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- Fri Jun 22, 2012 1:56 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
- Replies: 6633
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Re: Help your conlang fluency
Oure Fauðer, hou on Hejvon lejvd, din Nam is halig. /'øuːɾɛ 'faːwɚɾ høu ɒn 'hejːvɒn lejvd dɪn naːm ɪz 'hɑːlɪχ/ Our father, who lives in heaven, your name is holy. Komon din Kungen ond din Vil, on Ord as on Hejvon. /'kɒːmɒn dɪn 'kuːŋǝn ɒnd dɪn vɪl ɒn ɒɾd ɑz ɒn 'hejːvɒn/ Let your kingdom and your wil...
- Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:28 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Lexicon Building
- Replies: 4308
- Views: 794707
Re: Lexicon Building
Illyrian:
Canulle [ka'nʉl.a] (n.f.) — Lump, Glob; Biol. Mitochondrion (probably a CGMC knulōn)
Next Word. Squall, Storm
Canulle [ka'nʉl.a] (n.f.) — Lump, Glob; Biol. Mitochondrion (probably a CGMC knulōn)
Next Word. Squall, Storm
- Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:20 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
- Replies: 6633
- Views: 743665
Re: Help your conlang fluency
Ech rhâte end clevre ins thaise Lettrechartes. [eː 'ʁɑː.ta ɛnd 'klɛv.ɾa ɪnz 'ðeː.za lɛt.ɾa'ʧaə.tɛz] I copy and paste them from the Character Map. It greth Rhied, tha Lettrecharte. [ɪt gɾɛt ʁiɛd ðɑː lɛt.ɾa'ʧaə.ta] It's useful (lit. "it has Usefulness"), the Character Map. Ech gref main euy Clavier f...
- Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:50 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
- Replies: 6633
- Views: 743665
Re: Help your conlang fluency
Oyo! fok pauzegaltee len 'Phonetic Symbols' kopa yalfa yetudaali nahpau! len-tzal hoi hasan οηο ! βοϰ παυϸεχαλτέ λεν 'Phonetic Symbols' ϰοπα ηαλβα ηετυθά ναϩπαυ λεν-ϻαλ ϩοι ϩαϛαν [βɔx ɸɑu.ʑə.ɣəː.θəː ɬɜ̃ ɸɔ.nə.ti sim.βɔz xɔ.ɸə jäːβ̯ə jɔ.θɯ.ðəː.ly nä̰.ɸɑu lɜ̃ ʥäː χɔi χä.ʒə̃] INT 1SG.see be.ESS:AS pho...
- Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:08 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
- Replies: 6633
- Views: 743665
- Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:06 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Arka: an a priori conlang with 14,000 words from Japan
- Replies: 197
- Views: 45524
Re: Arka: an a priori conlang with 14,000 words from Japan
Oh, I've made a rather silly Mistake, then.
- Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:51 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Arka: an a priori conlang with 14,000 words from Japan
- Replies: 197
- Views: 45524
Re: Arka: an a priori conlang with 14,000 words from Japan
Was Part of this Thread just cut off?
- Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:50 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Lexicon Building
- Replies: 4308
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Re: Lexicon Building
Next Word: tributary (a river that flows into another river) Illyrian: Straum, thes [stɾou̯m] (n.m.) — Stream, small River, Tributary (CGmc straumaz ) Oie, tha [u̯a] (n.f.) — River (CGmc aujō , appeared in Old Illyrian as auĭā , though dialectal oĭā eventually replaced it) Next Word: synonym
- Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:40 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
- Replies: 6633
- Views: 743665
Re: Help your conlang fluency
Ech rhâte end clevre ins thaise Lettrechartes. [eː 'ʁɑː.ta ɛnd 'klɛv.ɾa ɪnz 'ðeː.za lɛt.ɾa'ʧaə.tɛz] I copy and paste them from the Character Map. It greth Rhied, tha Lettrecharte. [ɪt gɾɛt ʁiɛd ðɑː lɛt.ɾa'ʧaə.ta] It's useful (lit. "it has Usefulness"), the Character Map. Ech gref main euy Clavier f...
- Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:18 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
- Replies: 6633
- Views: 743665
Re: Help your conlang fluency
Logiap chai borm plargen huoo choacheung. how do can understand NEG HORT I don't fully understand how that's possible. Es tal un typo masseu. Alquand i ascreis, di, <lurk>, ascreis <lruk> (a mán). El mesm concept, verbs entegres. It's like a massive typo. Some times when I write, say, <lurk>, I wri...
- Mon Jun 18, 2012 10:44 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: English Subjunctive Test
- Replies: 37
- Views: 6215
Re: English Subjunctive Test
I have the same general Distinction.Nortaneous wrote:Same for me.clawgrip wrote:I insisted that they be locked up. - I insisted on my desire for their being locked up.
I insisted that they were locked up. - I insisted on the past truthfulness of their being locked up.
- Sun Jun 17, 2012 11:12 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
- Replies: 3108
- Views: 652093
Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
? Russia Prussia Russian Prussian Quick ~ Careful [ɹʌʃə] ~ [ɹʌsʲjə] [pɹʌʃə] ~ [pɹʌsʲjə] [ɹʌʃə̃n] ~ [ɹʌsʲjə̃n] [pɹʌʃə̃n] ~ [ɹʌsʲjə̃n] I'm not quite sure how to transcribe it, but I certainly have something like a weak [j]-like Sound when I pronounce Words like that carefully, and the [s] is certainl...
- Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:53 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Lexicon Building
- Replies: 4308
- Views: 794707
Re: Lexicon Building
Illyrian: Seecuy. ['seːkɛʉ] lit "seacow"; See (CGmc "saiwaz") + Cuy (CGmc "kūz")Rodlox wrote:Next: Dugong (or similar herbivore)
Next word: paperback, or similarly cheaply-printed reading material
- Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:14 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: The West Saxon Scratchpad (Formerly the West Saxon Thread)
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35999
Re: The West Saxon Thread (Now Showing: New Site!)
I like the changes quite well, though I'm not sure if I find the use of "j" in diphthongs interesting or strange...
- Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:37 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Lexicon Building
- Replies: 4308
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Re: Lexicon Building
Illyrian —Soap wrote:next: spring of fresh water
Kelle ['kɛl.a] (n.f.) — spring, source of water, wellspring
Next word: entrance, entryway
- Thu May 17, 2012 10:51 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The coping thread
- Replies: 85
- Views: 21568
Re: The coping thread
*Cue up 5-10 songs appropriate for the situation, put on some headphones, close my eyes, and just mentally "swim" in the music for a while. *Take a shower, do some laundry, and clean my room. *Get $10-$15 in cash and, if it's a weekend with nice weather, go garage saling for a couple hours. *Lay do...
- Thu May 17, 2012 10:39 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Lexicon Building
- Replies: 4308
- Views: 794707
Re: Lexicon Building
Illyrian:
uvritréthen ['ɛʉ.vʀɪ'tɾeː.ðɛn] (v.) — to overstep, to go out of bounds, to step over (rarely used literally).
Next Word: Fracture, Break
uvritréthen ['ɛʉ.vʀɪ'tɾeː.ðɛn] (v.) — to overstep, to go out of bounds, to step over (rarely used literally).
Next Word: Fracture, Break
- Tue May 08, 2012 7:03 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Gliding versus partial gliding in Spanish
- Replies: 53
- Views: 6293
Re: Gliding versus partial gliding in Spanish
Rhythmic Groups, I imagine.Viktor77 wrote:Groups?Serafín wrote:The walls of IPA are impressive, but are groups really that long?
Not pronouncing?Viktor77 wrote:Also our exercises were always transcribing. Very rarely the otherway around, but many many times into IPA.
- Fri May 04, 2012 11:27 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Gliding versus partial gliding in Spanish
- Replies: 53
- Views: 6293
Re: Gliding versus partial gliding in Spanish
Indulge my curiosity — what book is it?Viktor77 wrote:And Dewrad, my very knowledgeable French phonology book uses these terms and I have no reason to question them.
- Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:21 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: ZBB member photos, part 5. (Something for the weekend, sir?)
- Replies: 5496
- Views: 775583
Re: ZBB member photos, part 5. (Something for the weekend, s
I'd say you look better in something less-formal, and the third one is... not overly-flattering.Torco wrote:Anyway, gratouitous vanity time for Torco
I had rather you didn't.Torco wrote:also, should I cut my hair
- Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:49 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
- Replies: 3108
- Views: 652093
Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Cumin — /kjum.ɪn/ — ['kjum.ɨn] or possibly [kjum.ɨ̃n]
My Grandmother says something like /kum.ɪn/ — something rather like ['ku:.mən] — her [u:] is about the same Length as my [ju], but it is completely yodless.
My Grandmother says something like /kum.ɪn/ — something rather like ['ku:.mən] — her [u:] is about the same Length as my [ju], but it is completely yodless.
- Sun Apr 29, 2012 3:29 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Lexicon Building
- Replies: 4308
- Views: 794707
Re: Lexicon Building
Illyrian:Theta wrote:Next word: rice; grain
Creun n.n. — Grain, Kernel, Pebble
Hevre n.n.pl — Oats
Whéty n.f. — Wheat
Creunille n.f. — Kernel, Seed, Small Particle
Orise n.f. — Rice
Next Word — Powdered Drink
- Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:14 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Lexicon Building
- Replies: 4308
- Views: 794707
Re: Lexicon Building
Illyrian: Frusbleck ['fɾøz.blɛk] (n.n.) — Frostbite (lit "Iceburn") Frusblecken [fɾøz'blɛk.ɛn] (v.) — to inflict Frostbite, to blacken (something living) with Ice blecken ['blɛk.ɛn] (v.) — to burn, to blacken, to turn to Ash Frust [fɾœst] (n.n.) — Ice Next Word: Shiver, Tremor, Shaking, Palsy
- Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:09 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Lexicon Building
- Replies: 4308
- Views: 794707
Re: Lexicon Building
Illyrian:Imralu wrote:Next: smug
trum (adj.) — strong, assured
trum-doun — smug, assured, overconfident
Next Word: Starch, Flour, Thickening Agent
- Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:03 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Words you love because of their sounds
- Replies: 285
- Views: 36932
Re: Words you love because of their sounds
Elasticity: [ɪlæstɪsɪti]Darkgamma wrote:How do you pronounce <elasticity>, <ergonomics> and <Skyrim> ?
Ergonomics: [ɛɹgənɔmɪks]
Skyrim: [skai̯ɹəm]
[eijafjalɑːjøːkʊl] ?vampireshark wrote:A name I rather like the sound of is Eyjafjallajökull.