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Iscan: s’encàpere /senˈka.pe.ɾe/ ■ v. refl. cringe, whince, jerk, give a start, flinch. — origin: en- 'inwards' + càpere 'seize' < Latin carpere Dudish: foryse /foˈɾɛɪ.zə/ ■ vi. cringe, whince, jerk, give a start, flinch. — origin: for- 'more thorough action' + yse 'shudder, quiver, tremble' < Middl...

I always end up adding German vocabulary and syntax into my Spanish.

e.g. Fui a la Supermarkt, um Milch zu comprar.

etc.

Very, very nice! Is there a chance we could see more pictures like this in the future?

I'm hoping this hasn't already been asked, but: Is it possible for a Hebrew noun to be derived from a root that has already been conjugated into one of the binyanim? For example, could a noun be derived from the root K-T-V and retain the meaning of the binyan hif'il verb hitkatev ('correspond')?

I have begun an article for Verdurian on the Spanish Wikipedia. If you speak Spanish, please contribute!!!

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idioma_verduriano

I partially agree with you, Paladin. I think a Wikipedia-like setup would be a more effective means of presenting Almea, but if this were to happen, Mark should be the one to set it up, and the only one to edit it.

http://www.dereila.ca/na_nature/Pika%202.jpg PIKA http://www.alanbauer.com/images/Critters/Pika%20on%20Old%20Glory%20Mountain-Horz.jpg PIKA http://www.yellowstonecountry-adventures.com/images/page-pika.jpg PIKA http://educ.csmv.qc.ca/mgrparent/vieanimale/mam/pika/Image2.jpg PIKA http://www.ezthemes...

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zompist wrote:Lots of good answers here... I'll just add, as I usually do when this topic comes up, that no one seems to find the Japanese elements.

When I read the Me?aism article, the first thing I thought of was the Japanese.

WAVING OTTER

Better switch to marmots:






Pikas are cool too:

Welcome th the ZBB, Ambassador!

Shm Jay wrote:

Xeon wrote:

Shm Jay wrote:I think King Alric needs to appoint another ambassador.

His Verduric Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Canada

I think it would be too much of a scandal to appoint an ambassador who makes penguins fall over.

Perhaps...

Shm Jay wrote:I think King Alric needs to appoint another ambassador.

His Verduric Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Canada

chris_notts wrote:

ils wrote:

blank stare wrote:What's a shrubber?

Why, someone who arranges, designs and builds shrubberies, of course. This isn't a real job anymore; like most things from Ages Gone By, it has been outsourced to cold, heartless machines. Hopefully Almea avoids such a fate.

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Icky-icky-icky batang!!! Huang!

Excellent! One small thing that I noticed is that in the Verdurian-English Dictionary, the index at the top of the page needs to be updated; Ch, Dh, Rh, Sh, and Zh still appear in the index, rather than the unicode characters.

JOY! I sucessfully revived this wonderful thread while staying completely on-topic!

I would like to put in a request for PIE - Sanskrit sound changes.

Anonymous wrote:Say...anyone know a language where "weird" is a verb?

My current language has one such verb.

?qauloqz [Sqau."loX] v.t. - make odd, peculiar

What about languages for the ic?lani, Zomp?

Are these Verdurian undergarments?

If we can't get the Axun??in grammar, I guess making philisophical statements about underwear'll have to do. ; How about philosophical statements about Axun??in underwear? What kind of underwear do they wear in Verduria? What an interesting question.... I don't think Mark has covered that one yet.

pharazon wrote:

Xeon wrote:What about Flaidish? Does it have a fairly comprehensive grammar yet?

Zomp has a website, you know.

http://zompist.com/flaidish.htm

Heheh. I never saw the link to the Flaidish grammar before.