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by hwhatting
Sun Jan 21, 2018 11:18 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: What are you reading, watching and listening to?
Replies: 469
Views: 135509

Re: What are you reading, watching and listening to?

German: A little over halfway through Heinrich Böll's Gruppenbild mit Dame and still enjoying it immensely. I'd kind of sworn off WWII books, but his humour makes reading about that era much more tolerable. I also find the unconventional structure (i.e. a series of fictional interviews) very appeal...
by hwhatting
Thu Jan 18, 2018 1:05 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116276

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

linguoboy wrote:Werden die Welt erobern!
Will conquer the world!
Najpierw zajmą Manhattan, wtedy zajmą Berlin...
First they'll take Manhattan, then they'll take Berlin...
by hwhatting
Thu Jan 18, 2018 8:30 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116276

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Es ist immer noch ziemlich winzig. Dieses Mal waren wir nur vier. Ich glaub nicht, dass wir je mehr als ein halbes Dutzend zusammen bekommen haben, sogar wenn das Wetter am Schönsten war . It's always been pretty tiny. We had only four people there this time. I don't think we've ever had more than ...
by hwhatting
Wed Jan 17, 2018 2:07 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: /ç/ vs. /x/ in German
Replies: 22
Views: 6289

Re: /ç/ vs. /x/ in German

Bitte sehr!
I hope you don't mind the correction:
jmcd wrote:Danke für den Querverweis*1), ich kannte nicht diese Seite nicht.
*1) Most people would say für den Link normally.
by hwhatting
Wed Jan 17, 2018 1:33 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: /ç/ vs. /x/ in German
Replies: 22
Views: 6289

Re: /ç/ vs. /x/ in German

Well, you can interpret it as you wish, it was just an example, another is [ˈmʏnχn̩] for Munich, another toponym is Kirchbichl [kxɪrχbɪχl]/[kxɪrxbɪxl] alternatively with [ɪɐ̯]. I should add though I'm mainly familiar with how Tiroleans speak and even when they speak Standard German the accent is ve...
by hwhatting
Wed Jan 17, 2018 10:02 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116276

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Ich fahre d a nn mit dem Wagen. In that case I use the car. Or: Ich nehme dann den Wagen. Gehen almost always means "walk (on one's feet)". Exceptions: it has no fixed implication on means of transport 1) if it means "to leave, go away" ( Bist du bis zum Schluss auf der Party geblieben? - Nein, ich...
by hwhatting
Tue Jan 16, 2018 2:41 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116276

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Ich hab nicht vorausgesehen , wie schwierig es sein w ü rde, eine passende Uebersetzung für "mismatched" zu finden. Das Beste, w oran ich denken konnte, ist "die zueinander nicht zueinander passen". I didn't anticipate how hard it was going to be to find a decent translation for "mismatched". The b...
by hwhatting
Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:18 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726127

Re: Help your conlang fluency

jal wrote:It swit mi minu in af no layan de Sajiwa montan.
I'm glad there aren't any lions in the Sajiwan mountains.
Attu toyé Tarré leónai nérantis.
also ART-F.SG.LOC Tarra-LOC lion-PL.NOM NEG-be-PRES.ACT.3PL
There are no lions on Tarra, too.

(Lions are only known as exotic animals from books.)
by hwhatting
Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:23 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116276

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

In ieder geval * zijn er "regen" en "zonneschijn". ;-) If you want to use "ten minste", it becomes "Er zijn ten minste (...)", but "in ieder geval" is more idiomatic here. What would it be in German? "Es gibt jedenfalls (...)"? You can recognise what's idiomatic in German from my Dutch. ;-) It woul...
by hwhatting
Thu Jan 11, 2018 10:24 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116276

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Ich wei ß nicht, ob es in de r a frikanischen Urheimat des Menschen viele Wetterarten gibt :). I'm not sure whether there are that many types of weather in the human Urheimat :). Przynajmniej są "deszcz" i "słońce". ;-) Au moins, il y a "pluie" et "soleil" ;-). Ten minste zijn er "regen" en "zonnes...
by hwhatting
Wed Jan 10, 2018 1:11 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116276

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Es gibt so viele Arten von Regen. Es ist nicht binär. There are so many types of rain. It's not binary. Genau! Da gibt es auch Temperatur, und Windstärke, usw. Ich denke, das s , da das Wetter so wichtig ist für die Menschen, schon in d er U h rzeit Menschen sehr viel über d as Wetter gesprochen ha...
by hwhatting
Wed Jan 10, 2018 9:57 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726127

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Nu su cús mai domé toyai máterai mai werit. PRTC ART-M.SG.NOM dog-SG.NOM 1SG-DAT house-SG.LOC ART-F.SG.DAT mother-SG.DAT 1SG-DA live-PRES.ACT.3SGT My dog lives at my mother's house. And if I had a dog, it couldn't be beside my house, since it doesn't have sides (my neighbours' houses directly borde...
by hwhatting
Fri Jan 05, 2018 4:15 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: /ç/ vs. /x/ in German
Replies: 22
Views: 6289

Re: /ç/ vs. /x/ in German

Io wrote:Austrian German doesn't have [ç], just stick to [x] and you're fine. Austrian German - best German.
I don't know where you get that information; if you check this map, most of Austria is cleary in the [ç] territory. [x] in this position is more typical for Switzerland.
by hwhatting
Thu Jan 04, 2018 8:32 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116276

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Es gibt viele japanische Videospiele, die nur Kana benutzen. Ich würde nicht sagen, dass es eine gute Idee ist, es zu verschieben Kanji zu lernen zu verschieben , aber für erste ist es eine mögliche Lösung. There are a lot of Japanese video games that only use kana. I wouldn't say it's a good idea ...
by hwhatting
Wed Jan 03, 2018 12:29 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726127

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Travis B. wrote:It is here.
Nu dolchunus im. Wit i ni widun.
PRTC obliged-M.SG.NOM be-PRES.ACT.1SG.CLIT. PRTC 3SG-N.SG.ACC see-PRET.NONACT.1SG
Thanks. I hadn't seen it.
Pi littera "Ǝ" daicít?
what-ACC letter-SG.NOM mean-PRES.ACT.3SG PRTC
What does the letter "Ǝ" stand for?
by hwhatting
Tue Jan 02, 2018 2:14 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116276

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Dzisiaj tylko poprawienia. Only corrections today. Sonst habe ich nichts zu sagen. I have nothing more to say. Bist du in Milwaukee? Es schneit hier in Oconomowoc auch. Glücklicherweise sollte es morgen nicht morgens *1) schneien, wenn ich zum Haus e *2) meiner Schwester in Illinois fahre. You're i...
by hwhatting
Tue Jan 02, 2018 10:03 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726127

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Travis B. wrote:I just translated the Babel text.
Daic i nus!
show-PRES.IPTV.2SG 3SG-N.ACC 1PL-DAT
Show it to us!

Pítiscun newun wetor cailaifus!
peaceful-N.SG.ACC new-N.SG.ACC year-SG.ACC all-M.PL.DAT
A peaceful new year to all!
by hwhatting
Wed Dec 13, 2017 11:11 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116276

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

linguoboy wrote:Ich wollte eine Anspielung auf "Zuckerbäckerstil" machen mögen.
I was trying to play off multiple meanings of "gingerbread".
Dat werkt niet op Duits, helaas.
That doesn't work in German, unfortunately.
by hwhatting
Wed Dec 13, 2017 10:16 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Getting rid of grammatical features
Replies: 12
Views: 4449

Re: Getting rid of grammatical features

On the traces of PS indefinite form: the -y -less form of passive participles ending in -ony is sometimes used in poetry when the author wants to make his work in old style, resembling Old Polish or some extinct, I think, or eastern dialect of Polish. In 18th / early 19th century Russian poetry the...
by hwhatting
Wed Dec 13, 2017 9:42 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Replies: 2639
Views: 301387

Re: Venting thread

I've tried online therapy and it just didn't work for me. I know some people with problems, and they often have tried several therapists before they found the right one. So don't give up! Plus, I'm broke (I have spent so much money on medical expenses since spring...) and can't afford much of anyth...
by hwhatting
Wed Dec 13, 2017 9:36 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Getting rid of grammatical features
Replies: 12
Views: 4449

Re: Getting rid of grammatical features

One example of getting rid of definiteness is what happened in several modern Slavic languages, although it could be said that the definiteness distinction in question was only a marginal feature. Balto-Slavic had a definiteness distinction on the adjective, which was achieved by adding the PIE demo...
by hwhatting
Wed Dec 13, 2017 8:19 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Getting rid of grammatical features
Replies: 12
Views: 4449

Re: Getting rid of grammatical features

Maybe an alternative to "the" gets more widely used - some English speakers will use "that" in preference to "the" - and then the work that "the" does becomes more and more marginal. "That" might take on the functions of "the" in marking definiteness, or it might not. Although in that case one migh...
by hwhatting
Wed Dec 13, 2017 8:09 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Replies: 2639
Views: 301387

Re: Venting thread

I am untouchable, impossible to care about, unlovable. I don't think you are. It's clear that your past makes you think so, but it isn't necessarily true. I assume you're not living with your toxic family anymore? Have you tried therapy? (And sorry if you just wanted to vent and don't want a comple...
by hwhatting
Wed Dec 13, 2017 7:59 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726127

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Thanks!
by hwhatting
Wed Dec 13, 2017 6:31 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116276

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Das sieht nicht so aus, wie ich es mir vorgestellt hab. Es mangelt an Zuckergebäck*1). It doesn't look like I thought it would. It's missing the gingerbread. *1) W Niemczech tradycyinym odpowiednikiem są pierniki. *1) En Allemagne, le pendant traditionnel est pain d'épices. *1) In Duitsland is het ...