Substantial postings about constructed languages and constructed worlds in general. Good place to mention your own or evaluate someone else's. Put quick questions in C&C Quickies instead.
A militaristic cultural complex, to not be in a raid or campaign or preparing for one, is wasting time and being a burden. So if you are not in combat, you are essentially doing nothing or have nothing to do.
Next: To hope for and prepare yourself in anticipation for something, while being oblivious to the fact that that thing will never come / happen
Codpiece Callaway wrote:
Next: To hope for and prepare yourself in anticipation for something, while being oblivious to the fact that that thing will never come / happen
Danaji: Panaumaji folodivai.
"asking the devil for a favor"
Next: When you tell a joke that you think is funny, but no one else does.
Čidlitrigo: Urɛmbri plonkú
"Thunder that is impossible with a poor effect for the person trying to thunder"
The people in question, the Trengko, make no distinction between thunder and laughter, but of course they realize how thunder must follow lightning. In other words, if the lightning (a good joke) isn't there, then it is impossible to thunder.
Next: Trying to describe a sensory perception to somebody who cannot use that sense (eg. colours to a blind person, sounds to a deaf person, quantum physics to the newt on your doorstep).
Pedant wrote:Next: Trying to describe a sensory perception to somebody who cannot use that sense (eg. colours to a blind person, sounds to a deaf person, quantum physics to the newt on your doorstep).
Оца сјацџыхосом сјацѡыъжюм ух фыҏ тймйлмйѡјєкэденйњємеэ.
Oca sjacɖüqosom sjacłüwžöm uq füř tÿmÿlmÿłjekëdïnÿňemïł. [ot͡sa sjat͡sd͡ʐɯχosom sjat͡sʟɯːʐɔm uχ fɯr tʰymylmyʟjekødɪnyɲemɪʟ]
Oca
2s
sjacɖüq-
word-
osom
PL
sjacłüwž-
speak-
öm
2.PRS
uq
that.related.CNJ
füř
3s
tÿmÿlmÿłjek-
listen-
ëdïn-
can.COND-
ÿňemïł.
NEG
You are saying words they cannot hear.
Next: To overcome a difficult task or hardship and promptly be met with indifference from relevant parties.
(For example: Obtaining your PhD/Doctorate after years of hard work, and promptly being reminded that you haven't actually contributed much to your field yet.)
Carpathian example: Опор чыъгҫајгӓ-штѡедєт ѕйрнєјнэмйѡ, ѕйниъм.
Opor čüwgçajgą-štłïdet ďÿrnejnëmÿł, ďÿniwm. [opoɹ t͡ɕɯːgɕajgã-ʃtʟɪdet d͡zyɹnejnømyʟ d͡zyniːm] We just climbed the highest peak, and how.
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Next: to receive something you did not want, but pretend that you love it.
Tormiott:
Dan witt rîdo odair goul tiarh - - To take a bent nail like a gold ring
take.3s nail bend<PASS>.3s like ring to.be.golden.3s
/dɛn wit ˈɾiːðʊ | ˈoðɛːɹ ʕuːl tɕaɹ/
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next: an adverb(ial phrase) describing that a task was performed poorly. Like, "He swept the floor [....]ly."
din wrote:next: an adverb(ial phrase) describing that a task was performed poorly. Like, "He swept the floor [....]ly."
In Caascis:
Atetiae haatisa tiiti
[ɑtɛtiˈʔɑʔɛ hɑˈʔɑtisɑ tiˈʔiti] like-adv.v flies.s frog.nom.s
"Like a frog flies."
Because a frog may jump very high and far, but he's not actually flying. Can also have the meaning to make a cursory attempt at something or performing a task poorly but pretending as if you were trying really hard.
willing to fight against the evilness but worrying about the negative side effects at the same time.
Scoppa chadenen sissiut mgi massernoica
/ˈskopːa ˈxɛðənən ˈsisːyːt mʕi ˈmɛsːəɹˌnʊjka/
4P.NEG give<IPFV>-3P battle without victim
There are no battles without victims
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Next:
A way to express that something is very urgent, or that time is running out
A way to express that something is very urgent, or that time is running out
Traljo: Kjaró! - lit. “First snow!” Traljo are a subpolar culture, so the first snow means the winter will come soon, and you need to gather resources before then.
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Next:
To have a useless hobby. To find fun in something the society deems as wasteful.
A way to express that something is very urgent, or that time is running out
Traljo: Kjaró! - lit. “First snow!” Traljo are a subpolar culture, so the first snow means the winter will come soon, and you need to gather resources before then.
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Next:
To have a useless hobby. To find fun in something the society deems as wasteful.
Nevotak:
chuaz nuzh [tʃuaz nuʒ] - lit. to create a language/languages.(sorry, but we conlangers should know that conlanging fits the definition of "a useless hobby". "something the society deems as wasteful".)
I'm not sure if I understand... Could you give an example of something that's simultaneously decent and unfortunate? Like a solution that presents itself too late?
din wrote:I'm not sure if I understand... Could you give an example of something that's simultaneously decent and unfortunate? Like a solution that presents itself too late?
for example: a kind person that has a poor and miserable life.
