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hwhatting wrote:Next: autumn

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Vayardyio:

scipralo autumn derived from: sciprara to lose leaves

also:
pari-risémo 'after (past) season'

next: incongruency

sano wrote: next: solid, firm

Vayardyio:

apartisto firm, solid (like a wall, masonry, woodwork etc)
tayo hard
crosa strong
nirva tight
tonisa firm (substance, like meat, muscle; hair etc)

énirvo firmness

next: incongruency

din wrote:next: taking care of / guiding / teaching / supporting someone

Vayardyio:

Amanio té pari vasou disantara
someone OBL on-past road OBL accompany INF
'to guide, accompany someone along the road'

next:
to act incredibly stupid without even being aware of it

next: There needs to be a warning label on these/this pills/medicine. Vayardyio: Side éfournatine mo désitrou codio stipanésara sédassine These [DET OBVpl] medicines[/i] [OBVpl] [indef art] sign/label [OBVsg] warning show [INF] must [COND3pl] "These medicines should display a warning label" Next: F...

the photographic instruction reminded me that in Dutch one could very well just call this feature a "groenstrook"; which means 'green strip', plain and simple. A 'groenstrook' can be as wide or small as the urban architect would have it, I think (if there's enough space, or money to spend on, or both)

[next: to have a friendly conversation quickly turn into an argument altio giléno da yarto résirdara his tongue for knife (dagger) make-change 'change his tongue into a knife' next: your conlang equivalent of the dutch proverb: spijkers op laag water zoeken ('search for nails at low tide'; cf. try ...

Eandil wrote:
Next: to laugh so hard you start clapping and rolling over the floor (c.f. Spanish "partirse el culo", to break one's ass)

Couniani figro 'to laugh (oneself) blue'

Next: trying to look reluctant out of politeness while in fact you are eager as hell

Next: The feeling you get when you remember something that you'd been forgetting for the whole day just after it becomes useless. don'anto salio magrou faséditio a taralono adiani after-that your [riding animal] having gone with saddle come 'to come up with the saddle after your horse's gone' Next:...

Casi figésa 'ndio vé *atirésamo yé prisia
where-be located-this-in-[* internet]-not-I can find[/i]

link to your conlang is dead

[ What about the traditional: De kat krabt de krullen van de trap? And Als een potvis in een pispot pist heb je een pispot vol met potvispis. die laatste kende ik nog niet, hij is geweldig 8) You'll need quite a pot to serve the potvis, oops, sperm whale. Potvis sounds a lot better than the English...

Dutch anybody?

de knappe kapper knipt knapper dan de knappe kapper knipt

(the handsome barber cuts hair smarter than the handsome barber cuts (hair))

schapen scheren in Scheveningen

(shaving sheep in Scheveningen)

Milloniare wrote:Next: Drips of water

Vayardyio:

osillio - 'trickle' [part. pres.]

or:
souillio - the running (of water, sweat drops, etc

next:

to serve, like in: that serves him right!

[Next word: frog In Vayardyio conworld no such animal exists. The closest resemblance would be tarpo . This is an edible reptile-like species about the size of a guinea pig, that feeds on insects and lives nearby small pools and on marshy soil. Since it is slow-moving, slick and slimy it has gather...

sucaeyl wrote: Next word: brothel

Vayardyio:

sécrigo - "house of lust"; lit. 'a place where is given opportunity' (derived from: sécrigara 'to give opportunity' or 'solicit' (in the sexual sense))

next word:

guided missile

Asahi wrote: Next: Rights (as in "human rights")

Vayaryio:

antréa - right

next:
to encounter

Earthling wrote: Next: attack

Vayardyio:

astrigo - attack (noun)
astrigara - to attack (verb: as in a battle)

cf.:
astrigi rétrago - 'machine for assault': armoured car, tank

next:

ludicrous

sano wrote: next: bullet; shot; shell

Vayardyio:

čipo - bullet
capéna - grenade, shell
prasto - shot, impact; explosion

next:

consequence

Vayardyio was a priori from the onset but leaned heavily on word patterns and sounds from English, French and German ( the languages I had to cope with while in highschool ). Its first grammar was almost literally copied from my Latin textbook. Since then there have been scores of makeovers in the v...

After this very interesting discussion about comma's and that and the like, how about turn back to the original question of this post. I'm curious to learn how your (con)lang deals with the relative clauses like the ones below: Du: het boek dat hij altijd las voordat hij ging slapen Eng.: the book h...

din wrote:next: to binge

Vayardyio:

dé glafoulyio igara - to drink excessively

dé - for; to; glafoulyiara - to drink (to get drunk) > glafoulyio - PART PRES; igara - go

Next: to get sober

sano wrote: next: square; frame

Vayardyio:
savigano - square (noun): sava - four; égano - corner; angle
fisto - frame (like the frame of a painting): fistara - to hold, to contain; (colloquial) to get the picture, to understand
téma - frame, (window-)pane, screen

next:

to design

Eandil wrote: Next: thunderstorm, thunder, ray, lightning

Vayardyio:

scoura - lightning
ramparo - thunder (the sound)
parastro - thunder (the meteorological phenomenon); also: very bad weather
parastri racisa - thunderstorm; (racisa: shower)

Next:
fermentation

next word: fork, spoon, chopsticks, OR whatever your conworld uses Vayardyio: scapio fork > scapa - edge, point; scapata - pointed, sharp tréma knife also: tiga si fédissa cutlery > tigara - to (take) hold; fédara - to cut; hence 'holding and cutting gear' next word: beer (or any other fermented br...

Izo wrote:Next word: periphery

Vayardyio:

sélanto - periphery (in the mathematical sense)
iréno - periphery, margin; edge; extremity


next: cosy

sano wrote: [next: cash flow; financial balance; income and expenditure

Vayardyio:
ésindisso sé parénisso - expenditure and income
livréi dadistéo - capital^[GEN] + balance
livréi pédo - capital - stream, flow

next:

insurgent