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- 18 Oct 2012 23:09
- Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
- Topic: German Question Thread: Fragen über Deutsch
- Replies: 92
- Views: 91154
Re: Fragen über Deutsch - Questions about German
Ach natürlich, an Dialekte mit anderen Aussprachen als [ʁ], die rhotisch sind, hab ich garnicht gedacht. Dabei gibts soeinen direkt um die Ecke. Dort wird /r/ grundsätzlich zu [X], und bleibt dies auch in der Coda (ja sowas wie Spochtfreunde gibts da wirklich, ... , und sowa wie chunde Chinge = rund...
- 18 Oct 2012 13:29
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Non-English Orthography Reform
- Replies: 294
- Views: 118557
Re: Non-English Orthography Reform
The Official Helios High German National Anthem (TOHHGNA) Einichkeit und recht und freihheit führ das deutje faterland. Dahnahx last uns ale sjtreeben, brüüderlich mit herc und hand. Einichkeit und recht und freiheit zind des glükes unter pfand. blüü im glance dieses glükes, blüühhe deutjes faterla...
- 18 Oct 2012 13:03
- Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
- Topic: German Question Thread: Fragen über Deutsch
- Replies: 92
- Views: 91154
Re: Fragen über Deutsch - Questions about German
Soweit ich weiß, gibt es keinen "echten" rhotischen Dialekt, also keinen solchen, in denen /ʁ/ nach gespannten Vokalen ein als Konsonant realisiert wird (von Bühnendeutsch mal abgesehen). Es gibt jedoch eine Reihe von Dialekten, bei denen /ʁ/ nach ungespannten Vokalen als kurzer, halbvokal...
- 07 May 2012 09:04
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
- Replies: 11605
- Views: 2044200
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I'm almost certain that "Sollen" means "should". Yes, that sounds a better translation. .I'm not a native speaker of either English or German, so I seldom translate between them. (I've never learned to use "shall" anywhere. No. "sollen" does not mean "sh...
- 19 Jul 2011 06:45
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Darkgamma loves RP discussion thread
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4773
Re: New conlanger, jumping in the deep end
Darkgamma wrote:RP is the truemost English dialect, I'd say.
On both accounts: Absolute Bullshit.Darkgamma wrote:Well, at least in my perception, RP is as close as you get to English, because that's the standard in Englaland ever since Saxon died.
- 13 Jul 2011 14:34
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Minimalist question
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4263
Re: Minimalist question
One can easily make a clever system ... but It's hard to make a system that can't be re-analysed to have verbs regardless.Darkgamma wrote: If you work it cleverly, you can easily make a neat system.
- 26 Jun 2011 01:03
- Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
- Topic: Fil de conversation français | French Conversation Thread
- Replies: 561
- Views: 239503
Re: Thème de discussion française
Aber, ist Liebe normalerweise nicht etwas schönes?Nemszev wrote:Französisch ist natürlich die Sprache der Liebe.
Re: Amjati
Nice! That's like the word for older sister/young woman in Japanese: お姉さん Cool. I didn't know that! Its the same for the terms for brother/young man (お兄さん), aunt/older woman(小母さん), uncle/older man(小父さん), grandmother/old woman (お婆さん) and grandfather/old man(お爺さん). Although the older man/woman and ol...
- 17 Jun 2011 14:25
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Most and least condensed/economical languages?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7926
Re: Most and least condensed/economical languages?
Oh no, please don't tell me you think, that that wasn't one word, one compound noun, just because (according to English orthography ) it is written with spaces between each part of the compound? No; I think it's not just one word because (1) other words can be inserted in those spaces and (2) it do...
- 16 Jun 2011 02:43
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Most and least condensed/economical languages?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7926
Re: Most and least condensed/economical languages?
Your English phrase was not a single word. So it isn't very polysynthetic. Oh no, please don't tell me you think, that that wasn't one word, one compound noun, just because (according to English orthography ) it is written with spaces between each part of the compound? Morpho-syntactically it is ju...
- 15 Jun 2011 06:30
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Most and least condensed/economical languages?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7926
Re: Most and least condensed/economical languages?
No matter what anyone says, I still think Reichssicherheitshauptamt is polysynthetic. Let's state it as this: It is just as polysynthetic as "appearance space texture synthesis" . I don't think so. Why? Only because of the two extra genitive "s"-morphemes in the German compound-...
- 14 Jun 2011 19:52
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: How is this called?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5612
Re: How is this called?
As far as I know, verbs can't have articles ... as articles are - per definition - a companion of nouns (as far as I know).tev wrote:In my conlang Vanya the cases of a noun and the forms of a verb are marked by articles, but has this system a name?
Wouldn't those be mandatory auxiliary verbs instead?
- 14 Jun 2011 19:37
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: How is this called?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5612
Re: How is this called?
It's not incorrect, but on would rather say: "Wie heißt das?"testyal1 wrote:,Wie heisst dies?' is what the title of this thread would be, if it were German. At least, I think so.
- 14 Jun 2011 19:25
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Most and least condensed/economical languages?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7926
Re: Most and least condensed/economical languages?
Let's state it as this: It is just as polysynthetic as "appearance space texture synthesis".eldin raigmore wrote:No matter what anyone says, I still think Reichssicherheitshauptamt is polysynthetic.
- 07 Jun 2011 22:47
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: What will not kill you makes you stronger.
- Replies: 64
- Views: 31450
Re: What will not kill you makes you stronger.
:eng: What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. :nor: Det som ikke dreper deg, gjør deg sterkere. :fin: Se mikä ei tapa vahvistaa. (idiom) :fra: Ce qui ne vous tue pas vous rend plus fort. :pol: Co cię nie zabije, to cię wzmocni. :con: Ariakis: Vos ne kekille te, kemose te. :con: O nō kū paūku nā nē...
- 07 Jun 2011 22:41
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Oww.
- Replies: 51
- Views: 15685
Re: Oww.
:eng: My head hurts. I hurt myself. I hurt him. :deu: Mein Kopf tut weh. / Mein Kopf schmerzt. Ich habe mir wehgetan Ich habe ihm wehgetan :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...
- 06 Jun 2011 07:12
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
- Replies: 69
- Views: 18767
Re: Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
i read the sticky. problem, Thakowsaizmu ? Yes. The problemme, which was fixed by Xinda , is that you didn't add your translation to the most recent post, and thus lost about a page worth of other people's translations. oh, didn't realize i had omitted the second page. do you forgive me? No. Never ...
- 28 May 2011 01:13
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
- Views: 1318002
Re: Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Of course!Micamo wrote:I know of no specific name for what you mean, but I would probably just call it Direct.
- 28 May 2011 01:08
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
- Views: 1318002
Re: Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
How would you call a case in a split system, that acts in one as the nominative and in the other as the absolutive?: System-1 ¦ System-2 ------------+------------- S-??? ¦ S-??? A-??? P-ACC ¦ A-ERG P-??? Additional info: The accusative and ergative are not reused as genitive, instrumental, ... or wh...
- 26 May 2011 17:15
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: The English Spelling System.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3433
Re: The English Spelling System.
Use more vowel characters?Czwartek wrote:I tried something like this once. The problem is English has far too many vowels, and I don't like digraphs or too many accented characters. Is there another way to represent the large inventory of vowels in the English language?