistics?

The opinions of ZBB regulars on which sociolinguistics books are worth reading and which are crap can be found via Google? Wow!
by eodrakken
Tue Dec 28, 2010 9:57 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 783973

Re: Lexicon Building

Tirase

fílbasil vt. discard, abandon. (Kulae pháelipathoel < pháelipatho "brain", lit. "soft part of the head". Referred to discarding of livestock brains, which were considered the primary inedible part of most animals.)


next: agree
by eodrakken
Sun Dec 26, 2010 3:26 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 783973

Re: Lexicon Building

Tirase:

skévge adj. sudden, abrupt. (Kulae théphikun "hurrying" < théphite "hurry".)


next: ripe
by eodrakken
Fri Dec 17, 2010 4:59 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Polyglottal Telephone XI
Replies: 124
Views: 18728

Re: Polyglottal Telephone XI

Question! How do I translate? Do I translate literally even if it makes no sense (only grammatical sense but no contextual sense). Or do I attempt to make perfect contextual sense out of even it means altering something? I translated what it actually said, not what I thought it should say (or proba...
by eodrakken
Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:17 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Polyglottal Telephone XI
Replies: 124
Views: 18728

Re: Polyglottal Telephone XI

Fair enough. Maybe I'm just not a particularly good judge of how long it'll take people. I just tried to make it about the same length as previous years' texts have been. I think the time you allowed is fine. I'm sure not everyone will be able to get to it right away, and it's probably better to al...
by eodrakken
Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:41 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Polyglottal Telephone XI
Replies: 124
Views: 18728

Re: Polyglottal Telephone XI

Oh don't worry, I wasn't racing, that was just how long it took me. The text isn't very long and there were only a couple of things I didn't understand on the first read-through. (Um, I hope. I guess I'll find out at the end.)
by eodrakken
Wed Dec 15, 2010 1:11 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Polyglottal Telephone XI
Replies: 124
Views: 18728

Re: Polyglottal Telephone XI

Okay, done and sent. Go Team A!
by eodrakken
Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:54 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Polyglottal Telephone XI
Replies: 124
Views: 18728

Re: Polyglottal Telephone XI

I got the text from Ulrike. I'll get on it tomorrow, yay!
by eodrakken
Mon Dec 13, 2010 12:13 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 783973

Re: Lexicon Building

Soap wrote:Top point of the sky, directly overhead (English has a word for this but I dont remember it right this minute)
Zenith?
by eodrakken
Sat Dec 11, 2010 3:15 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 783973

Re: Lexicon Building

Tirase:

frebuló [vrɛbuˈlo] f. respect, deference. (Kulae philepulóm, nominalization of philépuel "to respect" < Proto-Nuelic *piláipʷ, haplology of *pilailáipʷ "close-eyes")


next: lever
by eodrakken
Thu Dec 09, 2010 4:57 pm
Forum: C&C Archive
Topic: Transplanting (Starting over, but not quite)
Replies: 45
Views: 8979

Re: Transplanting (Starting over, but not quite)

Magic is a delicate subject: well done, magic can be a beautiful, elegant and meaningful addition to any setting. often it's just technology with another name. [I just closed a game where someone actually used the phrase 'supply teleporter']. if you want mundane magic, good, but I personally think ...
by eodrakken
Tue Dec 07, 2010 4:59 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 783973

Re: Lexicon Building

Tirase: sóluze m. 1 bow (weapon). 2 arch, archway. 3 rainbow. 4 trajectory, arcing path a projectile takes through the air. (Kulae sólusos "bow (weapon)") ex. Sóluze si zus is vróni te tóro. Lu révol, kulbál. trajectory of.the.M throwing_knife be(3SG) bad of little_bit // your window / sorry The tra...