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by Christopher Schröder
Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:25 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 813864

Re: Lexicon Building

Next: fall asleep / go to sleep Kàmo: kaípaiska - to begin sleeping; go to sleep Next word: airship Illyrian — Luftbied [lʉf'biə̯d] (n.n.) — Airship ( Luft "Air" + Bied "Ship") Luft [lʉft] (n.m.) — Air, Sky (CGmc *luftuz ) Bied [biə̯d] (n.n.) — Ship, Craft (CGmc *baidan , cf Eng. Boat , Ger, Du Boo...
by Christopher Schröder
Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:30 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 771614

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Whiese ?
['ʍiə̯.za]
Whose?
by Christopher Schröder
Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:04 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 813864

Re: Lexicon Building

Illyrian — ollen ['ɒl.ɪn] (v.t.) — to better, to improve (CGmc *wol- , cf Ger Wohl , the Shortening is unexplained, but perhaps on Analogy with *wel- ; see also oll (adj.) — "improved, bettered", olly "better, with Improvement") betten ['bɛt.ɪn] (v.t.) — to get better, to recover (CGmc bet- , cf. be...
by Christopher Schröder
Thu Aug 02, 2012 7:30 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 813864

Re: Lexicon Building

Next: native; to be native Kala - 사리 - sali - [ʃa:li] - native; person from a particular place next: within a definite time or space Illyrian — thier [ðiə̯] (adv.) — there, then, at that Time (CGmc. *thær ) theirdaath [ðiə̯dɑːt] (adv.) — then, at that Time ( their "then, there" + thaat "Time, Insta...
by Christopher Schröder
Thu Aug 02, 2012 7:16 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 771614

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Ij grove ittes.
[iː 'gɾɒ.va 'ɪt.ɪz]
I have some.
by Christopher Schröder
Wed Aug 01, 2012 10:32 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Creativity of the day
Replies: 1704
Views: 336352

Re: Creativity of the day

I think I might perforate it with the Word "CANCELLED" in a noticeable Way, but not so noticeable that it can't be kept as a nice Souvenir of the Trip.
by Christopher Schröder
Tue Jul 31, 2012 7:43 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The Innovative Usage Thread
Replies: 2452
Views: 430683

Re: The Innovative Usage Thread

sarcasmo wrote:Anyway, the past participial form of sneak is too confusing. I propose sneak>snought, following seek>sought.
That doesn't quite work — ea implies [ei] in some Dialects — so it would have to be sneak > snoke on the Pattern of break > broke.
by Christopher Schröder
Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:44 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 771614

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Imralu wrote:
sano wrote:
Imralu wrote:Cau i dze dace biá.
everybody PRED NEG need anything
"Nobody needs anything."
heua ma ina ka
oxygen CONJ food Q
What about air and food?
Uán i dze dac cuá lau.
1p.INC PRED NEG need.to stay alive
"We don't need to stay alive."
Rhijhietes !
['ʁiː'hi̯ə.tɪz]
Lies!
by Christopher Schröder
Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:45 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 771614

Re: Help your conlang fluency

sano wrote:
Jipí wrote:Image
uatla nihamha
That's very nice!
So sindet it !
[sou̯ 'sɪn.dɪt ɪt]
So it is!

Ij kemme even schreevind ien Tunnerhenguier !
[iː 'kɛm.a 'ɛv.ɪn 'ʃɾeːv.ɪnd iə̯n 'tʉn.ɪ.ʁɛŋ'giə̯]
I've just written a Tongue-Twister!
by Christopher Schröder
Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:06 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 813864

Re: Lexicon Building

Chagen wrote:Next: equation
Illyrian:
Eckelement (nm) ['ɛk.ɪ.lɪ.mɪnt] — Equation (eckel "equal" + -(i)ment, used often to derive Nouns from Verbs, from Old French)
eckel (adj) ['ɛk.ɪl] — equal (Lat. aequalis)

Next Word: derivative (when referring to creative Works, generally derisively)
by Christopher Schröder
Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:40 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 771614

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Thotes Ludes auvrileeven beu Rien.
['ðou̯.tɪz 'lyː.dɪz ɑu̯vrɪleːvɪn bøː ɾiə̯n]
Dead People live on nothing.
by Christopher Schröder
Sun Jul 29, 2012 10:23 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 670837

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

Flower: ['flæu̯wəɹ]
Flour: ['flæu̯.wəɹ]
Flier: ['flaɪ̯.jəɹ]
Flayer: ['fleɪ̯.jəɹ]
Flair: [flɛɹ]
Floor: [flɔɹ]
Flora: ['flɔɹ.ə]
by Christopher Schröder
Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:24 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 813864

Re: Lexicon Building

2-4 wrote:Next word: rain
Illyrian:
Rein (n.n.) — Rain
rennen (v.) — to rain

Next Word: inappropriate, offensive
by Christopher Schröder
Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:50 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 813864

Re: Lexicon Building

constellation Illyrian: Sternesclutte (n.f.) ['stɛə̯.nɨz'klʉ.ta] — Constellation (literally "Star Cloud", Sterne "Star" + Clutte "Cloud") Sterne (n.f.) ['stɛə̯.na] — Star (CGmc *sternōn ) Clutte (n.f.) [klʉ.ta] — Cloud, Veil, Shroud (CGmc *cluddōn ) Next Word: order, put into Order, organise
by Christopher Schröder
Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:42 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 670837

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

Iron ['ɑɪ̯.əɹn]
Magnesium [mæg'niː.zi̯əm]
Copper ['kʰɑp.əɹ]
Aluminum [ə'lju.mɨn.əm]
Titanium [tʰaɪ'tei̯.ni̯əm]
Gold [gou̯ld]
Silver ['sɪɫ.vəɹ]

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Linux ['lɪn.ɨks]
by Christopher Schröder
Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:22 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 771614

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Ech turste, end Ech hungre so
[eː 'tʏə̯.sta ɛnd eː 'hʉŋ.gra sou̯]
I'm thirsty, and I'm hungry, too.

Mettithaat !
['mɛt.ɪ'θɑːt]
Lunchtime!
by Christopher Schröder
Mon Jul 23, 2012 5:51 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: What Do You Call It
Replies: 56
Views: 11889

Re: What Do You Call It

"The Patch of Grass between the Sidewalk and the Road" — it's quite the Phrasal Noun.
by Christopher Schröder
Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:10 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 813864

Re: Lexicon Building

sano wrote:next: to tread; to stamp; to step on; to press a pedal
Illyrian:
traithen [tɾɑi̯ðɨn] (v.t.) — to press, to push down (CGmc *trēdanan)

Next Word: Jigsaw Puzzle
by Christopher Schröder
Sun Jul 22, 2012 5:11 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 813864

Re: Lexicon Building

Next: a draft, cool air which enters from outside Kala: yasahi [jaʃa:ɦi] - draft, breeze; small wind next: sound of beating a drum; onomatopoeic for rat-a-tat etc Illyrian: tet-a-tet [tɛt ɑ tɛt] — Snare Drum Onomatopoeia (imitative) dom-bom-dum [dɒm bɒm dʉm] — Bass Drum Onomatopoeia (imitative) Tru...
by Christopher Schröder
Sat Jul 21, 2012 6:08 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 813864

Re: Lexicon Building

Illyrian:
reid [ɾeːd] (adj.) — strict, demanding, insistent (CGmc *rekhtaz, Old Illyr regda)
reiden ['ɾeː.dɨn] (v.) — to insist
nery ['nɛ.ɾɪ] (adj. inv.) — narrow, petty, bothersome, troublesome (CGmc *naragaz? Old Illyr naerig)

Next Word: Aggression
by Christopher Schröder
Fri Jul 20, 2012 1:27 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Translating Lyrics
Replies: 12
Views: 3002

Re: Translating Lyrics

I've tried translating "I vow to thee, my country" into French for a Friend; it came out like this — Je jure à vous, mon pays Je jure à vous, mon pays, Sur toute chose temporelle Tout, entier, et parfait Un amour éternel. Qui ne pose aucune question, Qui reste à l'épreuve, Qui mettra sur l'autel Sa ...
by Christopher Schröder
Mon Jul 16, 2012 1:39 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 771614

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Bet Envresry (ta sei) !
[bɛt ɨnvɾɛzɾɪ tɑː sɛː]
Happy Birthday (to her)! (Lit. Good Birthday (to her)!)

Liech sindeth saine Kelle ?
[liə̯ʃ 'sɪn.dɨt 'seː.nɑ 'kɛl.ɑ]
What is her Name?
by Christopher Schröder
Sat Jul 14, 2012 10:19 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 771614

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Kaenif wrote:Och schongiere köhr doch. Egar sönge och ege Lomahe Gondohnwachs tung Dachmens gauen.
[ɔx ˈʃoːŋiɛʁə køːɐ doːx || eːgaːɐ sœŋə ɔx eːgə ˈlɔmaːə gɔndoːnvaːks tʊŋ daxmənz ˌgaʊən]
I like it too. Now I want to make a mix between Cantonese and German.
Mey it !
[meː ɪt]
Do it!
by Christopher Schröder
Sat Jul 14, 2012 12:12 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 670837

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

Sewage ['sjuː.ɨʤ]
Fluid [fljuː.ɨd]
Influence [ɨn'fljuː.ɨnʦ]
Suicide ['sju.ɨ.sɑjd]
Screwy ['skɹuː.wi] ([ɹj] is certainly an illegal Cluster for me, though I sometimes hypercorrect [j]s in before [uː])
Skewer ['skjuː.ɚ]
Squid [skwɪd]
Cooed [kʰuːd]
Cure-all [kʰjɚ'ɹɔːl] (quick), ['kʰjuː.ɚ ɔːl] (careful)
by Christopher Schröder
Sat Jul 14, 2012 12:04 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 771614

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Jò io jiàné un mao á la szuótienne. / La szuótienne, jò io jiàné un mao. Yrana vanyla! Goggles, veiere kesa toiala! eye -DIR 1SM-GEN goggles do .IN-NEG PROX nothing My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing! Whie gren ha ney ein Rhud fure Auyeglesse ? [ʍiː gɾɛn hɑː neː eːn ʁʉd fʉɑ̯ 'ou̯.jɨ'glɛs.ɑ] Why ...