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- 17 Jul 2011 04:49
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Domestic Structure Survey
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3479
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...
- 17 Jul 2011 04:09
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: I love you
- Replies: 306
- Views: 97046
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...
- 16 Jun 2011 21:50
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Makurungou
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5922
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.
- 04 Jun 2011 14:17
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: I felt that...
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9015
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...
- 04 Jun 2011 01:20
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
- Replies: 69
- Views: 19246
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...
- 04 Jun 2011 00:33
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: The North Wind and the Sun
- Replies: 51
- Views: 8953
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...
- 27 May 2011 23:15
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Sorry, I don't speak...
- Replies: 96
- Views: 41512
Re: Sorry, I don't speak...
teh_Foxx0rz wrote:Itsuki Kohaku wrote: 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.
- 27 May 2011 21:35
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Sorry, I don't speak...
- Replies: 96
- Views: 41512
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...
- 27 May 2011 20:56
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Guess The Language!!!
- Replies: 5400
- Views: 680433
Re: Guess The Language!!!
Is it a Romani language?
- 27 May 2011 18:06
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Guess The Language!!!
- Replies: 5400
- Views: 680433
Re: Guess The Language!!!
Is it Indo-European?
- 27 May 2011 13:17
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Oww.
- Replies: 51
- Views: 15881
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...
- 25 May 2011 22:47
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
- Replies: 5100
- Views: 1053625
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Ceresz wrote:That vowel system is freaking me out.
What's wrong with it?
- 25 May 2011 21:43
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Guess The Language!!!
- Replies: 5400
- Views: 680433
Re: Guess The Language!!!
roninbodhisattva wrote:Solomon Islands Pidgin English.
Correct.
- 25 May 2011 18:09
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Guess The Language!!!
- Replies: 5400
- Views: 680433
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...
- 25 May 2011 13:02
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
- Replies: 5100
- Views: 1053625
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
- 24 May 2011 18:05
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Makurungou
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5922
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
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
- 17 May 2011 18:01
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Case Survey
- Replies: 146
- Views: 38642
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...
- 16 May 2011 21:09
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Makurungou
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5922
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 &...
- 16 May 2011 18:05
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Makurungou
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5922
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...
- 16 May 2011 17:53
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Case Survey
- Replies: 146
- Views: 38642
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...