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by Czwartek
10 Jul 2012 04:41
Forum: Beginners' Corner
Topic: Two Kinds of Interrogatives?
Replies: 15
Views: 3894

Re: Two Kinds of Interrogatives?

An idea for a conlang I've had rattling around the old noggin is instead of having interrogative pronouns, having three interrogative affixes (or particles) and an extensive case system. The three types of questions would be: '"What/what's it called?" asks the other person to answer by sta...
by Czwartek
20 Dec 2011 21:43
Forum: Beginners' Corner
Topic: Difference between say and tell?
Replies: 6
Views: 3209

Re: Difference between say and tell?

Very similar to what Eldin Raigmore said, the main difference is about the other information conveyed in the sentence. Say doesn't need a recipient of the information. 'I said it into the wind' implied that there was nobody else present, and therefore no recipient of the thing said, but 'I told it i...
by Czwartek
14 Aug 2011 03:59
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Pnunskstrimslarkskrak
Replies: 15
Views: 3593

Re: Pnunskstrimslarkskrak

Ketadet Bedikep Tadogak, which is and means 'The strict CVC language where all the consonants are plosives' 8-)
by Czwartek
29 Jul 2011 04:54
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: What are some cases that I could use?
Replies: 22
Views: 3066

Re: What are some cases that I could use?

There are 96 cases in Ithkuil. Try reading that for inspiration!
by Czwartek
25 Jun 2011 17:08
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: My things are mine, your things are yours
Replies: 6
Views: 1717

My things are mine, your things are yours

In English we have two forms for most possessive pronouns. ('His' is the only possessive pronoun which has only one form.) My/mine Your/yours Her/hers Our/ours Their/theirs My question is, how would you categorise this distinction, and are there other languages, natural or con, which have the same o...
by Czwartek
24 Jun 2011 01:14
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Gender depended vocabulary andor sounds
Replies: 27
Views: 3308

Re: Gender depended vocabulary andor sounds

Side not first, and or cant we just make up the word "Anor" to mean can be either one or both while or is jsut either one? :P What? This doesn't make any sense. Why this thread got treated seriously when its first sentence is just a confusing jumble of words, I have no idea. As for the re...
by Czwartek
18 Jun 2011 04:18
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: What did you accomplish today? [2011–2019]
Replies: 11462
Views: 1631560

Re: What did you accomplish today?

After a long period of not conlanging at all, last night I put together a simple phonology.
by Czwartek
18 Jun 2011 00:27
Forum: Translations
Topic: You keep using that word...
Replies: 25
Views: 7078

Re: You keep using that word...

:eng: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. :dan: Du bliver ved med at bruge det ord. Jeg tror ikke det betyder det, du tror, det betyder. :swe: Du använder alltid det där ordet. Jag tror inte det betyder det du tror det betyder. :nor: Du bruker det ordet stadig....
by Czwartek
18 Jun 2011 00:01
Forum: Translations
Topic: A Philosophical Quote from a great man
Replies: 18
Views: 5550

Re: A Philosophical Quote from a great man

:eng: If you put your penis on something, it's officially yours; no other man can eat it. :swe: Om du lägger din penis på något, är det officiellt ditt; ingen annan man kan äta det. :nor: Om du legger penisen din på noe, er det offisielt ditt; ingen annen mann kan spise det. :nld: Als je je penis er...
by Czwartek
25 May 2011 14:51
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Language practice thread
Replies: 6104
Views: 1004184

Re: Language practice thread

:pol: Ona jest najpiękniejszą kobietą, którą kiedykolwiek zobaczyłem, ale nie wiem jak z nią nawet rozmawiać. :fin: Hän on kaunein nainen, jonka olen ikinä nähnyt, mutten edes osaa puhua hänen kanssa. :nor: Hun er den vakrest kvinnen som jeg har engang sett, men jeg vet ikke hvordan å snakke med hen...
by Czwartek
18 May 2011 01:09
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: The '-ing' suffix
Replies: 2
Views: 1573

The '-ing' suffix

I was just thinking about all the different uses the suffix 'ing' has in English. 1. When used with the auxiliary verb 'to be', it gives the progressive tense of a verb. eg: He's singing a song. 2. It turns a verb into an adjective which describes someone or something which fits the subject of the i...
by Czwartek
10 May 2011 18:15
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: What language does Google Translate think your conlang is?
Replies: 173
Views: 30045

Re: What language does Google Translate think your conlang i

Thakowsaizmu wrote:Æk bødo þær. Þú duxtat. Æk skalo staiga. I naxtum skainæþ sunon ikè.

Clearly English.
Surely that's closer to Faroese?
by Czwartek
08 May 2011 17:18
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Conlang Game!
Replies: 93
Views: 17161

Re: Conlang Game!

paecutʰ nɛ ia-ni ɮeŋ ʑɔɲɛɾ no-makʰ eɲu source what POS-1st pleasure to.have.sex INS.llama INT What is the source of my pleasure of having sex with llamas? Trí vjokk hjuin dreix llingvjähä eipo k'djonn sełnea infeng kohy sqalh päke. By the time I had woken up I was already twenty minutes late for work.
by Czwartek
08 May 2011 01:43
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Conlang Game!
Replies: 93
Views: 17161

Re: Conlang Game!

How should this one be understood? Is it an expression? What type of 'joint' are we talking about?
by Czwartek
06 May 2011 01:41
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Word Order Favorites
Replies: 36
Views: 5827

Re: Word Order Favorites

I personally favour OSV because that's the way I often think, which is strange since I don't know a language (besides a few phrases in Turkish) which uses it. I sometimes even find myself using OSV when speaking English.
by Czwartek
05 May 2011 02:55
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? :esp: Lo siento, no hablo español.¿Habla u...
by Czwartek
05 May 2011 02:12
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Conlang Game!
Replies: 93
Views: 17161

Re: Conlang Game!

Actually I just realised what they were just after I asked. I'll try that tomorrow. It's late and my brain isn't fully in gear.
by Czwartek
05 May 2011 02:07
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Conlang Game!
Replies: 93
Views: 17161

Re: Conlang Game!

xinda wrote:triconsonantal roots
What are they? :-s
by Czwartek
05 May 2011 02:04
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Conlang Game!
Replies: 93
Views: 17161

Re: Conlang Game!

aummyēh́led myh́englet oummyih́lied myh́englet atí, imh́alk anuahae. A writer writing an essay is not a writer who writes a book. aum-my-ēh́led myh́englet oum-my-ih́lied myh́englet atí, imh́alk anua-hae essay-write-GER.AFF writer book-write-GER.NEG writer to.be, GNO OBJ-FOC ('OBJ-FOC' means 'object ...
by Czwartek
04 May 2011 22:26
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Conlang Game!
Replies: 93
Views: 17161

Re: Conlang Game!

ma kowake tyd n-kowake tan-kwoketsad mank-lheek-awad
1st see.IND 2nd NEG-see.ING GEN-monster two-head-POS
(the possessive marker marks the possessee, not the possessor)


Gvior unnä kqiis to eftaa xrÿ kmeppa uveři odyk xresl.
Now you understand why oral sex is forbidden on the planet Gvior.