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Thank you for confirming pronunciation. I could just go with Sientje I guess...

I need help with 2 languages I know practically nothing about. Say a Dutch person named "Sien" (pron. [sin] I think) moves to Sweden and picks up a diminutive nickname. What would this likely be? Would something like "Sinnan" work?

Yup, 1000 years is a long time, but plotting it out by hand might still be doable (especially if your conworld's days are exactly the same length as Earth days). I was dealing with about 9000 years so it was just too much. I was really tempted to use leap years to keep up with the seasons, but my co...

I looked long and hard for something that would help me convert to my conworld's calendar. I basically ended up doing what Ziz mentioned, using Julian Dates. I wrote a Python program to convert Julian Dates to my calendar dates (I suck at programming, but the thing worked). Still, it was a grind bec...

Thanks! It became like a puzzle just figuring out how to put the words together in a single sentence.

Lexember 31st, pashtormi = hostility (literally, pash = solid, tormi = malice, though it's clear that open hostility is often nicer than lurking malice.) violshemprisglar = selfishness, literally: self-firstness Pashtormi tuk gornim main violshemprisglar rum bash. Pash-tormi tuk gorni-m main viol-sh...

Lexember 30th, inhuitur = theoretical science (from inhui , meaning part, and the suffix -tur for the sciences) krundoinhuitur = physics (most often than not contracted to krundotur , lit. the dry science) hisuihinhuitur = chemistry (usually contracted to hisuitur , lit. the wet science) Ima tuk las...

Lexember 29th, moka = excitement (thrill) mokam = be excited om moka = excite didim = guarantee Pu didim aul genglar la sampul vlui om moka lash. Pu didim aul gen-glar la sampul vlui om moka lash. 1sg guarantee COMP watch-ABS of battle FUT give excitement 2sg. ‘I guarantee that watching the battle w...

Lexember 28th (Horgothic),

breja = panic
subarnyem = deduce (from subar = thread, nyem = pull).

Breja doch me banuipezoma subarnyenglaiglari.
Breja doch me banui-pezom-a subar-nyen-glai-glar-i.
Panic NEG COP outside-feel-NMLZ thread-pull-can-ABS-ADJZ.
‘Panic is not a deducible emotion.’

Lexember 27th, entraum = exterminate, annihilate entranaum = go extinct And I might as well add one for Lexember 1st, which I missed: nugarpraija = epidemic, plague (from: nugar = disease, praija = storm) Sentekolu kidi rachunflama nu grimeth, Hioronans eruitaniari nui entranaum bashfurra nugarpraij...

Lexember 26th:

puje = sneeze
bashpuje = cough (lit. bad+sneeze)

Tampujekins nui glai pavitum nyei jinis.
Tam-puje-kins nui glai pavi<tu>m nyei jin-is.
3sg-sneeze-PL PST DYN hear<PASS> for mile-PL.

"His sneezes could be heard for miles."

Lexember 25th: nyancha = a reprimand Nyanchatunglar furra chuglalasuma me trend prel augetunglar furra lasuma nemaluiter. Nyancha<tu>n-glar furra chugla-lasum-a me trend prel auge<tu>n-glar furra lasum-a nem-alui-ter. Reprimand<PASS>VBZ-ABS due.to correctness-decide-NMLZ COP good than praise<PASS>VB...

Running around like a headless chicken, so here's yesterday's for now (Lex. 23rd): seijemei = colonnade tergonflaucha = acronym U tredui, puns vas rechim tergonflauchans kui seijemei. U tredui, puns vas rechim tergon-flaucha-ns kui seije-mei. In past, 1pl IMPERF study compress-name-PL under column-f...

Lexember 22nd,

larangeshpem = intervene [transitive] (derived from geshpem = interrupt)

Kolu ja tuk lash larangeshpem, elu mabem banche.
Kolu ja tuk lash laran-gesphem, elu mabem banche.
Time at REL 2sg softness-interrupt, case become mess.
‘When you intervene, things get messy.’

Lexember 21st, brirvan = (money) fund ulpabrirvan = subsidy Uperjenatans brirvanam hiach prianparhuintis, fenas uns doch habotum aul rum violchiana, vlarham lidelnisai. Uperjenat-a-ns brirvan-am hiach prian-parhui<nti>s, fenas uns doch habo<tu>m aul rum viol-chiana pai vlarham lidel-nisai. Uperjenat...

Lexember 20th, purses = plushie (small and huggable likenesses of famous beings, including politicians) main kukeX = in addition to X, on top of X (the saying is culinary in origin, I reckon) Main kukepursentis, tan nui sham vuth halzukins romi. Main kuke-purse<nti>s, tan nui sham vuth halzu-kins. O...

Lexember 19th, ninfaglar = method or technique (a bit silly, since ninfa means 'manner' or 'way' and -glar is an abstraction suffix, but IMO a technique is more concrete than a manner/way). justi nu sachai = underway, in motion, in progress (can be glossed as 'within a process') Nas puninfaglar rum ...

Lexember 18th, Input: ankonshener Output: gerdonshener ( shener is a monad of some sort.) Gerdonshener gornim main vuth ankonshener he fenda nu sachaichir. Gerdon-shen-er gorni-m main vuth ankon-shen-er he fenda nu sachai-chir. Flesh-one-NMZ base-VBZ on all food-one-NMZ and characteristic of process...

Lexember 17th: Sarrima nu paiduin = spring equinox (lit. Northstand) Laima nu daimian = summer solstice (lit. Southfall) Sarrima nu daimian = fall equinox (lit. Southstand) Laima nu paiduin = winter solstice (lit. Northfall) Flaur tran tuk vune flam ja sarrima nu paiduin jum. Flaur tran tuk vune fla...

Lexember 16th:

grelbem = befit, be appropriate
karmin = tumult, turmoil

Ena karminshichi grelbem glidia.
Ena karmin-shichi grelbem glidia.
PROX tumult-period befit people.
These tumultuous times befit the people.

Lexember 15th: shushkan = texture muisesi = amphictyony (in this setting specifically meaning an alliance of neighborly states without regard to species) Tiotui tran muisesi oin Zeburajans nanantum kolu ja tuk chiana nu Karhalaun nui nauchem dian Makjunsath. Tiotui tran mui s -sesi oin Zeburaja-ns n...

Lexember 14th:

glenmei = household (from glen = home and mei = family)

Kral mith glenmei nui jarpam furra nimbema.
Kral mith glen-mei nui jarpam furra nimbem-a.
INTENS each home-family PST suffer due_to conquer_NMZ.
‘Every single household suffered due to the conquest.’

Playing catchup again. Lexember 12th: biambian = wiriness (wiry, sinewy) Lexember 13th: baileseirun = hair bangs/fringe (usu. shortened to seirun ) [lit. means inverse horizon] Biambianvanka vas ram inzalter, fenas bahauseirun jum pril tanempar. Biambian-vanka vas ram inzal-ter, fenas bahau-seirun j...

Catching up:

For Lexember 10: terka = dedication (of an act or product in someone's honor).
For Lexember 11, following Sogala's choice earlier: retesh = apathy, impassivity
(At first I thought of "otesh" for that, but then remembered Rei Ayanami, and changed it to "retesh" hehe).

Lexember 9th:

'Prattle' is a good one!

prattle = lamibiom (lami-biom / bubble-chat).
symmetry = tenekoike (tene-koike / side-match)
default = bolvinyi (bol-vinyi / standard-condition)