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by Itsuki Kohaku
17 Jul 2011 04:49
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Domestic Structure Survey
Replies: 8
Views: 3447

Re: Domestic Structure Survey

Makurungou A. What constitutes a household in your concultures? Which members are expected to leave, and when? A household is a very broad term, often households will not only include the parents and their children; but often include extended family and in exceptional circumstances neighbors or frie...
by Itsuki Kohaku
17 Jul 2011 04:09
Forum: Translations
Topic: I love you
Replies: 306
Views: 95765

Re: I love you

:con: Aentoui: Laraesien (love-IMPERFECT) :con: Amjati: Zas ko/ka! 1-love.PRS 2sg.ABS :con: Ariakis: Luvarih Te :con: Ats'aran: Hi k'aoren :con: Avorenta: Mítilde / Omenítilde. (love-OBJ:SG2-SG1) :con: Bettaunn: 我愛你。ha ain di [xa ʔajn di:] :con: Changshuo: Saranghă la (love-intensifier ENERGETIC) /s...
by Itsuki Kohaku
16 Jun 2011 21:50
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Makurungou
Replies: 24
Views: 5881

Re: Proto Makurungou progress thread

Makurungou now uses a split ergative-nominative case system. With Nominative-Accusative being used in the 2nd person and Ergative-Absolutive being used for the 1st and 3rd persons.
by Itsuki Kohaku
04 Jun 2011 14:17
Forum: Translations
Topic: I felt that...
Replies: 22
Views: 8812

Re: I felt that...

:eng: I'm sure he killed him. I saw him kill him. I heard that he killed him. He definitely killed him. +He claims that he killed him. :deu: Ich bin mir sicher, dass er ihn getötet hat. Ich hab gesehen wie er ihn getötet hat. Er soll ihn getötet haben. Er hat ihn definitiv getötet. +Er will ihn getö...
by Itsuki Kohaku
04 Jun 2011 01:20
Forum: Translations
Topic: Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
Replies: 69
Views: 18754

Re: Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

:eng: In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming. :deu: In seinem Haus in R’lyeh wartet träumend der tote Cthulhu. :nld: In zijn huis in R'lyeh, wacht dromend de dode Cthulhu :dan: I sit hus i R'lyeh venter døde Cthulu drømmende. :nor: (Bm) Hjemme i Rulye venter døde Kulhulhu i drømme. :nor...
by Itsuki Kohaku
04 Jun 2011 00:33
Forum: Translations
Topic: The North Wind and the Sun
Replies: 51
Views: 8709

Re: The North Wind and the Sun

Glad you say that, 'cause listening to it again, it sounds a bit overdone to me. I didn't do it on purpose, though. Gosh you sound English! :D I believe you that you are not overdoing it on purpose though. :) (Scottish here.) Oh you know what I meant. I don't try to sound brittish. Or maybe I do, a...
by Itsuki Kohaku
27 May 2011 23:15
Forum: Translations
Topic: Sorry, I don't speak...
Replies: 96
Views: 39489

Re: Sorry, I don't speak...

teh_Foxx0rz wrote:
Itsuki Kohaku wrote: :con: Makurungou: Vyumütjemwesye, Vyumüŝöswögyedyëllù Mekürûgufyükyage fëbegyedyëkubwümödyùnwa. Bjaŝùŝöswögyedyëllù fëbegyedyëkubwümödyùnwa Nyinlishfyükyageka?

Woah, how long do you want your words?



Long words are a favourite. That's Literary Makurungou anyways.
by Itsuki Kohaku
27 May 2011 21:35
Forum: Translations
Topic: Sorry, I don't speak...
Replies: 96
Views: 39489

Re: Sorry, I don't speak...

:eng: Sorry, I don't speak English. Do you speak Spanish? :deu: Entschuldigung, Ich spreche kein Deutsch. Sprechen Sie/sprichst du Englisch? :swe: Förlåt, Jag talar inte svenska. Talar du engelska? :nor: Beklager, jeg snakker ikke norsk. Snakker du engelsk? :nld: Het spijt me, ik spreek geen Nederla...
by Itsuki Kohaku
27 May 2011 20:56
Forum: Games
Topic: Guess The Language!!!
Replies: 5400
Views: 667899

Re: Guess The Language!!!

Is it a Romani language?
by Itsuki Kohaku
27 May 2011 18:06
Forum: Games
Topic: Guess The Language!!!
Replies: 5400
Views: 667899

Re: Guess The Language!!!

Is it Indo-European?
by Itsuki Kohaku
27 May 2011 13:17
Forum: Translations
Topic: Oww.
Replies: 51
Views: 15682

Re: Oww.

:eng: My head hurts. I hurt myself. I hurt him. :deu: Mein Kopf tut weh. Ich habe mich weh getan Ich habe ihn weh getan :swe: Jag har ont i huvudet. Jag gjorde illa mig. / Jag skadade mig. Jag gjorde illa honom. / Jag skadade honom. :esp: Me duele la cabeza. Me lastimé. Le lastimé. (?) :fra: J'ai ma...
by Itsuki Kohaku
25 May 2011 22:47
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
Replies: 5100
Views: 1035702

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

Ceresz wrote:That vowel system is freaking me out.

What's wrong with it?
by Itsuki Kohaku
25 May 2011 21:43
Forum: Games
Topic: Guess The Language!!!
Replies: 5400
Views: 667899

Re: Guess The Language!!!

roninbodhisattva wrote:Solomon Islands Pidgin English.

Correct.
by Itsuki Kohaku
25 May 2011 18:09
Forum: Games
Topic: Guess The Language!!!
Replies: 5400
Views: 667899

Re: Guess The Language!!!

Bihaen olketa i go long naraset long big wata Galili. Desfala haf ia olketa i go soa long hem, i haf ulong oketa pipol long Gerasa. Steretwe taem Jisas i go soa wanfala man wea i stap long berigiraon i kamaot fo mitim hem. Desfala man ia devol nogud i stap long hem. Ples bulong hem nao long berigir...
by Itsuki Kohaku
25 May 2011 13:02
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
Replies: 5100
Views: 1035702

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

Phoneme inventory for Makurungou: Consonants: Plosives: p pʰ pʷ pʲ b bʷ bʲ/ t tʰ tʷ tʲ d dʷ dʲ / k kʰ kʷ kʲ g gʷ gʲ Nasal: m mʷ mʲ / n nʷ nʲ Fricatives: f fʷ fʲ v vʷ vʲ/ s sʷ sʲ z zʷ zʲ / ʃ ʃʷ ʃʲ ʒ ʒʷ ʒʲ / χ ʁ Lateral Fricatives: ɬ ɮ Lateral approximant: l Vowels: Front: e ɛ Central: ɨ ʉ ə Back: ɯ u ɑ
by Itsuki Kohaku
24 May 2011 18:05
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Makurungou
Replies: 24
Views: 5881

Re: Proto Makurungou progress thread

Consonants:
Plosives: p pʰ pʷ pʲ b bʷ bʲ/ t tʰ tʷ tʲ d dʷ dʲ / k kʰ kʷ kʲ g gʷ gʲ
Nasal: m mʷ mʲ / n nʷ nʲ
Fricatives: f fʷ fʲ v vʷ vʲ/ s sʷ sʲ z zʷ zʲ / ʃ ʃʷ ʃʲ ʒ ʒʷ ʒʲ / χ ʁ
Lateral Fricatives: ɬ ɮ
Lateral approximant: l


Vowels:
Front: e ɛ
Central: ɨ ʉ ə
Back: ɯ u ɑ
by Itsuki Kohaku
17 May 2011 18:01
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Case Survey
Replies: 146
Views: 38125

Re: Case Survey

I'm especially interested in the dative case. Those of you who have a dative case, how is it used? I guess most of you use it for the recipient/indirect object to a ditransitive verb like "give". (Though not all natlangs with a case conventionally labelled "dative" do this...) C...
by Itsuki Kohaku
16 May 2011 21:09
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Makurungou
Replies: 24
Views: 5881

Re: Proto Makurungou progress thread

Singular Dual Trial (Three of) Quadral (Four of) Plural (Five or more) You are aware that trial doesn't exist in natlangs aside from personal pronouns, right? Yep. Makurungou Humans Food Things Animals Other (Anything that can't be included in the groups above.) Things? Inanimates? What's left in &...
by Itsuki Kohaku
16 May 2011 18:05
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Makurungou
Replies: 24
Views: 5881

Makurungou

Proto Makurungou: Makurungou has a tendency to be rather agglutinating to polysynthetic. Word order is relatively free, With prefered order being SOV, with SVO in interrogative statements and OSV, VSO or VOS sometimes being used in subordinate clauses or SOV. Word order being a preference of the use...
by Itsuki Kohaku
16 May 2011 17:53
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Case Survey
Replies: 146
Views: 38125

Re: Case Survey

Case system for Proto-Makurungou so far: This'll definitively change to be more analytic as the family progresses. These can be placed as either prefixes or suffixes, More than 1 case can appear per noun. Nominative (Optionally marked in speech, Always marked in writing.) Accusative Genitive Locativ...