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- 17 May 2024 02:54
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
- Replies: 807
- Views: 202801
Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread
We're coming up on 237,000 CBB posts! This one is #236,990. I expect I'll be asleep for the big moment, so would y'all keep an eye out for me? (I just enjoy number milestones like this, lol.)
- 17 May 2024 01:45
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Conlang Conversation Thread
- Replies: 243
- Views: 73749
- 16 May 2024 23:29
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum
- Replies: 136
- Views: 7099
Re: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum
[Unnamed] Nominal Inflection Nouns in this language inflect primarily for number. They may be pluralized with a prefix də- , but there is also a distributive plural məlaŋ- . The distributive plural marks a disassociation between multiple referents: in different places, acting independently, etc. ki...
- 16 May 2024 23:07
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Conlang mini-ideas
- Replies: 232
- Views: 34092
Re: Conlang mini-ideas
The auxlang whose vocabulary is built from proper names - for example "watt" is "electrity", "bell" is phone etc. I used the last names of inventors and discoverers, but it can be any proper name related to that thing. The whole vocabulary? That seems quite unworkable,...
- 16 May 2024 23:05
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What is the most weirdly specific concept that your language has a single-morpheme word for?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 196
- 16 May 2024 01:42
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: The Lonely Galaxy Megathread (comments encouraged)
- Replies: 316
- Views: 36639
Re: Friendship is Magic!
I'm certainly a sweat factory right about now. Gulf coast summer has arrived. Mood. As someone whose favorite temperature is 70°F, summer is not kind to me, nor is my region's climate in general. Are you fine saying where on the Gulf Coast you live? We may live near one another! And I know a fair n...
- 16 May 2024 01:38
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Your first conlang
- Replies: 71
- Views: 14339
Re: Your first conlang
All you people making first conlangs that are actually kind of language-like [¬.¬] Could not be me [¬.¬] [:x] Creyeditor, are those glosses ? Did you, like, already have knowledge of linguistics before you began? (My first "conlang" was called Hîmnà, and had almost exactly English's phonol...
Re: Xiwook
The morpheme -ko, I termed Volitional, derives from a word that means (more or less) 'to want'. (I have to think how it affects person paradigms. Are the volitional paradigms more adjective-like?) When it combines with Realis form, it expresses votionality. syko 'willingly does'. When it combines w...
- 15 May 2024 18:28
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum
- Replies: 136
- Views: 7099
Re: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum
I've decided not to include evidentials in this language after all. I think the verbal system is already enough, and honestly, I'm a bit worried about working out their interactions with the moods. I might re-evolve them later, though.
- 15 May 2024 17:24
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Analysis Swap: Alushi
- Replies: 58
- Views: 953
Re: Analysis Swap: Alushi
How do you say "river"? Is it just suhakkak or do you only use that when you say you're going somewhere? "Let's see. If I wanted to say 'that is a river,' I could say 26) taa suhak . I would only say suhakkak if something was ... at a river, or ..." He furrows his brow. "Or...
- 15 May 2024 15:42
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum
- Replies: 136
- Views: 7099
Re: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum
[Unnamed] Verb Agreement Predicates in this language inflect for tense, aspect , mood , and agreement . SUBJECT sg/pl 1 -ṡu / -cu 2 -la / -(ə)ljə 3 -m * / -(ə)rr *unmarked in intransitive clauses OBJECT sg/pl 1 -ṡu / -cu 2 -la / -(ə)ljə 3 -m(ə) / -(ə)rr Reflexive: -nyung nyajamcunyung nyajə-m-cu-ny...
- 15 May 2024 01:05
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: The Lonely Galaxy Megathread (comments encouraged)
- Replies: 316
- Views: 36639
Re: Some Effects of First Contact on the English Language
That's a wonderful insult ─ it looks like it's straight out of Calvin and Hobbes! It does seem too long to be a regular-use slur, though.
- 15 May 2024 01:01
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Non-spheroid conworlds (now talking about horizons)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 10607
Re: Non-spheroid conworlds (now talking about horizons)
My personal favorite weird world shape is an infinite flat plane. Because of the fact that gravity bends light, it would appear as though you were inside an immensely large sphere, and you'd be able to see parts of the word you'd never be able to reach. (Well, I'm not sure if you actually could, sin...
- 14 May 2024 20:10
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Conlang Conversation Thread
- Replies: 243
- Views: 73749
Re: Conlang Conversation Thread
Aaaaaa ʒe wil harthle tekke lot in at, ennae ʒe giar'k ennou ha no interessent tunger for at scape ei sʒain. Ʒe kun nitte eurcisc, ut the wirth nittet is meir interessent en ats grammatik. Ahhhhh I want to take part in it so much, but I don't have any interesting languages for making a thread yet. ...
- 14 May 2024 19:13
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum
- Replies: 136
- Views: 7099
Re: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum
[Unnamed] Mood Predicates in this language inflect for tense, aspect , mood , and agreement . This language distinguishes realis (unmarked), subjunctive ( mə- ), conditional ( rru- ), and imperative ( ji- ) moods. The realis mood is used for factual statements. jinymiṡu jiny-mə-ṡu run- PRES - 1sg &...
- 14 May 2024 18:56
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum
- Replies: 136
- Views: 7099
Re: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum
[Unnamed] Tense and Aspect Predicates in this language inflect for tense, aspect , mood , and agreement . TENSE AND ASPECT This language distinguishes past (usually -gə ) versus present ( -m(ə) ) versus future ( -w(ə) ) in tense, and distinguishes nonpersistent ( -n(ə) ) versus persistent (usually ...
- 14 May 2024 15:14
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Kɯuŋ - The Unique Language
- Replies: 5
- Views: 145
Re: Kɯuŋ - The Unique Language
Hmmm. So kuŋ means "language," but it also means "we (exclusive) sense them"? And r̼ɔt means "tree," but it also means "some (singular ???) are the two of us"? And how do you have number inflections on an anaphoric item meaning "all"?
- 14 May 2024 03:49
- Forum: Teach & Share
- Topic: Lesson/Guide Requests
- Replies: 326
- Views: 353911
Re: Lesson/Guide Requests
No problem! If I had a lot of time I might try to translate the relevant section into English, since I have some limited Portuguese knowledge, but I doubt I have the time to do it.Khemehekis wrote: ↑14 May 2024 03:03 Well, thanks for that link, @Arayaz, even if it is in a language I don't speak. At least I speak Spanish!
- 14 May 2024 02:30
- Forum: Teach & Share
- Topic: Lesson/Guide Requests
- Replies: 326
- Views: 353911
Re: Lesson/Guide Requests
Has anyone ever made a lesson/guide for Xavante? That'd be useful for getting into the mindset of a realistic OSV conlang. I did a quick look for resources, and all I found was this set of lessons , which is in Portuguese. On an unrelated note: while trying to navigate to this post, I got a few err...
- 14 May 2024 02:23
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Be positive (phrases)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 169
Re: Be positive (phrases)
:con: griushkoent (without script here) raeskoz. saroz. eksoz. /'reskɔz. 'sarɔz. 'əksɔz/ win-ITJ. PL-V-IMP-ITJ. plus-ITJ Congratulations! Come on! There you go! You have a suffix specifically for interjections? Or is the thing you glossed as ITJ an interjection on its own? Also, your post was the C...