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- Wed May 02, 2018 3:50 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Japanese translation questions
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5134
Re: Japanese translation questions
Problem #1 個人的に is used for stating one's own opinion/preference. Problem #3 No, if I do 家事 and 変に "do 家事" is/become しっくりきちゃった then (relation of) 私 and 百合ちゃん become ずぶずぶ "(and the situation that we) can't get out from it" なりそう[the aforementioned situation may come true]. Problem #4 パンツ by itself us...
- Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:29 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Reverse Romanization Challenge Thread
- Replies: 259
- Views: 104535
Re: Reverse Romanization Challenge Thread
<a b ꞗ c ç d e ə f g i j k l ł m n o t u w> /a p b kʰ x t ɛ ə f g i ɪ k l d m n ɔ tʰ u ʊ/ Next: <th s g t l b c w wh m r h v k n sc p f d ch st a e i o u ai ay ea ey oa ui> Sample : And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name,...
- Mon Mar 26, 2018 11:13 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: On Tetraploidy or Parasitism
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6553
Re: On Tetraploidy or Parasitism
Maybe This is the life cycle model you're looking for?
- Wed Mar 14, 2018 3:46 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Are the h and ng sounds allophones?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 16977
Re: Are the h and ng sounds allophones?
the syllabification thing is moot anyway as you can always redefine the criteria as pre-stress and post-stress. i think if you do that then h/ŋ complementary distribution holds up I don't think it does, no - you can have /N/ before a stressed, zero-onset syllable ("painting-easel"), and you can arg...
- Fri Feb 16, 2018 1:37 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Bird-Like Language
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5149
Re: Bird-Like Language
Maybe you can make a lyrebirdlang, they've got some awesome birdsongs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjAcyTXRunY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjAcyTXRunY
- Thu Aug 17, 2017 4:12 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Words you've learned recently
- Replies: 248
- Views: 79966
Re: Words you've learned recently
That one looks like the kind with a moat-like structured which can be sealed by some liquid and a bowl.Imralu wrote:Does that lid screw on and off? I feel weird about calling that a jar. It looks like a pot to me.
- Wed Aug 09, 2017 11:31 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Metathesis in languages that are mostly CV?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3522
Re: Metathesis in languages that are mostly CV?
Here are 2 cases of metathesis in Japanese :
ふんいき(fun i ki, fu+n+i+ki) to ふいんき(fu in ki, fu+i+n+ki)
シミュレーション(shi miu re- shion, simulation) to シュミレーション(shiu mi re- shion)
ふんいき(fun i ki, fu+n+i+ki) to ふいんき(fu in ki, fu+i+n+ki)
シミュレーション(shi miu re- shion, simulation) to シュミレーション(shiu mi re- shion)
- Sun Mar 12, 2017 3:26 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Single-phoneme "and"
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6524
Re: Single-phoneme "and"
Taiwanese
i - heal
e - shoe
a - crow
o - black
u - have
i - heal
e - shoe
a - crow
o - black
u - have
- Wed Nov 09, 2016 5:45 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Numbers from 1 to 10 updated
- Replies: 98
- Views: 29104
Re: Numbers from 1 to 10 updated
Literary reading of Taiwanese Southern Min:
without sandhi
it3 ʑi33 sam55 su11 ŋo51 liok3 tɕʰit3 pat3 kiu51 ɕip3
sandhied
it5 ʑi11 sam33 su51 ŋo55 liok1 tɕʰit5 pat5 kiu55 ɕip1
without sandhi
it3 ʑi33 sam55 su11 ŋo51 liok3 tɕʰit3 pat3 kiu51 ɕip3
sandhied
it5 ʑi11 sam33 su51 ŋo55 liok1 tɕʰit5 pat5 kiu55 ɕip1
- Fri Oct 28, 2016 2:56 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: A few linguistic questions
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4174
Re: A few linguistic questions
Where are they? I'd like to know more about the details.Vijay wrote:these sources
- Mon Aug 29, 2016 10:01 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Poetic words for "sky" and "sea"
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9859
Re: Poetic words for "sky" and "sea"
The most commonly used poetic word for sky in Chinese is "穹蒼" which means "dôme bleu" literally.
- Mon Aug 08, 2016 9:47 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Numbers 1 to 10 in Japanese?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2326
Re: Numbers 1 to 10 in Japanese?
And nana is 7.
- Fri Nov 13, 2015 12:57 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Mandarin third tone
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2068
Re: Mandarin third tone
My 3rd tone without sandhi is 11 or 21 with no rising part wherever it is. (maybe some of them are 212)
I'm Taiwanese.
I'm Taiwanese.
- Tue May 12, 2015 8:32 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
- Replies: 4604
- Views: 1116323
Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way
明日 昨日 は仕事をやめた。でも八月までにつとめる。 明日 昨日 最後の中国語の授業もあった。まだ何も言えない。特別な文が知っているけど。 Ashita Kinou wa shigoto wo yasumeta. Demo hachigatsu made ni tsutomeru. Ashita Kinou saigo no Chuugoku-go no jugyou mo atta. Mada nanimo ienai. Tokubetsuna bun ga shitte iru kedo.* I quite my job yesterday. Though I will be worki...
- Tue May 12, 2015 6:03 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Wényán thread
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4504
Re: Wényán thread
And there's always the possibility that 也 is heterogeneous in origin, a historical merger several different meanings into one word, so there's no one-size-fits-all analysis . That could be the case. Here's an example from Analects of Confucius: 其為人也孝弟,而好犯上者,鮮矣;不好犯上,而好作亂者,未之有也。君子務本,本立而道生。孝弟也者,其為仁之本與...
- Wed May 06, 2015 11:00 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
- Replies: 3108
- Views: 639947
Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Emphasis mine. How can a voiceless sound have a tone? By amount of air flow. When I'm pronouncing a tone the amount of air flow is not constant, about level tones it's high>mid>low. It does lack the pitch difference (aside from the different of the hissing) so I guess it's not really a tone, but I ...
- Wed May 06, 2015 5:17 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
- Replies: 3108
- Views: 639947
Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
discussed [tɪs˨.kʰäst˥˧] disgust [tɪs˨.kästʰ˥˧] Xavier [sɛ˦.vɪɚ˨] sphere [s˧.fɪɚ˥˧] or [sfɪɚ˥˧] Sven [s˧.vɛn˥˧] or [svɛn˥˧] wont [wɔŋtʰ˥˧] chaos [kʰɛɪ˦.əs˨] Logos [lɔ˦.kɔs˨] quark [kʰwɔɚkʰ˥˧] force [fwɔɚs˥˧] Laura [lɔ˦.ɻä˨] or [lɔ˦.ɹä˨] Laurie [lɔ˦.ɻɪ˨] or [lɔ˦.ɹɪ˨] story [s˧.tɔ˦.ɻɪ˨] or [s˧.tɔ˦.ɹɪ˨...
- Fri May 01, 2015 10:37 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Chinese thread
- Replies: 108
- Views: 23477
Re: Chinese thread
"把雨下 在/得/..." is a possible construction when talking about stuff like rainmaking.
- Mon Apr 13, 2015 1:57 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Chinese thread
- Replies: 108
- Views: 23477
Re: Chinese thread
That is, Ah Q taboos the word 癞 lài 'ringworm', then other words sounding like it, like 赖. But what is the connection to 光 guāng and 亮 liàng? He's illiterate, so it must be by sound or meaning, but I don't get it. It's by meaning, from "光頭" which means "bald". How do you distinguish between "i see ...
- Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:51 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Chinese thread
- Replies: 108
- Views: 23477
Re: Chinese thread
In other words, the stops/fricatives are produced by placing the upper surface of the tongue onto/close to the alveolar ridge, as opposed to retracting the tongue further and raising the tip of the tongue onto/close to the alveolar ridge? I'm not really familiar with terminologies regarding phoneti...
- Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:49 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Chinese thread
- Replies: 108
- Views: 23477
Re: Chinese thread
Are f, h, sh really aspirated like this says? Also, when we were practicing these consonants, the teacher's <t k> sounded more like [tx kx]. My /kʰ/ easily becomes like that too, though. They probably are aspirated, considering aspiration is about voice-onset lag. Is this for Taiwan Standard Mandar...
- Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:08 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Wényán thread
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4504
Re: Wényán thread
If you're translating wényán, maybe this commentary (in wényán) can help.
http://zh.wikisource.org/zh/%E9%81%93%E ... 6%9C%AC%29
http://zh.wikisource.org/zh/%E9%81%93%E ... 6%9C%AC%29
- Mon Mar 09, 2015 1:25 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Chinese thread
- Replies: 108
- Views: 23477
Re: Chinese thread
Come to think of it, English too have that w~u in words like pork, more, and four.
- Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:26 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Chinese thread
- Replies: 108
- Views: 23477
Re: Chinese thread
bo po mo fo here (careful speech in taiwanese standard mandarin) bo1 http://stroke-order.learningweb.moe.edu.tw/wordDetail.do?big5Code=AA69 po1 http://stroke-order.learningweb.moe.edu.tw/wordDetail.do?big5Code=A959 mo1 http://stroke-order.learningweb.moe.edu.tw/wordDetail.do?big5Code=BA4E fo2 http:/...
- Fri Mar 06, 2015 10:20 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Chinese pronunciation of Japanese names
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7753
Re: Chinese pronunciation of Japanese names
And names in kana will be given a kanji/hanzi then pronounced with chinese reading.
EX: 蒼井そら => cang1 jing3 kong1 (蒼井空)
EX: 蒼井そら => cang1 jing3 kong1 (蒼井空)