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This is a language I'm making up as I write it. A! Dis a pleja. Mi les sway dis. Ha! This is fun. I should try this. Akombabwe gbanane tusawambe! [ɐ.ko.ˈᵐba.bʷe ɠ͡ɓɐ.ˈnɐ.ne tu.sɐ.ˈwɐ.ᵐbe] a-komba-bwe gba-na-ne tusawa-mbe 3-try-INF.NOM.I be-GEN-3S.I victory-NOM.II "trying is the source of victory" JAL

linguoboy wrote:"At nearly every second" is unidiomatic IMD.

Yes, I agree, I was just doing the shoehorning to make my point :).

adverbial adjunct of time

That would be the right term, yeah :).


JAL

Hmm, you mean an AdvP or something? Nearly isn't a preposition. Mmm, I'm bad in syntax :). I assumed a headless PP (if that's a thing), since "nearly every second" feels like a PP of time ("at nearly every second"), butI probably analyse it wrong. Anyway, it doesn't make it any less garden pathy :)...

Inspired by this thread, rat rap vs. rat trap (curious to know whether anyone has affricated /tr/?)


JAL

"Nearly every second runner complains about orthopedic problems while running"

I parsed "nearly every second" as a PP and got stuck afterwards.


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hwhatting wrote:Eerst las ik "10 weken zonder slaap". Dat klonk vreselijk.

I think in this case the simple past works better.

Zehn wochen ohne schlafen? Ja, das klingt tatsächlich schrecklich!
Ten weeks without sleep? Yeah, that sounds awful indeed!


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Travis B. wrote:This is the first thing I have said in this language.

Yu sim mek losa mekop langwic.
It looks like you invent a lot of languages.


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EDIT: slight rephrase

Mi in sapos dis ya go beta mi ahti.
I don't think that would improve my health.


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Yunu in les fil specal. Sem olda yeh, pwaya yeh mi sta af kol wen Septemba, an im wil gwan op Epwil. Mi les muf som wohm lan...
Y'all shouldn't feel special. Like every year, last year I started having a cold in September, and it'll last until April. I should move to a warm country...


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Mi sit pon koc, af fi laptop pon mi lap. Mi a taya fo so. Mi a bo slip.
I'm sitting on the couch with my laptop on my lap. I'm very tired. I'm about to sleep.


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linguoboy wrote:What do you think it says?

Without checking the article, I would guess that social issues are caused by non-autistic people more often than by autistic people, or the like.


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It sim spwing taym ric. It in nof wohm jos, oba son a cayn an it a fayn.
It seems spring has arrived. It's not very warm yet, but the sun is shining and it's pleasant.


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Mi a kway taya fi lisn bo yunu tok bo dem beya an layan. A dis a olda mata yunu me tok bo dem?
I'm pretty tired of hearing y'all talk about bears and lions. Is that all you can talk about?


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Min in sahtn mi won dis ya "montan layan" ting. It sim sem troling pas gut.
I'm not sure I like this whole "mountain lion" thing. It looks too much like trolling.


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Was ik werkelijk drie weken niet hier ? I'd say something like "Ben ik hier echt drie weken niet geweest?" or "Ben ik echt drie weken weggeweest?" "werkelijk" is pretty formal, and the "niet hier" jars a bit. Also, you'd need a present perfect. Ich weiß nicht, wie lange du weg war, aber wir haben d...

Yu me fil lon ina bisi rum.
You can feel lonely in a crowded room.


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Mein Winterurlaub in Riezlern ist fast vorbei. Ich habe den lätzten Tagen mehr Deutsch gesprochen als das ganze lätzte Jahr zusammen. Es war schön auf Deutsch zu reden, aber es ist schwer, Leute gut zu verstehen. My winter holiday in Riezlern is almost over. I've spoken more German the last days th...

Swahili is like Dutch: "urefu" is both "length" and "height". Auf Niederländisch, "lang" wird angewendet für sowohl "Länge" als "Größe": Menschen sind "lang", nicht "groot" (groß)*, aber z.B. ein Turm ist "hoog" (hoch). In Dutch, "lang" (long) us used for both "length" and "height": people are "lan...

Ziz wrote:I'm 5'7'' at most on a good day

Deine Länge variiert???
Your length varies???


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It a saybaysay kol de ya no. -3°C wen nay, +5°C wen de. Oba nes wik, tempaca a go don wa, fo cans -10°C wen nay. Fo kway, mi-dem a go lef wok Oswia fi ski, an da it a go -15°C wen nay, an -5°C wen de. Kol pas nays fo ray! It's relatively cold here currently. -3°C at night, +5°C during the day. But ...

Ren u moda fi olda lif.
Rain is the mother of all life.


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Dē Graut Bʉr wrote:Tomorrow you will win.

Yu in se dis. Yu in les tok bo mata yu in se.
You don't know that. You shouldn't talk about things you don't know.


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Pwaya soma, mi-dem ple kah bahcm. It ja kway nays.
Last sommer we played a card version. It was quite nice.


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Swel bles yunu fi no cot op!
Thank y'all too for not shutting up!


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Mi swel in cot op.
I won't shut up either.


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