Old French Grammar?
Old French Grammar?
I would love to learn a little Old French (partly for background for a conlang I'm considering, and partly because I think it sounds good). Does anyone have a link to a pdf about Old French Grammar?
On a side note, I know there is a website for exactly this purpose but I can't remember what it's called or find it on google. It has a side-bar on the left of a ton of different languages, and clicking on each language yields a list of books in/about the given language. Also, some of the top bar of the website (login boxes) is in English and Russian. If anyone recognizes the website I'm talking about from this vague description, I'll be both amazed and thankful.
Thanks in advance.
On a side note, I know there is a website for exactly this purpose but I can't remember what it's called or find it on google. It has a side-bar on the left of a ton of different languages, and clicking on each language yields a list of books in/about the given language. Also, some of the top bar of the website (login boxes) is in English and Russian. If anyone recognizes the website I'm talking about from this vague description, I'll be both amazed and thankful.
Thanks in advance.
Native speaker of the Philadelphia variety of the Mid-Atlantic dialect. Jawn, yo, yous, hoagie, etc.
Re: Old French Grammar?
http://uz-translations.net/index.phpsarcasmo wrote:On a side note, I know there is a website for exactly this purpose but I can't remember what it's called or find it on google. It has a side-bar on the left of a ton of different languages, and clicking on each language yields a list of books in/about the given language. Also, some of the top bar of the website (login boxes) is in English and Russian. If anyone recognizes the website I'm talking about from this vague description, I'll be both amazed and thankful.
Thanks in advance.
http://www.veche.net/
http://www.veche.net/novegradian - Grammar of Novegradian
http://www.veche.net/alashian - Grammar of Alashian
http://www.veche.net/novegradian - Grammar of Novegradian
http://www.veche.net/alashian - Grammar of Alashian
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Would this site be of use to your Old French longings? It's not a pdf, but it's pretty good.
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This site is also fairly good for other protolangs as well.Herra Ratatoskr wrote:Would this site be of use to your Old French longings? It's not a pdf, but it's pretty good.
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Nōn quālibet inīquā cupiditāte illectus hoc agō
Yo te pongo en tu lugar...
Taisc mach Daró
Nōn quālibet inīquā cupiditāte illectus hoc agō
Yo te pongo en tu lugar...
Taisc mach Daró
Re: Old French Grammar?
If you like Old French, you'll prolly like this Anglo-Norman dictionary too: http://www.anglo-norman.net/
Also, I third the University of Texas site.
Also, I third the University of Texas site.
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This isn't a pdf either. But it is a djvu file. It's Einhorn's Old French, which is what I learnt with. Additionally, it has an appendix on dialectal features, which might be of use if you're planning to use it for conlanging purposes.
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I have an actual dead-tree copy of this, and I'd recommend it.Dewrad wrote:This isn't a pdf either. But it is a djvu file. It's Einhorn's Old French, which is what I learnt with. Additionally, it has an appendix on dialectal features, which might be of use if you're planning to use it for conlanging purposes.
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Is there anywhere with a decent Old French lexicon which reflects phonology or gives phonological transcriptions for some period of Old French?
كان يا ما كان / يا صمت العشية / قمري هاجر في الصبح بعيدا / في العيون العسلية
tà yi póbo tsùtsùr ciivà dè!
short texts in Cuhbi
Risha Cuhbi grammar
tà yi póbo tsùtsùr ciivà dè!
short texts in Cuhbi
Risha Cuhbi grammar
Re: Old French Grammar?
So, uh, what's the password for it?This isn't a pdf either. But it is a djvu file. It's Einhorn's Old French, which is what I learnt with. Additionally, it has an appendix on dialectal features, which might be of use if you're planning to use it for conlanging purposes.
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Dewrad just took the link from this news at uz, but as you can see in the comments, the "journalist" never posted the password (nor did he use "uztranslations" for it as it's the custom in the site). Here's a couple of mirrors that work though, where the file doesn't have a password.
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Thank you. (Btw, after years of using mediafire, I still don't understand why rapidshare is more popular.)Renaçido wrote:Dewrad just took the link from this news at uz, but as you can see in the comments, the "journalist" never posted the password (nor did he use "uztranslations" for it as it's the custom in the site). Here's a couple of mirrors that work though, where the file doesn't have a password.
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Mecislau wrote:http://uz-translations.net/index.phpsarcasmo wrote:On a side note, I know there is a website for exactly this purpose but I can't remember what it's called or find it on google. It has a side-bar on the left of a ton of different languages, and clicking on each language yields a list of books in/about the given language. Also, some of the top bar of the website (login boxes) is in English and Russian. If anyone recognizes the website I'm talking about from this vague description, I'll be both amazed and thankful.
Thanks in advance.
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks so much!
Thanks all for your comments. Hopefully I'll have a phonology of this conlang done/ready for posting soon.
Native speaker of the Philadelphia variety of the Mid-Atlantic dialect. Jawn, yo, yous, hoagie, etc.
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If you pay for a premium account it's actually pretty good and reliable.Erde wrote:Thank you. (Btw, after years of using mediafire, I still don't understand why rapidshare is more popular.)

