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Serafín wrote:Sorry, for a moment I thought you were writing French!
Ah mira, m'havia fixad nais mas es mais extrain, Nord i Sud son ascripts egals xD.
Oh well, I hadn't realized but it's not strange, Nord and Sud are written alike xD.
Testing a new Antipodean lang. Same sprachbund as Kannow (except more so), but unrelated. At least three different harmony processes, one of which Kannow independently redevelops.
Ŗiüzümüp.
/riy̯dzymyɸ/
[ɾiy̯zyˈmyɸ] [+high]-re-özöm-ih N3.P-NVS.PRES-be_hungry-1S.P
I am hungry.
Ṉaatʼödömrea.
/n̪aːt̪ʼød̪ømɽea̯/
[n̪aːt̪ʼøðømˈɽeə̯] Ṉaatʼ-özöm-rə-a RPRT.NPST.CAUS-be_hungry-C1.A.DU-C1.P.SG they two recently made him hungry.
cf. Kannow: (Note that Kannow, unlike the above lang, can put monovalent verbs in the mediopassive, which functions more like a middle voice and less like a passive than it does in the above lang. Also, the translation of the second example is different -- there's no dual number, and the tense, non-remote past unlike near past in the above, allows a much wider range of times; to translate it properly, you'd have to use a manner affix of recent time. And the morphophonology is much less bizarre -- there's only one harmony process, and it's no longer productive.)
Hais sid mei enfridad dur un mes acor. S'en va mais.
/aʃ sew mej en.fɾi.'daw duɾ un mes a.'koɾ || sen va maʃ/ Standard: [ɛ.'ʃew mejn.fɾi.'daw du.ɾ om.'me.z ɐ.koɾ || səɱ.'va mɛʃ] North: [ɛ.'ʃo min.fɾi.'do dwo.'m:e.zə.ko || sɪɱ.'va mɛʃ] I have been with a semi-cold for a month now. It does never go away.
Deis haure el sang dulç. Just me mors al bix.
/deʃ 'aw.ɾe le sang dulθ || ʒust me moɾs al biʃ/ Standard: ['de.ʒo.ɾə lə.'saŋ dul || dʒust mə.'moɾs ɐl.'biʃ] North: ['de.ʒoɾ lə.'saŋ dul || ʝust m:oɾs əl.'biʃ] I must have sweet blood. Some bug just bit me.
Mqa twuhn. Mi hiqwgyisy tah tasw tkwhonw
[mqa tʷuχn | mi χ(ɨ)qʷʝiç taχ tɒsʷ tkʷχʷonʷ] i-mqa twu-hn mi hi-qw-gyisy tah ta-sw tkwuh-onw
4P-hot here*-1P and PL-3PM-stupid MOD* INDEF.M-PL person-PL
“It’s hot here. And people are stupid.”
*twuhn means "here"; other forms of twu- are translated "there"
* tah is a modal particle which indicates irritation or disgust
... It's called Mzta [mzta ~ mzda].
Radius Solis wrote:The scientific method! It works, bitches.
Eng lentara adanya ku-sicyamanas. AT.INAN sound-3S.INAN that.T like=spit-PTCP-NMLZ-P
That sounds like spitting.
Midtua paskásak ma - tukana uinjavodu madu nu tinde sadre, uistotuo mauo an saga nu tinde tukansana?
[míttwa paskáːsak ma | túkana wiɲːávo.u má.u nu tín̪ːe sáːre | wístotwo máwo an sáɣa nu tín̪ːe tukánsana]
midtu-a paskásak ma tu-kan-a uin-javo-du ma-du nu tinde sad(i)r-e
interesting-C5 thought INDEF.C5 spit-throw-C5 sound-word-PL INDEF.C5-PL AUX.C5 sound way-INT
uistot-uo ma-uo an sag-a nu tinde tu-kan-san-a
language-LOC INDEF.C5-LOC REL all-C5 AUX.C5 sound spit-throw-like-C5
"An interesting thought: what does onomatopeia for spitting sound like in a language where everything sounds like spitting?"
Radius Solis wrote:The scientific method! It works, bitches.
Eng lentara adanya ku-sicyamanas. AT.INAN sound-3S.INAN that.T like=spit-PTCP-NMLZ-P
That sounds like spitting.
Midtua paskásak ma - tukana uinjavodu madu nu tinde sadre, uistotuo mauo an saga nu tinde tukansana?
[míttwa paskáːsak ma | túkana wiɲːávo.u má.u nu tín̪ːe sáːre | wístotwo máwo an sáɣa nu tín̪ːe tukánsana]
"An interesting thought: what does onomatopeia for spitting sound like in a language where everything sounds like spitting?"
Thet Rhud fure Spettel ?
[ðɛt ʁʉd fʉa̯ 'spɛt.ɛl]
The Word for Spit?
"Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure."
-Jane Austen, [i]Pride and Prejudice[/i]
Christopher Schröder wrote:Thet Rhud fure Spettel ?
[ðɛt ʁʉd fʉa̯ 'spɛt.ɛl]
The Word for Spit?
En theoria el verb mesm a "ascupir" vendria d'una onomatopeia (n'es is mais el cas n'inglés, l'escupir románic, etc.?)
Presumably the word for "spit" would come itself from an onomatopeia (is it not the case in English, in romance escupir, etc.?)
Piiatupuru sārngumai. Tni angra tamia.
pi-iatupu-ru sārn-gu-mai | tni angra tamia
1SG-dislike-3PL heat-AUG-OBL.PL | be.3SG humid[NOM.SG] DEM I don't like heatwaves. It is also humid here.
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Sar'ork demtkaiyl klam aachoa cheung teuu ing leung neuomuan gaayeu. Guangklamkach pleu. Pneukkiap leut!
this.place be.humid be.hot happen.to.a.limited.extent but be.less be.intense separate.from summer be.typical | heat.wave be.absent | be.unbelievable EMPH It is a little bit hot and humid here, but much less than usual summers. There is no heat wave. It's hard to believe!
I'm starting to be glad I don't live in Iowa anymore. I hear that it's 114 degrees there, and I know from experience that the humidity is around 99% in the summer. I see green skies in their future. (Green skies are signs of tornadoes, in case you've never had the... pleasure of experiencing one)
King of My Own Niche - A domain and demesne, of one and one. And perhaps less than that.
clawgrip wrote: Sar'ork demtkaiyl klam aachoa cheung teuu ing leung neuomuan gaayeu. Guangklamkach pleu. Pneukkiap leut!
this.place be.humid be.hot happen.to.a.limited.extent but be.less be.intense separate.from summer be.typical | heat.wave be.absent | be.unbelievable EMPH It is a little bit hot and humid here, but much less than usual summers. There is no heat wave. It's hard to believe!
Bocus corem assum desse cangō. Cinō Camacram icī. Cireia fuit.
I think it's hot. Yesterday I went to Kamakura. It was nice.
first time doing stuff with new MSA, let's see how this goes
Kaukana elievet van valtevot sapanyla. Rukahtere neletevet iatot.
remember good-ADVR 1SM-NOM summer-ACC Japan-GEN envy-NEG complete-ADVR 2SM-ACC
I remember Japanese summers well. I don't envy you at all.
clawgrip wrote: Sar'ork demtkaiyl klam aachoa cheung teuu ing leung neuomuan gaayeu. Guangklamkach pleu. Pneukkiap leut!
this.place be.humid be.hot happen.to.a.limited.extent but be.less be.intense separate.from summer be.typical | heat.wave be.absent | be.unbelievable EMPH It is a little bit hot and humid here, but much less than usual summers. There is no heat wave. It's hard to believe!
Bocus corem assum desse cangō. Cinō Camacram icī. Cireia fuit.
I think it's hot. Yesterday I went to Kamakura. It was nice.
A que es manend en Japón? Travail?
Why are you staying in Japan? Work?
I took my current draft of Vanga for a small test drive yesterday:
Míjóhs ahainunnúns vólsájunzawi... mí-jó<>h-ˤh-z ahá<>j-nunnú<>n-ˤh-z vÓl-sá<>j-ʷn-z-awi Somewhere over the rainbow... INDEF-reside-3P-INANIM fade_to_distance-bend-3P-INANIM above-stand-4P-OBJ.3PS "some-resided_in-it_is fade_to_distance-bent-it_is above-stood-it2_is-for_it"
"In some place is an arc that fades into the distance, and this other thing is above it."
[ˈmʊːjɔːx͡s̻ʰ ˈɑhɑɪ̯nʊ̃ŋʊːn̥t͡s̻ ˈpɔːl̥t͡s̻ɑːjʊ̃nzɑʊ̯wɯ̯] (formal standard),
[ˈmʊːjɔːx͡s̻ʰ ˈɑhɑɪ̯nʊ̃ŋʊːn̥t͡s̻ ˈpɔːl̥t͡s̻ɑːjʊ̃nzɑʊ̯(w)] (colloquial standard)
Hýnnæh alvinah vólmnah... hý<>n-n-ˤh a<>lv-n-ˤh vó<>lm-n-ˤh Blue birds fly... be_bird-PLUR-3P be_blue/grey-PLUR-3P fly-PLUR-3P "birds-they-are blue/grey-they-are fly-they-do"
"They are birds and blue and they fly."
[ˈhœʏ̯ŋæħː ˈɑlvɯ̯nɑħ ˈv̥ɔːlm͡nɑħ] (formal standard),
[ˈhœʏ̯ŋæħː ˈɑ(ʊ̯)wð̞nɑħ ˈv̥ɔː(w)m͡nɑħ] (colloquial standard)
finlay wrote:Bocus corem assum desse cangō. Cinō Camacram icī. Cireia fuit.
I think it's hot. Yesterday I went to Kamakura. It was nice.
Please tell me bocus is I and that this is Latin with a Japanese vocabulary<3
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Online dictionary for my conlang Vanga: http://royalrailway.com/tungumaalMiin/Vanga/
#undef FEMALE
I'd love for you to try my game out! Here's the forum thread about it:
http://zbb.spinnwebe.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=36688