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by Skomakar'n
Mon May 13, 2013 4:23 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Kozea Daily - Shitty movies in a conlang
Replies: 130
Views: 30850

Re: Kozea Daily - Shitty movies in a conlang

Woop, woop! Episode 17 out! It's back to Sēonkêrā Hwōistām! This is a slightly odd one, though, and the title lies. Sēonkêrā does not show up in this one, though Erik did edit in the music. However, there is a guest! Also, 1080p again! [<3] http://i.imgur.com/IGKYpOo.png http://www.youtube.com/watch...
by Skomakar'n
Tue Feb 19, 2013 12:58 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Kozea Daily - Shitty movies in a conlang
Replies: 130
Views: 30850

Re: Kozea Daily - Shitty movies in a conlang

The book's not so obvious, and can be construed as an easter egg or injoke. But the thing is, I didn't notice any cars or video game consoles, but I did notice the signs because of the way you framed the shot - it was in a prominent foreground position. It's not a major criticism, just something to...
by Skomakar'n
Tue Feb 19, 2013 7:36 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Kozea Daily - Shitty movies in a conlang
Replies: 130
Views: 30850

Re: Kozea Daily - Shitty movies in a conlang

Oh, well, why not? There's a book with a very obvious English title, too, after all, and I put it there intentionally, because I thought you guys would enjoy seeing such a book in the clip. There's a car in the distance in one shot too, and my conworld doesn't have those either. Or gaming consoles, ...
by Skomakar'n
Tue Feb 19, 2013 7:23 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Kozea Daily - Shitty movies in a conlang
Replies: 130
Views: 30850

Re: Kozea Daily - Shitty movies in a conlang

impressed at the quality, but you switch too quickly between creepy and comic with the music. Yes, perhaps. We did some continuity mistakes when shooting, so I had to cut a couple of takes shorter than they were supposed to be. and i reckon you should have covered up the swedish signs with your con...
by Skomakar'n
Tue Feb 19, 2013 6:40 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Kozea Daily - Shitty movies in a conlang
Replies: 130
Views: 30850

Re: Kozea Daily - Shitty movies in a conlang

Kozea Daily has now gotten a sister project called Vanga Daily , and the first episode, topping the Kozea videos both in length and video quality, was recorded in the woods this weekend! Gų̀inahu http://i.imgur.com/EWAgXHx.png http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXTR7_nALtc&hd=1 Enjoy the fancy HD resolu...
by Skomakar'n
Sat Dec 29, 2012 3:03 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: English swearwords in other languages
Replies: 75
Views: 14646

Re: English swearwords in other languages

richard1631978 wrote:Arabic, blue
Arse rack?
by Skomakar'n
Wed Dec 26, 2012 4:50 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: English swearwords in other languages
Replies: 75
Views: 14646

Re: English swearwords in other languages

Apparently there is a marshmallow in IKEA called GODIS SKUM (sweet foam?). A hit with the militant atheists, lol. I sure hope it's not called GODIS SKUM, because it's supposed to be GODISSKUM (and yes, sweet foam, or candy foam or whatever). One may also find yulescum here in Christmas time. 8) Swe...
by Skomakar'n
Tue Dec 25, 2012 3:19 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: English swearwords in other languages
Replies: 75
Views: 14646

Re: English swearwords in other languages

But it's not "sex", it's sechs . Which is pronounced [sɛks] when you're an English monoglot schoolboy looking for excuses to say rude words to your German teacher. …and [zɛks] otherwise. Which is so close to the English word, as is 'sex', that I fail to see the humour in it. Of course, I also fail ...
by Skomakar'n
Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:20 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Things you love or hate in language textbooks
Replies: 74
Views: 16496

Re: Things you love or hate about language textbooks

1. The usual: a detailed description of pronunciation using IPA , that includes a fair description of allophones, even across words. I both agree and disagree in equal measure. IPA is just not useful for many people, because it's another thing that has to be learned. If the manner of transcribing s...
by Skomakar'n
Mon Dec 03, 2012 5:11 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Is "like" becoming a topic/object marker in English?
Replies: 17
Views: 4566

Re: Is "like" becoming a topic/object marker in English?

To me it just feels like the speaker is insecure and can't just state straight facts, but has to add this marker of incomplete certainty. A little bit on the verge of a subjunctive or what ever to call it. It is often accompanied by further insecurity markers, such as 'or something'. Personally, I (...
by Skomakar'n
Mon Dec 03, 2012 4:09 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: How do languages deal with distinctions like watch/see?
Replies: 41
Views: 8762

Re: How do languages deal with distinctions like watch/see?

While it's perfectly fine to "watch/look on TV" in Swedish (kolla, titta, glo, et c.), "see on TV" (se) is fine too, and not at all uncommon. I don't think either verb would be used without a preposition, though. One will "listen to/on music" (lyssna), but to "hear music" (höra) is distinctive in th...
by Skomakar'n
Tue Nov 20, 2012 4:12 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726338

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Siêr ezziz a-faêgra ezzā, hyō oltair lyēazo terrôzo ēad-ōsárm ēzoā. :D Mryandyām wēano «mrēi», wandyām sand wēanoā hyampárm ezzāe -mlA-. Sēommîsām hōigā «tēir». Speaking of that, I just found another unknown correspondence between the two. :D In Kozea, there is the word 'mrēi' ('matter'; 'concern';...
by Skomakar'n
Tue Nov 20, 2012 3:48 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726338

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Sko, quant mudas i a cos? A vaia la proto-lenga? Skomakar'n, how much are you changing and why? So that the proto-language works? Mīza. Kōzeām ermāi toremrēármyi. Koldod me-mreōzêrizair nôizîmāk wandyā. No. There is/was no problem with the proto-language. I just wasn't entirely pleased with the sou...
by Skomakar'n
Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:15 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726338

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Ōrod kērir wandyāk, lō' na-ngē'ar sīanir mryandyāk ēlei. I've started over on Vanga, so I have to write in Kozea now. /ˈɔːrɔd ˈt͡ʃɛːrɪr ˈwand͡ʒaːq lɔː naˈŋjaːr ˈʃaːnɪr ˈmrjand͡ʒaːq ˈɛːlɛɪ̯/ Doing it in classical as well, just for the sake of it: Ōrod kērir wandyāk, lōgo na-ngēhar sīanir mryandyāk ē...
by Skomakar'n
Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:35 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726338

Re: Help your conlang fluency

A volyas... If you want... Jæuls vilsæji kœuqufhi. jǽ‹›Ø-ʷ‹›lt-ˤh-z wi‹›ld-ˤh-z-ˤ‹j›i kœ́‹›qw-ʷf-h-j I'll just pretend by speaking (my language). be_one/together-SEMB-3P-INAN to_speak-3P-INAN-OBJ<1P> to_seem/act-TRA-DU-1P [jæʊ̯l̥t͡s̻ ˈɸɯl̥t͡s̻ˌæjːɯ̯ ˈɡœʊ̯ɢʊ̤̯ɸ.ħɯ̯] » Listen at SoundCloud.
by Skomakar'n
Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:09 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726338

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Aufódu tiukœuqugæljæzzyfjæji józhjauzi qatálsaji ómalns? (a)‹›f-j-ʷˤdʷ t-iw-kœ́‹›qw-Ø‹›g-ˤljˤ‹z›j-ʷf-j-ˤ‹j›i jó‹z›h-j-ˤ‹w-z›i q-atá‹›l-ˤh-z-ˤ‹j›i óma‹l›n-ˤh-z Should I too pretend to live in my conworld now? PERS-1P-CONJ INT-now-to_seem/act-to_give-OBL<SUBJ>-TRA-1P-OBJ<1P> to_live<SUBJ>-1P-OBJ<3P-I...
by Skomakar'n
Fri Oct 26, 2012 3:07 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726338

Re: Help your conlang fluency

clawgrip wrote:Pñuang aajung swagwaat sam tgai ler swa ot lok?
that be dialect three be.different belong language one Q
Are those three dialects of one language?
Two very distantly related languages and their common ancestor.
by Skomakar'n
Fri Oct 26, 2012 2:54 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726338

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Aiwantąj. á‹›jw-ˤntˤ-j to_sleep-DES-1P [ˈɑɪ̯wɑ̃n̥tɑ̃j] ( formal standard ) Na zēidair aîwair. n-ēad zēid-ā-ir aîw-ā-ir PROG-RES to_want-EPNTH-1P to_sleep-EPNTH-1P /ˈna ˈzɛː.ɪda.ɪr aˈiːwa.ɪr/ ( classic ), /ˈna ˈzɛɪ̯daɪ̯r ˈaɪ̯waɪ̯r/ ( modern ) *ājwejr tjehnejr ājw-e-jr tjehn-e-jr to_sleep-EPNTH-1P to...
by Skomakar'n
Wed Oct 24, 2012 9:31 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: What do you call this?
Replies: 302
Views: 88071

Re: What do you call this?

Timmytiptoe wrote:In Dutch it works the same as German: softijs.
Swedish too (somebody has probably already said it on any of the two pages I was too lazy to look at, but whatever). Had no idea about the Icelandic blandaður ís, so thanks for that, vecfaranti!
by Skomakar'n
Tue Oct 23, 2012 7:56 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: "what with"
Replies: 17
Views: 4435

Re: "what with"

I haven't read through everything carefully, so I might be repeating something, but isn't 'what', at least historically, also an interjection in English (first word of Beowulf~)? What, with Like so. Even if modern usage wouldn't be to shout out 'hwæt!', maybe this could still be the case with this f...
by Skomakar'n
Wed Oct 10, 2012 5:50 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726338

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Yr yndraffabrachaignn it turtæchstæ yz wbhangoftæ dvorrieathach. Cwi atlaignn do? ɪr ɪn̪d̪rə'f:æbræxɛgŋ ĭt̪ 't̪ʊrtəxst̪ə ɪs 'u:vəngɔft̪ə 'd̪vɔr:ijaɪθəx. Kwi æt̪ɫɛgŋ d̪ɔ? I have re-envisioned the Dwarfish orthography and grammar. What do you think? Íllandduils. ílla‹›ndd-wi‹›ld-ˤh-z Irish. be_Irish-...
by Skomakar'n
Sun Sep 16, 2012 1:13 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726338

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Zúmun hállmannjauni.
zú‹›m-ʷn há‹›ll-m-ˤ‹n-j›i-ˤ‹ʷn›i
O, our father in heaven.
be_blue/grey-4P to_care_for-2P-OBJ<PL-1P>-OBJ<4P>
[ˈz̻ʊmʊ̃n ˈhɑːl̥ːm̥ˌɑ̃ŋːˌɑʊ̯̃nɯ̯]
by Skomakar'n
Fri Aug 24, 2012 9:34 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726338

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Jipí wrote:
Dewrad wrote:Cand jestrà el toi aniversare?
When is your birthday?
Ya Perinena.
LOC Sun-GEN
(On) Sunday.
Kuwwzdńæhhæmi!
kú‹›w-w‹z-t›ń-ˤh-ˤ‹m›i
May you have a good day!
be_good-to_dawn<SUBJ-FUT>-3P-OBJ<2P>
[ˈkʊwːz̻dn̩æħːˌæmːɯ̯]
by Skomakar'n
Fri Aug 24, 2012 8:25 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726338

Re: Help your conlang fluency

I've made noodles! http://i.imgur.com/2N3wv.png Yang naynay. Le lautayang adanya kayvo nikaya mesam nay suranya bari siya eng hangaran terpasānena tamala. 1S.ACT and~and. PT fry-1S.ACT that.T with potato-LOC half and ball-LOC meat REL-LOC AT.INAN remain-3PL.INAN lunch-GEN yesterday. Me, too. I frie...