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by Qxentio
23 Apr 2017 13:05
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Deutscher Gesprächsthread | German Conversation Thread
Replies: 272
Views: 215834

Re: Rumhängethread

Ich studiere jetzt im achten Semester Linguistik im Hauptfach, fragt mich, was ihr wollt [:D] Kann den Krux mit der Literaturwissenschaft nur unterschreiben. Lit.-Studierende verhalten sich im Vergleich zu Linguistik-Studierenden so, wie Lehrämtler zu allen anderen Fächern: Sie können nichts, wissen...
by Qxentio
20 Mar 2017 21:36
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Linguistic pet peeves
Replies: 338
Views: 88546

Re: Linguistic pet peeves

There is this paralinguistic thing that really annoys me. People often produce alveolar or palatal clicks when they pick up talking or when they're in the middle of a longer conversational turn. I never really noticed that in the past, let alone attributed any meaning to it. But now that I started p...
by Qxentio
27 Dec 2016 00:28
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Linguistic pet peeves
Replies: 338
Views: 88546

Re: Linguistic pet peeves

@qwed117:
But those often occur at the same time.
by Qxentio
22 Dec 2016 13:21
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Deutscher Gesprächsthread | German Conversation Thread
Replies: 272
Views: 215834

Re: Rumhängethread

What's the difference between Traum and Träum? Traum is usually a singular noun, translateable with English "the dream". Träum can be a bunch of things, most likely the imperative of "träumen", "to dream". "Träum was schönes" - "Dream something nice"...
by Qxentio
22 Dec 2016 13:12
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Linguistic pet peeves
Replies: 338
Views: 88546

Re: Linguistic pet peeves

What bug me most is that people always seem to think they know better - even if they clearly don't. That is a general problem with the humanities. With "hard" sciences and technology, it is usually generally accepted that some people are expert on the subjects and others don't know anythi...
by Qxentio
15 Dec 2016 12:28
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Linguistic pet peeves
Replies: 338
Views: 88546

Re: Linguistic pet peeves

Ahzoh wrote:I have the word ghot-/ghut- mean "ignoramus" or "layperson" in Vrkhazhian.
How cheeky of you. [:D]
by Qxentio
12 Dec 2016 17:21
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Plattdüütsch | Low German/Low Saxon Conversation Thread
Replies: 12
Views: 81934

Re: Plattdüütsch

Twors bin ik nu eun bitsken länger hür innen Forum, öbber ik häbbe düssen Thread örst ichtens uitmakt. Ik hät nie dacht dat ik hür eunen Thread up platt finne. Dorümme wullt ik hür eunfach man wat schrüiwen. Platt ess nich meune Moddersprok, dorum lerne ik müi sümst düsse Mundort, de man hür kürt h...
by Qxentio
12 Dec 2016 16:49
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: German Question Thread: Fragen über Deutsch
Replies: 92
Views: 90996

Re: Fragen über Deutsch - Questions about German

Kennt jemand irgendwelche Links über die Grammatik (Konjugation und Deklination besonders) und die Hauptvokabeln des rheinfränkischen Dialektes? Ein bisschen davon versuche ich für ein Klassenprojekt zu sprechen. Ich hab auf der deutschen und pälzischen Wikipedia ein paar Artikel darüber gefunden. ...
by Qxentio
12 Dec 2016 16:39
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Linguistic pet peeves
Replies: 338
Views: 88546

Re: Linguistic pet peeves

I thought it was kind of funny as a joke; it kind of bugged me when people took it so seriously (both people who thought it was a serious issue of spelling reform and those who posted a ten-page linguistic essay to "debunk" it). Actually it's influenced my conlang. The word ghos means &qu...
by Qxentio
07 Oct 2016 15:07
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Linguistic pet peeves
Replies: 338
Views: 88546

Re: Linguistic pet peeves

a pretty decent description of "guttural" is any velar or further back consonant This is true, and it is usually a sign of cluelessness or insensitivity towards different languages. I once read Gary Gygax' extraordinary book on names or however it was called, in which he claimed that /x/ ...
by Qxentio
15 Jul 2016 15:05
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Talk on Conlanging
Replies: 5
Views: 1470

Re: Talk on Conlanging

By the way, a tongueless race would very well be able of producing labial sounds ;) My bad. Lateral sounds? tap/flaps? Basically, they wouldn't be capable of producing anything but labial and glottal sounds (at least the way we know them), because the human tongue is involved in almost all speech s...
by Qxentio
15 Jul 2016 14:49
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Talk on Conlanging
Replies: 5
Views: 1470

Re: Talk on Conlanging

I'd put something in about how they develop and split into daughter languages. Something about families of languages. I'd also put something in about creating phonologies whilst taking biology into account. For instance a tongue-less race would not be able to create any labial sounds and so on. Tho...
by Qxentio
14 Jul 2016 16:15
Forum: Translations
Topic: Don't kill me!
Replies: 191
Views: 37865

Re: Don't kill me!

Yagarian:
Qxáqané súk!
/qχɒː'qa.ne: su:k /
NEG-kill-imperative 1sg-ACC

German:
Bring mich nicht um!
/bʀɪŋ mɪç nɪç ʔʊm/
bring me-ACC not around
by Qxentio
14 Jul 2016 16:08
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Talk on Conlanging
Replies: 5
Views: 1470

Talk on Conlanging

Hi everyone. Next monday (the 18th of July, 2016), I will have a talk on conlanging in my university class on fictional languages. I want to talk about the process of constructing a language: Finding a goal and setting it into motion, coming up with phonology, morphology, syntax and all that jazz. I...
by Qxentio
14 Jul 2016 16:00
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Deutscher Gesprächsthread | German Conversation Thread
Replies: 272
Views: 215834

Re: Rumhängethread

shimobaatar wrote: Ausgezeichnet! Mir geht es auch ziemlich gut, aber ich bin sehr nervös, weil dieses Wochenende muss ich nach Indianen für die Orientierung meiner Universität fahren.
Du meinst Indiana? [:)]
by Qxentio
26 Jan 2016 18:50
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Conlang Conversation Thread [2010–2019]
Replies: 8666
Views: 1442263

Re: Conlang Conversation Thread

Ki swutreš wa kū boʔai dohtroin yæbinek gairau. ADV say-PRS.3PL CNJ ADV PRP day-ABL.DU become<SBJV>3SG rain-INSTR Here they say that it may rain after two days from now. Jed tthinad jadény omaw weikanhósh. Here, it became warmer within a day. dzúdzúnid [+1] [:D] Bjudhy veim bid? Is it a funny word?...
by Qxentio
24 Jan 2016 22:40
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Conlang Conversation Thread [2010–2019]
Replies: 8666
Views: 1442263

Re: Conlang Conversation Thread

Oltsú weikawínaddha zousou dzúnad, rhatsu brhonafá talid. Jarhudy bid, miw qxálim zónush. Jed eltej dzúdzúnid.
After snow had fallen a few days ago, there was ice on the ground. It was so bad that I could not walk. Now it is raining.
by Qxentio
18 Jan 2016 14:38
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Plattdüütsch | Low German/Low Saxon Conversation Thread
Replies: 12
Views: 81934

Re: Plattdüütsch

Moin Leude,
ich bin in Niedersachsen aufgewachsen und kann kein bisschen Platt. Habt ihr ne Idee, wie oder wo man anfangen könnte, es zu lernen?
by Qxentio
13 Jan 2016 00:34
Forum: Translations
Topic: What will not kill you makes you stronger.
Replies: 64
Views: 31445

Re: What will not kill you makes you stronger.

Med qxáqanod gék, gék kemnod jaxevy.
WHAT Neg-KILL-3.Pers-Sg-Fut YOU-Sg-Acc, YOU-Sg-Acc FORCE-3.Pers-Sg-Fut Comp-STRONG-Sg-Neu
/med q͡χɒːˈqan.ɔd ɟeːk ɟeːk ˈcɛm.nɔd jaˈχɛv.ə/
by Qxentio
13 Jan 2016 00:10
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Linguistic pet peeves
Replies: 338
Views: 88546

Re: Linguistic pet peeves

Wait, wait, wait. Seriously? Who would ever use the radiotelephony alphabet in phonetic transcription? I'm assuming "NATO phonetic alphabet" means writing alpha lima oscar tango lima india kilo echo tango hotel india sierra ("a lot like this"). Like, that's gotta be the least ef...