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baradsonoron wrote:Zuebrjailsé cebedjê mé Rais Crîspiz clus dipim.
/zuEbrjajlse kEbEdʒə me rajs crIspiz clus dipim/
eat.lunch-1sg.past cabbage and rice crispies now day
I had cabbage and Rice Crispies for lunch today.

Til ethë cavi?
[tɨl ˈɛθɘ ˈkɑvi]
LOC same bowl-OBL
In the same bowl?

Μένω σε ένα δρόμο, αλλά όχι ένα που είναι στην Ολλανδία.
I live on a street, but not one that is in the Netherlands.

ETA TO TELEFON ÁMINË? [ɛˈdɑ to ˈtɛlɛɸon ˈɑjmɨnɘ] thus Q phone.NOM be-3.NFUT.PERF THEN WHO WAS PHONE? http://i57.tinypic.com/fmj4vc.png Pìmaía’ túnùàì! [pĩ˩majeʔ˥˧ tũ˥nwo˩i˩] dog-ABS be-PST-3SG.ERG It was dog! Och, edos Luïgi áminë. [ox ɛðos luˈiɟi ˈɑjminɘ] NEG DEM be-3.NFUT.PERF Luigi No, it was Lu...

lipo si sê a sèa'n armicàs aif sun the taifomès me'n telefonas cincen [liˈbo si ʃɛj ɑ ʃɛə̯n ɑrˈmiɟɑs af sun θɛ taˈɸomʲɛs mɛn ˈtɛlɛɸonɑs ˈkiŋ̊kɛn] so 2sg.NOM be.2.NFUT at 2sg.DAT=DEF lover-OBL and 2pl.ACC REFL INT-kiss-2.NFUT when=DEF telephone-ACC ring-3.NFUT So ur with yur honey and yur making out...

The voiced stops will do just fine. One of the things I was thinking of going for was to have the protolang be pretty plosive-heavy and light on fricatives and then turn it around, so not quite sure why it didn't occur to me to put them in to begin with really.

- */pˠ fˠ mˠ/ > /kʷ xʷ ŋʷ/ disclaimer: I have no idea whether random inversion of primary and secondary articulations is a thing Although I could be wrong, I don't think the random, sudden inversion of primary and secondary articulations is a valid/naturalistic sound change. However, this doesn't m...

Random ideas for sound changes between Vorinthel and its hypothetical motherlang keep coming to me unsolicited. I'm beginning to consider sorting them into some form of sensible order and attempting some horrid trainwreck of a protolang. current phonology: p t k kʷ f v s θ ð x xʷ ɣ ɣʷ m̥ m n̥ n ŋ̊ ŋ...

Lao Kou wrote:Next: ktísuks [ktiˈsuks] a noun (moratorium on fauna)

footrest, ottoman

next: inti [ˈin̥ti] verb

Och, henos suf su the oiga fruaten.
[ox ˈxɛnos suf su θɛ ˈøɣɑ ˈfr̥uə̯dɛn]
NEG person.NOM except 2sg.OBL REFL NEG.NFUT jack_off-3.NFUT
No, nobody masturbates but you.

Caruigàs snuihais.
[kɑɾˈyʝɑs ˈsn̥yxas]
man-DIM.PEJORATIVE-VOC lewd
You dirty little boy.

Well we have that Pikachu language going on, anything's possible.

Everyone pick a Nintendo franchise and get to work, this is a thing now.

Muin su vlefar me sèa'n tàileyi
[myn su ˈvlɛfɑr mɛ ʃɛə̯n tʲaˈlɛji]
1sg.NOM 2sg.ACC watch-1.NFUT LOC 2sg.DAT=DEF INT-lay.GER
I watch you while you sleep

Si sactèstì.
[si ˈsɒktʲɛstʲi]
2sg.NOM look-2.NFUT-DEL
You shouldn't.

I look forward to hearing about Proto-Zora, Proto-Kokiri, and Proto-Gerudo.

http://www.aveneca.com/cbb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=393&p=128475&hilit=boys#p128475 Ou, mémë-Vorinthelicàs sactès! [:P] [ˈoʉ ˈmɛjməβorin̥θɛˈliɟɑs ˈsɒktʲɛs] INTERJ baby-Vorinthel-DIM-ACC see-2.NFUT Aww, look at little baby-Vorinthel! [:P] Yoa truic aif lech in sarcales~ [joə̯ tr̥yk af lɛx in ˈsɑr̥kɑlɛs] ...

Si henas lech sê, Skógvur.
[si ˈxɛnɑs lɛx ʃɛj ˈskokfʉr]
2sg.NOM person-ACC bad be.2.NFUT Skógvur.VOC
You're a bad person, Skógvur.

Muin the posta aif nuinarta gàim.
[myn θɛ ˈpostɑ af ˈnynɑr̥tɑ ʝam]
1sg.NOM REFL take.1sg-VOL weep-1.NFUT-VOL now
I'm gonna go and cry now.

Si thelês laith mea.
[si ˈθɛlʲɛjs laθ mɛə̯]
2sg.NOM speak-2sg.NFUT.PERF false 1sg.DAT
You lied to me.

muin sermar tai muin pegarda [myn ˈsɛrmɑr ta myn ˈpɛɣɑrðɑ] 1sg.NOM believe-1sg.NFUT that 1sg.NOM fly-1sg.NOM-POT I believe I can fly muin sermar tai muin lânas firarda [myn ˈsɛrmɑr ta myn ˈlʲɑjnɑs ˈfiɾɑrðɑ] 1sg.NOM believe-1sg.NFUT that 1sg.NOM sky-ACC touch-1sg.NFUT-POT I believe I can touch the s...

Keenir wrote:Next: enibrafe [en.ibr.af.e:] verb

dress, bind (a wound), bandage

Next: doroï [ðoˈɾoi] a verb

Next: "even", as in "He can't cook it all; he can't even fry an egg." (If you come up with some way of doing this that doesn't use a specialized adverb like English does, that's great too!) yoa [joə̯] adv general intensifier, also "even" in contexts such as the above or "even I knew that!" ( yoa mu...