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by Pressed Bunson
Tue Feb 23, 2016 12:04 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116204

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Estoy descubriendo que mi enfoque para intentar aprender idiomas es aprender un parte de una idioma hasta me rburro, y entonces comenzar aprender otra y comenzar el ciclo de nuevo. Creo que necesito mantener mi atención solo en una idioma, pero no sé como. I'm discovering that my approach to trying...
by Pressed Bunson
Wed Dec 23, 2015 8:45 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116204

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Hay una tormenta ene este momento, y es ruidosa así que tengo miedo. Lo peor es que tuve que ir de compras para regalos navideños con mi madre durante la tormenta (venimos la casa antes que sabimos que iba a haber truenos). No tener miedo de sonidos ruidosos debe de ser bueno. There's a thunderstor...
by Pressed Bunson
Sat Dec 12, 2015 8:42 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Sound Change Game
Replies: 2673
Views: 495651

Re: Sound Change Game

No. 4a tsaniau [ˈt͡sənjo̞] => Proto-Tsukinin tsənyo /'tsʌ.njɤ/
No. 4a hiniau [ˈɪnʲo̞] => Proto-Tsukinin ɨnyo /'ɪ.nyɤ/
No. 4a phumou [ˈp͡ɸʊmɔʊ̯] => Proto-Tsukinin pəfumau /'pʌ.ɸɯ.ma.ɯ/
No. 4a iephamio [jɛa̯ˈp͡ɸəmjɒ] => Proto-Tsukinin yeapəfəo /'je.a.pə.ɸə.ɤ/
by Pressed Bunson
Fri Dec 11, 2015 1:11 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 783823

Re: Lexicon Building

Proto-Tsukinin hima - wheat EDIT- Bonus: Rūtan kanayo himanen annoran, ha tema tōnlena kani paran. Rūtan kana-yo hima-nen anno-ran ha tema tōn-lena kani pa-ran 1.SG[NOM] stalk-LOC.SG wheat-GEN.SG and 1,000,000,000,000 12 foot-ACC.PL seem-PST I went for a walk on a stalk of wheat, and it felt like a ...
by Pressed Bunson
Sun Mar 15, 2015 12:44 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: The Next Relay 2015
Replies: 140
Views: 26294

Re: The Next Relay 2015

Will either team accept a complete and total noob into their ranks?
by Pressed Bunson
Fri Nov 14, 2014 1:34 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Questions not about German Thread
Replies: 79
Views: 15201

Re: Questions not about German Thread

No. http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch09/ch09_sec020.html http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch09/ch09_sec021.html Can't read what's behind those links (says I need to log in), but it seems like they mainly deal with usage of the period vs. comma in English. Would Spanish publications in...
by Pressed Bunson
Fri Nov 14, 2014 1:21 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Questions not about German Thread
Replies: 79
Views: 15201

Re: Questions not about German Thread

Crossposted from the fluency thread: ¡Necesito ayuda de hablantes de español! (Específicamente, los que conocen a su usaje estadounidense.) I need help from Spanish speakers! (Specifically, those who are familiar with its usage in the USA.) Una amiga de mi madre me pidió traducir el acto de la Organ...
by Pressed Bunson
Fri Nov 14, 2014 1:20 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116204

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

¡Necesito ayuda de hablantes de español! (Específicamente, los que conocen a su usaje estadounidense.) I need help from Spanish speakers! (Specifically, those who are familiar with its usage in the USA.) Una amiga de mi madre me pidió traducir el acto de la Organización De Padres y Maestros de su e...
by Pressed Bunson
Sat Nov 08, 2014 1:43 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Need translations from Lithuanian and Thai into English
Replies: 2
Views: 1119

Re: Need translation from Lithuanian/Thai into English

I can't actually help, but I just wanted to say that the title of this thread is really bizarre out of context. Yeah, I know. EDIT: So I thought I was out of characters but I guess I wasn't? At any rate, "Need translation from Lithuanian/Thai into English" has been changed to "Need translations fro...
by Pressed Bunson
Fri Nov 07, 2014 11:37 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Need translations from Lithuanian and Thai into English
Replies: 2
Views: 1119

Need translations from Lithuanian and Thai into English

Alright, so someone on YouTube is making a video comparing a line from Frozen in all the languages that the film is translated into. As part of this, she's looking for A) back-translations of all the lines into English and B) a transcription of what's being said. She has these for all the languages ...
by Pressed Bunson
Thu Oct 09, 2014 8:35 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Happy Things Thread
Replies: 969
Views: 370274

Re: Happy Things Thread

Hoemstar Runner came back!
by Pressed Bunson
Thu Oct 09, 2014 8:31 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Unisex names
Replies: 35
Views: 8612

Re: Unisex names

Perhaps more unusually, my mother uses her own maiden name as her middle name, and pretty much stopped using the middle name her parents gave her altogether. Not sure how common that is, though these days hyphenated names combining the surnames of a husband and wife seem to have gained some popular...
by Pressed Bunson
Thu Oct 09, 2014 8:23 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116204

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Definitivamente no soy experta, pero solo he visto "usted" en instrucciones para productos. Y cuando traduje una canción Vocaloid para un grupo de fansub, el editor me dejó usar "La numero que usted ha llamado ya no está usado" (o una frasa similar, pero usé usted) en el contexto de un noticia del ...
by Pressed Bunson
Mon Aug 25, 2014 7:46 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Kala Lexical Participation Thread
Replies: 39
Views: 9963

Re: Kala Lexical Participation Thread

I had more fun with these then I probably should. Here, have my bajillion words. anua - silence apo - to make the most of [something (esp. an opportunity)] enua - to cheer someone up eto - shy miku - leek myeto - to show fear/surprise on one's face nema - knee puaka - skull sumi - [of a person] feel...
by Pressed Bunson
Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:32 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116204

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

うわ!一冊のビルマ語の本は蜘蛛をべたんこするために使われた。気持ち悪い!彼氏も帰った。だれか私を手伝う? Uwa! Issatsu no Biruma-go no hon wa kumo wo betanko suru tame ni tsukawareta. Kimochiwarui! Kareshi mo kaetta. Dare ka watashi wo tetsudau? Ew! One of my Burmese books has been used for squishing a spider. Gross! And my boyfriend has returned hom...
by Pressed Bunson
Mon Jun 09, 2014 11:31 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116204

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Pues, por fin vi Gangam Style. So I finally watched Gangam Style. (oí a covers de ello, pero nunca la canción original) (i've listened to covers, but never the original song) No entiendo porque había tanta bomba, pero creo que es una canción decente.. I don't see what all the hype was about, but I ...
by Pressed Bunson
Sun May 04, 2014 3:27 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116204

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

¡Que el cuatro esté contigo!
May the 4th be with you!
(I cheated a bit with this one by copy-pasting from the Spanish Wikipedia)

Mis padres juzgamos un concurso de barbacoa hoy. ¡Barbacoa sobrada para cena!
My parents are judging a barbecue contest today. Leftover barbecue for dinner!
by Pressed Bunson
Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:23 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116204

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Tuve cinco años. *sonrojo*
I was five. *blush*
by Pressed Bunson
Sun Apr 27, 2014 10:59 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116204

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Fikiinaze yakafi. The 'friendzone' doesn't exist. :| Also wo bin ich? O halde neredeyim? Where am I then? La lugar entre la luz y la tiniebla, entre la ciencia y la superstición. The middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition. ¿De todas maneras, alguien pueda recomenda...
by Pressed Bunson
Wed Apr 09, 2014 9:50 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116204

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Me parece como me hice anquilosando en mis estudios de español.
I feel like I've gotten into a rut in my Spanish studies.
by Pressed Bunson
Tue Apr 08, 2014 1:29 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116204

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

At least in my dialect. What about others? I was positive that was legit. Is it only for like personal pronouns and not possessives? I think it might have something to do with the copula, actually: " My dog loves me more that yours ever will" sounds right, but not "Timmy is cuter than Sally ever wi...
by Pressed Bunson
Tue Apr 08, 2014 10:40 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116204

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

(Thanks for your advice!) Ahora estudio para obtener mi licencia temporaria de conducción (?). Right now I'm studying for my temps. Una vez avancé la camioneta en la entrada, y esto me disminuyó alguno de mi preocupación. Pero aun tengo mucho miedo de conducción en una calle real >_< I once pulled t...
by Pressed Bunson
Sun Apr 06, 2014 4:29 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116204

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Imralu wrote:Dein Ex ist ein Habicht?
Your ex is a hawk?

Habichtwärts!
Hawkward!
Esto me hace mas feliz que probablemente debe
This makes me more happy than it probably should

(Can I leave modal verbs dangling like that in Spanish?)
by Pressed Bunson
Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:04 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Happy Things Thread
Replies: 969
Views: 370274

Re: Happy Things Thread

Homestar Runner updated!
by Pressed Bunson
Fri Mar 21, 2014 8:04 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 783823

Re: Lexicon Building

Bunson's Unnamed Conlang For Spellcasting (In A Story She May Or May Not Actually Write)
mintunen pimalendoaku (literally "leaves of sprouting"-- mintunen is the nominative singular of mintum; manendoaku is the genitive of the gerund [pimalendon] of pimaler.)

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