Help your conlang fluency (2)

[Nannalu]

"myself's"? 앜앜 ᄋ우팦 큰 까!
"myself's"? ak-ak ngupap keun qa!
"Myself's"? That's a big grammatical no-no.

[Ser]

That's weird. I speak English, but I'm not English. What do you call the Spanish government? The Spanish military?

People don't normally talk about the Spanish government or military obviously.

That's kind of weird. In Toronto, calling someone Spanish means they are from Spain.

Happens all the time. Say, one day I was with a friend and a friend of that friend I don't know, and my parents or my brother called me, and I started speaking Spanish. That other person asked, "what is he speaking?"; my friend responds, "Spanish. He's Spanish". And it's perfectly understood I come from somewhere in Latin America or Spain.

És un nullophon doncs xD
You're an anythingphone then.

És un nullophon doncs xD
You're an anythingphone then.

'Anything' is not a negative word. We mostly use it it negative sentences, and questions, but in a negative sentence, another word provides the negative meaning. An anythingophone would be someone who speaks anything (ie. potentially everything, it doesn't matter what). What you want to say is a notanythingophone, or a nothingophone - someone who doesn't speak anything (ie. someone who speaks nothing).</ESL teacher>

Also, for me, the suffix is -ophone, not just -phone. Anglophone, francophone. I just think of -phone just meaning (tele)phone, like iPhone, smart phone, pay phone etc.

Neither works, it's nihilophone. (Latin nihil, Greek -phon-. Or udophone, if you wanna have an entirely Greek compound. Or uphone, on the basis of utopia.)

[communistplot]

"myself's"? 앜앜 ᄋ우팦 큰 까!
"myself's"? ak-ak ngupap keun qa!
"Myself's"? That's a big grammatical no-no.

It does look weird, but it seemed right at the time to translate literally rather than use "my".

[Dewrad]

Apparently it's gibraltareño in Spanish [extremeño also shifts to "Extremaduran", funny] (give it back to us!).

Jèu'm san sovèn rogat cèst. Perco vojaltrei lo volaite doncei? Çò n'è che na pèdra inabitata de sèmie.
I've often wondered this. Why do you even want it? It's just a rock with monkeys.

La chesçun metisa pegl' arzentainei amb le Malvaine, en remplaçan le sèmie de pègre.
The same question goes for the Argentinians about the Falklands, replacing the monkeys with sheep.

[Thry]

Creis i ha mult a fere con las plantas nucleiars, mas podria ser errad.
I think it has something to do with the nuclear plants, but I could be wrong.

[Dewrad]

Creis i ha mult a fere con las plantas nucleiars, mas podria ser errad.
I think it has something to do with the nuclear plants, but I could be wrong.

Ovà, çò jè na pèdra inhabitata de sèmie fosforescèntei. Mai cèst na respònd bèsça ala rogata!
OK, so it's a rock inhabited by glowing monkeys. But that doesn't answer the question!

[Pthagnar]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantropa

[Imralu]

Happens all the time. Say, one day I was with a friend and a friend of that friend I don't know, and my parents or my brother called me, and I started speaking Spanish. That other person asked, "what is he speaking?"; my friend responds, "Spanish. He's Spanish". And it's perfectly understood I come from somewhere in Latin America or Spain.

Ma i dzeliemi! Xoze i na do na i bolam aim not sapénic - aim puéra toríkan ko biá esiam uá i unaz.
[mai̯.ˈdze.li̯e.mi ˈʒo.zei̯.ˈna.do.nai̯.ˈbo.la.mai̯m.no.tsa.ˈpe.niʃ ai̯mˈpu̯e.ɾa.to.ˈɾi.kan.kobi̯a.e.si̯a.mu̯a.ˈju.naz]
ma i dze-l<i>emi xo-ze i na do na i bol-a-m

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 ko biá esi-a-m uá i un-a-z
that2 PRED NEG-understand<UTILITATIVE> | IRR-if PRED 1s TOP 1s PRED say-OBL-C ______________ EXCL.or anything about-OBL-C 2s PRED originate-OBL-what
"That's weird. If it were me, I'd say 'I'm not Spanish. I'm Puerto Rican' or wherever it is you're from."

[b]Bolam uá i [i]sapénic[/i] i xo neguan u ci tsirul.[/b]
[ˈbo.la.mu̯ai̯.sa.ˈpe.ni.ʃi.ʒo.ˈne.gu̯a.nu.ʃi.tsi.ɾul]
bol-a-m uá i [LOANWORD] i negu-a-n u ci tsi-dul
say-OBL-C 2s PRED Spanish PRED IRR sound-OBL-1s ADV similar.to hardly-know
"A person who says you're Spanish would sound ignorant to me."


[quote="Izambri"]I see evolution and personal gowth more like successive small turns or rotations than a single straight movement. To go from theropod dinosaurs to birds, for example, were necessary small changes and natural selection. These changes, these mutations, are like twists, unexpected turns that form a chain of events leading to a result. There's no straightness in that.[/quote]

[b]Na i bolli. I dze sias. Mei i co dze sem. I pu ci daru.[/b]
na i bol-li | i dze sias | mei i co dze sem | i pu ci daru
1s PRED say-accompany | PRED NEG straight | but PRED also not circle | PRED COMP similar.to tree
"I agree. It's not straight. But it's not circles either. It's more like a tree."

[b]Na i dze bolam i tec. O xuáli i moi dia biá bióci.[/b]
na i dze bol-a-m i tec | o x<u>ali i moi di-a biá bióci
1s PRED NEG say-OBL-c PRED false | INDEF.SG speak<UTILITATIVE> PRED can INS-OBL any metaphore
"I'm not saying it's wrong. A language can use whatever metaphor it wants."

[masako]

나 녀 하교 잔가
na nye hakyo tsanka
[na ɲe 'ha:kʲo 'tʃa:ᵑka]
1sg because school bore
I am bored because of/with school.

[Imralu]

나 녀 하교 잔가
na nye hakyo tsanka
[na ɲe 'ha:kʲo 'tʃa:ᵑka]
1sg because school bore
I am bored because of/with school.

Uá i ne otuaz?
uá i ne otu-a-z(a)
2s PRED PASS teach-OBL-what
"What are you studying?"

[masako]

히라 더 조호
hila te tsoho
['ɦi:la te 'tʃo:ho]
analysis GEN intelligence
intelligence analysis

I just realized that you may be asking what the specific class is, so, it's Political Psychology. Definitely one of the most bullshit, rhetorical, nonsensical classes that I've had to date. The majority of the course centers around the idea that a person's childhood dictates their political ambition and motivation...so, free will and self determination are completely meaningless and all political leaders have had identical or small variations on the same type of childhood...crap.

[GrinningManiac]

Ea dh'eigag scheorac It Schpalnai Hunganach. Ea'b n'atlachainn, hvát thir beigh godhir morir.
I have read the Hunger Games. I think they were very good.

[Imralu]

Ea dh'eigag scheorac It Schpalnai Hunganach. Ea'b n'atlachainn, hvát thir beigh godhir morir.
I have read the Hunger Games. I think they were very good.

Ha iú?? Iú lim ko iá tef
They?? The games or the book?

[GrinningManiac]

Ea dh'eigag scheorac It Schpalnai Hunganach. Ea'b n'atlachainn, hvát thir beigh godhir morir.
I have read the Hunger Games. I think they were very good.

Ha iú?? Iú lim ko iá tef
They?? The games or the book?

Scribrcai. Tvwi scribrcai. Ea bin scheorachainn it thrieamh
Books. Two books. I am reading the third.

[GrinningManiac]

Nach corac i femmarach, slac i femaciach!
næ̤x ˈkʰɔɾæʰxi ˈfjɛməɾæx ˈsɫˠɑʰxi ˈfjɛməkiæx!
NEG.IMP caress INS finger-PL strike INS fist-PL
Don't stroke with fingers, strike with fists!
an old Dwarf proverb

[GrinningManiac]

Soti thi:
Hvat bith agleachainn thic, Hialm? To’hiean bith gealr
Leonai morir, bin waichainn, firbharachainn thic;
to’schern bith hogbhmor, Cwcht to’brwnea:
Hin bith vid slwc, nw, Wschling, to’bittá!

ʰfɑt bɪʰθ ˈægɫʲəxɛŋ θɪʰk, hiˈæɫəm? tɔˈhʲæn bɪʰθ ˈgʲæɫər
ˈɫʲɔnɛː mɔɾɪr, bɪn ˈwɛxɛŋ, fəɾˈvɑɾæxɛŋ θɪʰk;
tɔˈʃʲɛɾn bɪʰθ ˈhɔgəvmɔɾ, kuxt tɔˈbruːɲə
hɪn bɪʰθ vɪʰt sɫˠuʰk, nuː, ˈuʃɫˠɪŋ, tɔbɪˈtæː!

Soti said
What is affecting you, Hialmr? Your complexion is pallid,
Great wounds, I expect, encumber you;
Your helmet is hewn, also your chainmail:
It is upon its end now, Princeling, your life!

[Thry]

Ves com la longura deias orations n'es mais un problem nels texts? Grand un, per cert.
See how sentence length is not a problem in texts? Nice one btw.

[Nannalu]

뚜띠 팤 인턒사.
Tsutsi pak antyap-sa. Uhhhh.
My phone was stolen. Ugh.

[GrinningManiac]

Ves com la longura deias orations n'es mais un problem nels texts? Grand un, per cert.
See how sentence length is not a problem in texts? Nice one btw.

Tricr. Frioe, Bhagibod, didh.
True. Thank you.

[Thry]

Ves com la longura deias orations n'es mais un problem nels texts? Grand un, per cert.
See how sentence length is not a problem in texts? Nice one btw.

Tricr. Frioe, Bhagibod, didh.
True. Thank you.

Es teia lenga a posteriori?
Is your lang a posteriori?

[GrinningManiac]

Ves com la longura deias orations n'es mais un problem nels texts? Grand un, per cert.
See how sentence length is not a problem in texts? Nice one btw.

Tricr. Frioe, Bhagibod, didh.
True. Thank you.

Es teia lenga a posteriori?
Is your lang a posteriori?

Bith.
It is

[cartweel]

la pheng dha' phat ceng phabho lu'. mu ngu dhe' bhan phabo cot lu'. ap nga wegh dho' dhek phu'.
I just started this language. Unfortch, I need to have more words. So, for now I will work on the problem.

[Thry]

Bith.
It is

De qual lenga deriva?
From which language does it originate?

la pheng dha' phat ceng phabho lu'. mu ngu dhe' bhan phabo cot lu'. ap nga wegh dho' dhek phu'.
I just started this language. Unfortch, I need to have more words. So, for now I will work on the problem.

Tonc es a priori. Es fablada nal mond?
Then it's a priori. Is it spoken in any conworld?

[cartweel]

la pheng dha' phat ceng phabho lu'. mu ngu dhe' bhan phabo cot lu'. ap nga wegh dho' dhek phu'.
I just started this language. Unfortch, I need to have more words. So, for now I will work on the problem.

Tonc es a priori. Es fablada nal mond?
Then it's a priori. Is it spoken in any conworld?

a, m-a priori nge phi'. agh me Thai ceng phobhōl cebho bhan pha" dhu' phadha. dha du dhe' ap degho dha' phu'.
Yes, it's a priori. But the Thai language inspires me a little regarding it. I'm enjoying it as I write it.

adh an, me conworld ni' bim phadha. dha bhan wegho dha' phu'.
And no, there is no conworld for it. (Lit: Someone isn't a conworld for it.) I'm just tinkering.

[clawgrip]

Oa Ketwia. Swa ler duool aajung tpiñkoohswa leypoung ngchekfloukswa lok?
hey Cartweel | language belong 2 be isolating.language and.or analytic.language Q
Cartweel, is your language isolating language and/or analytic language?