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by Dē Graut Bʉr
Mon Jan 29, 2018 2:59 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 739895

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Geste tod te no ne lunaip ku. Hêtai paik hottu hanu dam no baistak. Nuq tifi lsurke tegai mai. I escaped from the madhouse, but I came back because I missed you guys. Now I'm writing nonsense. Ti zanti ten hanu nuli pin man, ti terid ed nok hettu ama ama pukai lirek li. Ki zana pukai sub tzanai nan...
by Dē Graut Bʉr
Wed Jan 24, 2018 10:06 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 739895

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Ama naik hanu imite lsapai. Tegai mapot nai zurke ad anku era.
I feel that too. Finding something to write can be hard.
by Dē Graut Bʉr
Tue Jan 16, 2018 5:33 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: The translations thread
Replies: 17
Views: 10116

Re: The translations thread

Dsile ira nama ku arok nai ed kilai sor, ni ap te nôma pin. heaven CL(big) many NEG number CL(abstract) SUB give to.them, human CL(human) 3SG.OBJ feed should Heaven brings forth innumerable things to nurture man. The phrase nama ku arok , glossed as many NEG number , should be interpreted as someth...
by Dē Graut Bʉr
Tue Jan 16, 2018 4:40 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 739895

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Ri bak ed teaigi, suk kilai pin? Pod ed sinok hai kib, paik naito nai lino li.
Who the fuck cares what we're supposed to do? Tell us how to pronounce your language.
by Dē Graut Bʉr
Mon Jan 15, 2018 11:18 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 739895

Re: Help your conlang fluency

No nunat kitu tod li ed nukaip, no ama kim molas era.
My bedroom is big enough for me to fit into.
by Dē Graut Bʉr
Mon Jan 15, 2018 11:11 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Altrunian Conlang Scratchpad: Additives
Replies: 12
Views: 8303

Re: Altrunian Conlang Scratchpad: Additives

Explaining it again, because I agree with smii that you don't seem to have understood it at all. As smii already said, an augmentative indicates a greater version of something. To oversimplify, augmentatives are more or less equivalent to the word "big". So in a language with augmentatives, the augm...
by Dē Graut Bʉr
Sat Jan 13, 2018 5:14 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 739895

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Ri ku paik dog sor? Hanu akai tifi moê...
You don't have love? You must be lonely...

Dog means "love" in Kunesian.
by Dē Graut Bʉr
Fri Dec 15, 2017 11:51 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Aʻatun Scratchpad: Inventory questions
Replies: 116
Views: 62092

Re: Altrunian Conlang Scratchpad: Inventory questions

How you transcribe a sound in writing and how it's exactly pronounced are two entirely different matters. Words like "monophthong" and "diphthong" apply only to sounds, not to letters, so using the term "monophthong" for a phoneme that is transcribed with a single letter is indeed incorrect.
by Dē Graut Bʉr
Thu Dec 14, 2017 5:58 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Aʻatun Scratchpad: Inventory questions
Replies: 116
Views: 62092

Re: Altrunian Conlang Scratchpad: Inventory questions

Sure, you can add /ɔɪ̯/ or a similar diphthong. What is "monophthongised" supposed to mean in this context?
by Dē Graut Bʉr
Sun Dec 10, 2017 2:08 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Aʻatun Scratchpad: Inventory questions
Replies: 116
Views: 62092

Re: Altrunian Conlang Scratchpad: Allophones of [h]

I see. In the future, I would advise you to include the IPA in your posts instead of posting such links. Also, a note on the use of brackets: Slashes indicate a broad transcription Square brackets indicate a narrow transcription Pointy brackets indicate the orthographic representation So, with the c...
by Dē Graut Bʉr
Sun Dec 10, 2017 1:11 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Aʻatun Scratchpad: Inventory questions
Replies: 116
Views: 62092

Re: Altrunian Conlang Scratchpad: Allophones of [h]

Yeah, all that's needed for such allophony is a vowel inventory having both front and non-front vowels.
yangfiretiger121 wrote:and the monophthnged diphthong , which we transcribe as [äɪ̯]

Am I right in assuming that this is supposed to mean that there is [äɪ̯] but no ? Your phrasing isn't really clear.
by Dē Graut Bʉr
Sat Dec 09, 2017 3:56 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 739895

Re: Help your conlang fluency

I veit nekk vass in dē naggzverrē zeit... You don't know what's in the darkness of the night... me na ke ak unya But I know what isn't... Gúg: genn zeit dē zallleiging. Ig aug: dē zyt gyn zolllyging. So do I: there is no sunlight. (I - you, nekk - know, vass - what, in - in, dē - the, kuss - can, j...
by Dē Graut Bʉr
Fri Dec 08, 2017 5:12 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 739895

Re: Help your conlang fluency

I veit nekk vass in dē naggzverrē zeit...
You don't know what's in the darkness of the night...

Kuss jis zi dē sgillighyt oss ditt to talls?
Can you guys see the difference between these two languages?
by Dē Graut Bʉr
Tue Dec 05, 2017 11:13 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Kinship: children of cousins?
Replies: 15
Views: 4522

Re: Kinship: children of cousins?

In Dutch we have the words achterneef and achternicht for this. Their literal meanings are "behind-male.cousin" and "behind-female.cousin" respectively.
by Dē Graut Bʉr
Tue Dec 05, 2017 10:53 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 739895

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Ki ku kolu imite man?
But what if we don't notice?
by Dē Graut Bʉr
Thu Nov 09, 2017 3:40 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 739895

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Ilôat i hîaz îar îar y gaot.
I came here four years ago.
by Dē Graut Bʉr
Tue Oct 31, 2017 8:43 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 648810

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

Vijay wrote:
jal wrote:
Dē Graut Bʉr wrote:At least I've got /ʀβ̞/ in Rwanda...
Your from the South? :)


JAL
Da motte gij witte!
In other words, I'm from Brabant.
by Dē Graut Bʉr
Tue Oct 31, 2017 8:32 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 739895

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Naiv îar y gaot, isôadh in y tel na naivi si Daraich. N'isôadh i neith yn âz linir hei.
Nine years ago I could count to nine in Bearlandic. I couldn't say much else.
by Dē Graut Bʉr
Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:49 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 739895

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Ichrif sin yn îaz naiv îar y gaot.
/ixˈrif sin ən ˈiəz ˈnaiv ˈiər ə ˈgɑot/
write.PST you that there nine year.PL PT ago
You wrote that nine years ago.
by Dē Graut Bʉr
Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:31 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 648810

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

jal wrote:
Imralu wrote:Tanzania
Rwanda
Burundi
Uganda
Dutch:
/tɑn.za.ˈni.a/ [tɑn.zə.ˈni.ja]
/ru.ˈʋɑn.da/ [ru.ˈɑn.da]
/bu.ˈrun.di/ [bu.ˈrun.di]
/u.ˈxɑn.da/ [u.ˈxɑn.da]

Boring! :)


JAL
At least I've got /ʀβ̞/ in Rwanda...
by Dē Graut Bʉr
Sun Oct 29, 2017 6:12 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 739895

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Ichrît a Nuyf y chi Norot au d'Aoz yn aomi dhet a mi gâvor, au ilôat a mîar y lhi ngaofar ûn. Ziget mine y mo net y mi gâvor, isôadh yn uyda mo na vîar yn igôath a chaofar. /iˈxriːt a ˈnʊif ə xi ˈnorot a ˈdɑoz ən ˈɑomi ˈðet a mi ˈɣaːvor | aiˈloət ə ˈmiər ə ɬi ˈŋɑofar ˈʉːn || ˈziget min ə ˈmo net ə ...
by Dē Graut Bʉr
Sat Oct 28, 2017 7:52 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1123729

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

hwhatting wrote: Kan je geen beter betaalde aarbeid werk in Rusland vinden?
Also, "arbeid" is written with one "a".
by Dē Graut Bʉr
Tue Oct 24, 2017 5:20 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 739895

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Swahili zavaich... Zan âz zi a nialekt yn uyda zi?
Bad Swahili... Are you speaking a dialect you invented?

Oss dē nuē iss ig tē ly oss bidygē a worrt oss "spraking".
At the moment I'm too lazy to invent a word for "dialect".
by Dē Graut Bʉr
Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:57 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1123729

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

hwhatting wrote: Ik hoop, dat er geen oorzakelijk verband bestaat. ;-)
by Dē Graut Bʉr
Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:45 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Vowel deletion in adjectives only?
Replies: 9
Views: 4265

Re: Vowel deletion in adjectives only?

The opposite would be much more likely. Is there any reason why you specifically want adjectives to drop their final vowels, or would you also be fine with another class of words doing so? Because in that case, you could drop word final short vowels and make nouns the consonant-final class.