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by svld
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...
by svld
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,...
by svld
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?
by svld
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...
by svld
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
by svld
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

Imralu wrote:Does that lid screw on and off? I feel weird about calling that a jar. It looks like a pot to me.
That one looks like the kind with a moat-like structured which can be sealed by some liquid and a bowl.
by svld
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)
by svld
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
by svld
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
by svld
Fri Oct 28, 2016 2:56 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: A few linguistic questions
Replies: 14
Views: 4174

Re: A few linguistic questions

Vijay wrote:these sources
Where are they? I'd like to know more about the details.
by svld
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.
by svld
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.
by svld
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.
by svld
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...
by svld
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...
by svld
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 ...
by svld
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˨...
by svld
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.
by svld
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 ...
by svld
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...
by svld
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...
by svld
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
by svld
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.
by svld
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:/...
by svld
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)