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by Astraios
Thu Sep 21, 2017 6:34 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116494

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Вчера вечером для Рош Ха-Шана я приготовила персидскую еду, потому что мне хотелось что-то кисло-сладкое, но некитайское. Итак, накрывались на стол гранатовый салат с морковями, помидорами, сладкими перцами; сливовый суп со шпинатом, рисом, чечевицами; фисинджа̄н (куриные грудки, тушенные в гранато...
by Astraios
Thu Sep 14, 2017 10:36 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Tutorial: Making a Realistic Triconsonantal Language (beta)
Replies: 42
Views: 33474

Re: Tutorial: Making a Realistic Triconsonantal Language (be

No, I was just pointing out another triconsonantal system, one that happens to have conserved vowels. But “having roots with three consonants in them” isn’t at all what’s meant by triconsonantal system in relation to Semitic languages… I don't see a triconsonantal qal in all this. What's happening ...
by Astraios
Sun Sep 10, 2017 3:21 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Words you've learned recently
Replies: 248
Views: 80060

Re: Words you've learned recently

I'm not following. Is having a HoS with a commoner name/surname okay or not okay in a modern Western state after all? Which names are considered acceptable in the US includes a great many names that have completely different connotations in Britain. Americans are well-known for using surnames as fi...
by Astraios
Sat Sep 09, 2017 4:56 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Tutorial: Making a Realistic Triconsonantal Language (beta)
Replies: 42
Views: 33474

Re: Tutorial: Making a Realistic Triconsonantal Language (be

It depends what one means by 'Hebrew'. The difference between the Biblical and Modern Israeli forms of Hebrew is only about as great as that between Shakespeare’s English and the international standard: there are very few differences in their grammar (aside from what is considered ‘archaic’ today),...
by Astraios
Wed Sep 06, 2017 6:22 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Tutorial: Making a Realistic Triconsonantal Language (beta)
Replies: 42
Views: 33474

Re: Tutorial: Making a Realistic Triconsonantal Language (be

PIE offers reduplication, which is something Hebrew generally lacks, except for specific root patterns such as 'double ayin'. Hebrew doesn’t lack reduplication in the slightest; in fact it even has quite productive reduplication (in diminutives, for one thing). It also has a very great amount of wo...
by Astraios
Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:13 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Languages with optional person indexing on verbs
Replies: 4
Views: 2501

Re: Languages with optional person indexing on verbs

You might also look at Coptic, the subject of whose verbs can be either a bound pronominal or a disjunctive nominal phrase, which can either intervene between a TAM-marking particle and the verb itself: ⲁϥⲕⲟⲧⲥ a-f-kot-s Perf-3MS-build-3FS “he built it” ⲁⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲕⲟⲧⲥ a-p-joeis kot-s Perf-Def.MS-lord b...
by Astraios
Wed Aug 23, 2017 7:51 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Singing pronunciation in different languages
Replies: 16
Views: 6134

Re: Singing pronunciation in different languages

I’m not sure I’d call what Hebrew has strange , but it definitely has pronunciations that aren’t as common in speech as they are in songs. First, it has register-based pronunciation differences (mostly in proclitic conjunctions/prepositions) which are used to effect in some styles of singing but not...
by Astraios
Tue Aug 15, 2017 4:43 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116494

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

*5) канализация means "sewers"; I assume that's not what you found interesting. :-) Ну, всё равно, грязная коричневая вода. :p И спасибо за помощь! Well, it’s dirty brown water either way. :p And thanks for the help! Я начала работать билетёршей в Тель-Авивском Камерном театре. Завтра поставят «Сме...
by Astraios
Tue Aug 08, 2017 4:36 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116494

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Итак, Амстердам мне не очень интересовал. Этот простой город. Канализация, конечно, и старые здания — приятны, но город ещё ни так интересно, ни так красиво. Ну а что такое велосипеды в Нидерландах? :о Очень пугалась! Не у пешеходов, хотящих перейти улицу (и зебрами), право проезда? Я бы за это дав...
by Astraios
Tue Aug 01, 2017 10:48 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116494

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Today I gave notice that I was quitting my job. It's a little scary, but it's necessary to start moving towards the next goal. Молодец! Я полечу завтра в Амстердам в честь дня рождения Друга, который решил вчера объявить, что мы с нём будем летать, произвольно, куда-нибудь в отпуск «на выходные», п...
by Astraios
Sun Jul 30, 2017 11:55 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: A Very Brief Explanation of the British Election
Replies: 323
Views: 93416

Re: A Very Brief Explanation of the British Election

They recently collected money (that I don’t have) from me for the same reason. I tried to explain to them how physically posting things might take longer than the time they allow between sending letters and starting to collect the repayments, especially in places where the post can take literally mo...
by Astraios
Fri Jul 21, 2017 2:59 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Phrase-final allophones and allomorphs
Replies: 20
Views: 6039

Re: Phrase-final allophones and allomorphs

Wow, no one mentioned Hebrew. Biblical Hebrew has a whole slew of rules for phrase-final allomorphy, mostly involving the lengthening in pausa of short or reduced vowels, and stress movement from the ultimate to the penultimate syllable. Some examples, using the root qṭl as a placeholder: Nouns: - q...
by Astraios
Fri Jul 21, 2017 2:13 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116494

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

(Hearing from is possible in "I haven't heard from her for two days" or "I heard a sound from far away" right? of is used when it's about the topic, not the source, of the hearing?) Yes, you hear (word, news) from people, or hear (sounds) from somewhere. But you hear (tell) of (“about”) things whic...
by Astraios
Wed Jul 19, 2017 3:24 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116494

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Could you see Aqaba from your window? Да, Акабу с границой Иордании и видела, а Египета/Саудии видны были только нагорные. Yes, I could see Aqaba and the Jordanian border, but only the mountains in Egypt/Saudi. I mean... Japan is pretty humid when it's hot, so perhaps I just can't believe it can be...
by Astraios
Tue Jul 18, 2017 3:47 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116494

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Ну не могла видеть границу. Но Саудия и видна оттуда (это все знают, Кхалиси). Я предполагала, что она около самых южнейших нагорных.
Obviously I couldn't see the border. But Saudi is visible from there (it is known, Khaleesi), so I assumed it was about the furthest mountainous part to the south.
by Astraios
Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:22 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116494

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Итак, я бывала в Эйлате. Теперь могу сказать несомненно, что 45 градусов, когда сухо, это не проблема. Из комнаты в гостинице мне были видно четыре государства (Израиль, Иордания, Египет, Саудовская Аравия). So I went to Eilat. Now I can say for sure that 45 degrees is no problem when it's dry. I c...
by Astraios
Sun Jul 09, 2017 4:30 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116494

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

I think Astraios is using the word Friend as a fill-in for this friend's name. Разгадал. Мне так не нужно каждый раз написать «друг, с которым я живу». You got it. This way I don’t have to write out “the friend I live with” every time. Even if it's not humid, when it's hotter than body temperature,...
by Astraios
Fri Jul 07, 2017 3:26 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116494

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

You're crazy. If there is heat above the body heat, it's hell. My Swahili is wrong, I'm sure. (I translated kind of literally to give an idea in English. I wanted to say "If it's hotter than body temperature.") Когда очень сухо, жар уменьшается. В пустыне даже 45 градусов — более «Ну и пусть, чуть ...
by Astraios
Wed Jul 05, 2017 6:06 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116494

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

I'd go there if I had the time. I like her. Я тоже. Но была здесь жара, и Другу не захотелось выйти. Me too. But there was a heatwave, and Friend didn’t want to go outside. :/ Is the concert for free ? Небесплатно, но парк — очень большой; многие люди туда ходят, чтобы подслушивали концерты. Потому...
by Astraios
Mon Jul 03, 2017 9:48 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116494

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Бритни выступает в Тель-Авиве, а у меня слышатся репетиции дома. Может быть, я позже выйду в парк, где происходит выступление.
Britney’s performing in Tel Aviv, and I can hear the rehearsals from my house. Maybe later I’ll go to the park where she’s performing.
by Astraios
Tue Jun 06, 2017 2:46 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116494

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Я живу в (западной) Азии, но на Африканской литосферной плите, так что я живу одновременно в Азии и в Африке. А на Востоке бывала я два раза в Пекине, но каждый раз не было достаточно времени, чтобы больше «понимала» там, чем турист. I live in (western) Asia, but on the African tectonic plate, so I...
by Astraios
Sun Jun 04, 2017 3:34 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Is Basque really weird?
Replies: 33
Views: 9474

Re: Is Basque really weird?

most of those are irregular They actually aren’t very irregular at all: only the plural marker is really variable, and everything else is quite regularly agglutinated. Cf. your first pair nau ~ banindu , which are pretty simply glossed: n- a- u “has me” ba= n- ind- u “should … have me” , and: nakar...
by Astraios
Wed May 24, 2017 1:30 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116494

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

I beg to differ. Но там тоже слово «grease» — разговорное (и противное) название для воска для волос. Вежливые люди не измазывали себе волосы самой «смазкою», а намазывали помадой. Аналогично, свечи не изготовляют из «пчелиной смазки» (раздавленных пчёл? гемолимфы?), а из их воска. А фильм — точно ...
by Astraios
Tue May 23, 2017 8:06 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116494

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

jal wrote:Why? Wax or grease, that's the same isn't it?
Wax has connotations of pleasant things, like honeycomb or candles. Grease is melted animal fat, or anything slimy, dirty and oily that resembles it. It’s a yucky word for yucky things.
by Astraios
Wed May 17, 2017 4:01 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Questions about Japanese
Replies: 34
Views: 13000

Re: Questions about Japanese

I don’t know anything about Japanese, but it looks like you’re conflating historical morphology with modern still-productive morphology. If ochiru ’s modern causative is ochisaseru , but its ancient causative (/transitive) counterpart came out in modern Japanese as otosu , then you aren’t deriving o...