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by Omzinesý
16 Mar 2024 21:26
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: SBäk e Dlor
Replies: 70
Views: 5602

Re: SBäk e Dlor

I started translating the Machiavelli quote (''Men desire novelty to such an extent that those who are doing well wish for change as much as those who are doing badly.') and found that I have no way to say 'novelty'. Ra jén 'COMPL is.new' would translate 'Men desire that they are new'. I decided th...
by Omzinesý
16 Mar 2024 12:23
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: What did you accomplish today?
Replies: 735
Views: 207454

Re: What did you accomplish today?

My lang Xawook is now Xiwook. I originally wanted it to be Xewook but the phonology does not have /e/. Then I decided that /i/ just lowers to [e] adjacent to semivowels /j w/.

So it's /ksiwo:k/ -> [ksewo:k]
by Omzinesý
14 Mar 2024 22:20
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: SBäk e Dlor
Replies: 70
Views: 5602

Re: SBäk e Dlor

Motion verbs Kâj 'to go' (on the ground) Sab 'to fly' Bées 'to swim' Mût 'to go fast' Bïr 'to go slowly' Nub 'to follow' The typical lexical prefixes that can be attached to them are: ba- 'by a vehicle' tlu- 'by foot' Directional prefixes are also often attached to them. Without them, they mean 'to ...
by Omzinesý
14 Mar 2024 20:18
Forum: Translations
Topic: Hold on...
Replies: 18
Views: 3656

Re: Hold on...

Batz wrote: 11 Mar 2024 23:11
Omzinesý wrote: 21 Mar 2011 10:38 :deu: Ich muss mich ... konzentrieren
:deu: Warte (mal), ich muss mich konzentrieren.
Wie jung war ich!
by Omzinesý
08 Mar 2024 15:09
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Xiwook
Replies: 7
Views: 409

Re: Xiwook

Nouns are the simpler one of the open word classes. Their pattern is Person prefix-stem-suffix(case.number.definiteness) Person prefixes are simple k(a)- SG1 c(a)- SG2 s(a)- SG3 hu- PL1 cu- PL2 su- PL3 The allomorphs with /a/ appear if the stem starts with an obstruent. Marking case, number, and de...
by Omzinesý
07 Mar 2024 11:14
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Xiwook
Replies: 7
Views: 409

Re: Xiwook

The glottal stop in consonant mutations could be a remnant of an historical syllable boundary. la.ka -> la.k -> laʔk This kind of phenomenon has (probably) happened in Livonian and it has been speculated to be the origin of Danish stød too. It just seems to happen before voiced consonants. Maybe the...
by Omzinesý
07 Mar 2024 10:51
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Xiwook
Replies: 7
Views: 409

Re: Xawook

Nice phonology. I've always been a fan of that shape of vowel system, and /ʉ/ is highly based. I like the phonology too. /a i o/ is common in Ameracas and /ʉ/ is my current favorite. Is there going to be much morphophonology? Morphophonology is not my strong skill. There might be final consonant mu...
by Omzinesý
07 Mar 2024 09:52
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Xiwook
Replies: 7
Views: 409

Xiwook

I decided to put my ideas for a vaguely Amerindian language on one thread. I don't know how far it will proceed. p t k kʷ ʔ <p t k kw '> t͡s k͡s <c x> s h <s h> m n ŋ <m n ng> l ɹ j w <l r y w> i ʉ <i u> o <o> ä <a> Vowels can be short or long, written <ii uu oo aa>. /i o a/ can also be nasalized, w...
by Omzinesý
05 Mar 2024 13:01
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Kaita
Replies: 70
Views: 13352

Re: Kaita

It's nice that this thread reappeared.
I could steal some ideas for my vague natam project.
by Omzinesý
04 Mar 2024 12:49
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: SBäk e Dlor
Replies: 70
Views: 5602

Re: SBäk e Dlor

I started translating the Machiavelli quote (''Men desire novelty to such an extent that those who are doing well wish for change as much as those who are doing badly.') and found that I have no way to say 'novelty'. Ra jén 'COMPL is.new' would translate 'Men desire that they are new'.
by Omzinesý
04 Mar 2024 12:48
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: SBäk e Dlor
Replies: 70
Views: 5602

Re: SBäk e Dlor

thethief3 wrote: 27 Feb 2024 03:01
Omzinesý wrote: 26 Feb 2024 20:16 How to derives verbs 'to be hungry' from 'to eat'? 'to mind-eat' maybe?
want+eat seems good
'want to eat' is a bit different. And verbs (or basically anything) cannot be compounded in Dlor.
by Omzinesý
02 Mar 2024 19:35
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1679
Views: 347870

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

In general NI tends never to bring any modifiers, bound or otherwise, with the noun, so noun class markers will probably be dropped (NI nouns also quite often reduced from their free forms, or even suppletive). I was looking for something else but found a Coptic example. The gender marker t- is pre...
by Omzinesý
29 Feb 2024 14:48
Forum: Translations
Topic: Go and find him!
Replies: 35
Views: 9175

Re: Go and find him!

:con: Dlor Ká, be-bék sa! sg2.VOC, ANDAT-find sg3 'Go and find him!' Ka 'you' is the only word that has a special vocative form ká . Dlor has an andative form 'to go and V'. Imperative always demands a vocative "subject", like ká . Bék 'to find' can be used in the imperative. Rábek 'to loo...
by Omzinesý
28 Feb 2024 23:49
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1679
Views: 347870

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

I don't remember if we have discussed this before.
Which languages have both incorporation and noun classes / genders?
How do they interact? What happens to noun class markers when the noun is incorporated?
by Omzinesý
28 Feb 2024 10:22
Forum: Translations
Topic: The undeserving poor
Replies: 1
Views: 481

The undeserving poor

I quite from Piketty.

:eng:
For Giacomo Todeschini, the idea of "the underserving poor" can be traced back to the Middle Ages and perhaps more generally to the end of slavery and forced labor and outright ownership of the poor classes by the wealthy classes.
by Omzinesý
26 Feb 2024 20:30
Forum: Translations
Topic: The Cat and the Fish.
Replies: 68
Views: 22233

Re: The Cat and the Fish.

:con: Dlor (still lazy with fully cleaning LaTex) \gll Jö-nwim \\ \textsc{ven}-cat\\ 'There was a cat.'\glt \gll Nín u sín sa. \\ be.small and be.white \textsc{sg3}\\ 'She was small and white.'\glt \gll Sód kwi-s-kòom sa, kü-lem. \\ when.\textsc{anterior} eye-\textsc{middle}-be.open \textsc{sg3} \te...
by Omzinesý
26 Feb 2024 20:16
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: SBäk e Dlor
Replies: 70
Views: 5602

Re: SBäk e Dlor

How to derives verbs 'to be hungry' from 'to eat'? 'to mind-eat' maybe?
by Omzinesý
26 Feb 2024 20:14
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: What did you accomplish today?
Replies: 735
Views: 207454

Re: What did you accomplish today?

I at last completed the cat and fish story!
by Omzinesý
24 Feb 2024 11:49
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: SBäk e Dlor
Replies: 70
Views: 5602

Re: SBäk e Dlor

I got stuck with word 'jump' in Cat and fish story.
Most of verb derivation is based on body parts in Dlor. It could well be something like 'leg-jump' but the root would still be the same.
'Leg-fly' maybe?
by Omzinesý
24 Feb 2024 11:47
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1679
Views: 347870

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

But I'd also say: bear in mind that Latin hadn't even eliminated its own stress irregularities - there were a whole bunch of words that didn't obey the normal rules and weren't regularised. So expecting immediate regularisation of a whole heap of new irregulars may be unrealistic. I didn't know tha...