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Conlang recordings thread (2015-01-15 08:22:33) :
[i]I sing wo dai hong mei[/i] means both "There was a day I saw a ship" and "The red ship sails down the river"? Interesting polysemy.
But it's a nice little song!
[i]I sing wo dai hong mei[/i] means both "There was a day I saw a ship" and "The red ship sails down the river"? Interesting polysemy.
But it's a nice little song!
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I recently refound this old gem--instant nostalgia! (2015-01-14 04:55:39) :
[quote Rhetorica, Illúbequía: Dis, Major Belt 1][quote Jipí, Alkali Metal, Marburg, Germany]Never gonna give up ...[/quote]
I don't think the joke was missed.[/quote]
Shame on me for missing that hint!
[quote Rhetorica, Illúbequía: Dis, Major Belt 1][quote Jipí, Alkali Metal, Marburg, Germany]Never gonna give up ...[/quote]
I don't think the joke was missed.[/quote]
Shame on me for missing that hint!
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Grrr Thread (2015-01-12 04:50:42) :
[quote Morrígan, Marquise]Phonemically, that is. The conditioning high-vowels are still present, [i]non[/i]?[/quote]
At least partially, I don't remember whether all short /i/'s that caused umlaut still were around. But the /j/ that caused umlaut was already gone after geminated consonants; so I'd say the umlaut vowels had become phonemical in OHG.
[quote Morrígan, Marquise]Phonemically, that is. The conditioning high-vowels are still present, [i]non[/i]?[/quote]
At least partially, I don't remember whether all short /i/'s that caused umlaut still were around. But the /j/ that caused umlaut was already gone after geminated consonants; so I'd say the umlaut vowels had become phonemical in OHG.
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Grrr Thread (2015-01-10 10:01:59) :
[quote Morrígan, Marquise]Also, I forgot that OHG doesn't have umlaut yet! That's kind of a major development.[/quote]
If you accuse me of nitpicking, I'll have to plead guilty as charged, but: OHG probably already had umlaut, it just wasn't indicated in the writing system, except for a > e. (The fact that this is indicated makes it likely that /u/ > /y/ etc. also were present in the spoken language, the writing system just hadn't developed the means yet to indicate them.)
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[quote Morrígan, Marquise]Also, I forgot that OHG doesn't have umlaut yet! That's kind of a major development.[/quote]
If you accuse me of nitpicking, I'll have to plead guilty as charged, but: OHG probably already had umlaut, it just wasn't indicated in the writing system, except for a > e. (The fact that this is indicated makes it likely that /u/ > /y/ etc. also were present in the spoken language, the writing system just hadn't developed the means yet to indicate them.)
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Hello + happy new year + TOP 20 FILMS DISCOVERED IN 2014 (2015-01-10 08:11:35) :
That film is on my "watch it some day" list for ages now.
That film is on my "watch it some day" list for ages now.
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Grrr Thread (2015-01-09 07:16:41) :
[quote Morrígan, Marquise]Ah of course, I missed "diu" and though "swaz" was a reflexive, but then again I do not read OHG.[/quote]
You don't need to, that was MHG. ;-) (The giveaway is that endings are mostly -e-, like in Modern German, OHG still had full vowels in the endings.)
[quote Morrígan, Marquise]Ah of course, I missed "diu" and though "swaz" was a reflexive, but then again I do not read OHG.[/quote]
You don't need to, that was MHG. ;-) (The giveaway is that endings are mostly -e-, like in Modern German, OHG still had full vowels in the endings.)
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I recently refound this old gem--instant nostalgia! (2015-01-08 12:00:24) :
[quote Jipí, Alkali Metal, Marburg, Germany]As usual, I can't see these video because Germany. Because #Neuland. Never gonna give up the hope that we'll arrive in the 21st century as well sometime.[/quote] You missed nothing but an old joke.
[quote Jipí, Alkali Metal, Marburg, Germany]As usual, I can't see these video because Germany. Because #Neuland. Never gonna give up the hope that we'll arrive in the 21st century as well sometime.[/quote] You missed nothing but an old joke.
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Hello + happy new year + TOP 20 FILMS DISCOVERED IN 2014 (2015-01-08 11:39:08) :
I've seen 2, 4, 7, 8, 13 and they're all films I liked, so I think I'll check out the other ones on your list as well. (I watched Dersu Uzala on Russian TV and didn't know that it was directed by Kurosawa until I read your post.)
Out of curiosity, what was the German film you watched, and how did you like it (obviously, it wasn't good enough to make the Top 20).
I've seen 2, 4, 7, 8, 13 and they're all films I liked, so I think I'll check out the other ones on your list as well. (I watched Dersu Uzala on Russian TV and didn't know that it was directed by Kurosawa until I read your post.)
Out of curiosity, what was the German film you watched, and how did you like it (obviously, it wasn't good enough to make the Top 20).
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Speak in Your Conlang Thread (2014-12-09 06:39:08) :
(I know this is old, but:)
[b]Wit tu bítais daicimun is soma bíti.[/b]
[i]PRT ART-N.SG.NOM life-SG.GEN. meaning-SG.NOM self-F.SG.NOM life-SG.NOM[/i]
The meaning of life is life itself.
(I know this is old, but:)
[b]Wit tu bítais daicimun is soma bíti.[/b]
[i]PRT ART-N.SG.NOM life-SG.GEN. meaning-SG.NOM self-F.SG.NOM life-SG.NOM[/i]
The meaning of life is life itself.
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Reference Wiki Discussion/Collaboration Thread (2014-12-04 12:32:56) :
Great! Thanks for doing this!
And life's like this, there will probably many more Germans poring over this and pointing out typos and mistakes the previous onlookers overlooked. We Germans are a bunch of nitpickers. ;-)
Great! Thanks for doing this!
And life's like this, there will probably many more Germans poring over this and pointing out typos and mistakes the previous onlookers overlooked. We Germans are a bunch of nitpickers. ;-)
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The Map Thread (2014-11-27 05:07:17) :
Beautiful!
Beautiful!
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Some, most, and all of the partitives (2014-11-26 01:20:05) :
[quote Rhetorica, Illúbequía: Dis, Major Belt 1][h2]Qualitative partitives[/h2]
These never changed from the archaic pattern of using word order:
[gb][g purple-having]zithuri[/g] [g 1.SG.GEN]si[/g] [g hair-F.SG.Ø]khríméa[/g][/gb]
My purple hair.[/quote]
So this does this mean "the part of my hair that is purple"?
[quote Rhetorica, Illúbequía: Dis, Major Belt 1][h2]Qualitative partitives[/h2]
These never changed from the archaic pattern of using word order:
[gb][g purple-having]zithuri[/g] [g 1.SG.GEN]si[/g] [g hair-F.SG.Ø]khríméa[/g][/gb]
My purple hair.[/quote]
So this does this mean "the part of my hair that is purple"?
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What to do with this morpheme (2014-11-25 01:31:40) :
[quote Tsar Нють, Function]Something like gender or another noun class seems to me unlikely to be marked with a suffix on that much of the vocabulary; [/quote]
Why do you think so? Look at how many words in Romance languages end in -o or -a, or how many words in Arabic end in -at(un).
[quote Tsar Нють, Function]Something like gender or another noun class seems to me unlikely to be marked with a suffix on that much of the vocabulary; [/quote]
Why do you think so? Look at how many words in Romance languages end in -o or -a, or how many words in Arabic end in -at(un).
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Bugs, Requests, and Changes (2014-11-24 01:08:36) :
[quote Nessari, Illúbequía, Seattle, Cascadia]They're listed at the bottom of the dictonary page :)[/quote]
Only two of the dozen tags I'm using: http://anthologi.ca/?id=229042
[quote Rhetorica, Illúbequía: Dis, Major Belt 1]hwhatting: I've added you to the Reference project. You can now do that.[/quote]
Thanks! Dumped my remarks on the discussion page, I'll see when I'll have time to incorporate them in the page.
Is Querubín still active here?
[quote Nessari, Illúbequía, Seattle, Cascadia]They're listed at the bottom of the dictonary page :)[/quote]
Only two of the dozen tags I'm using: http://anthologi.ca/?id=229042
[quote Rhetorica, Illúbequía: Dis, Major Belt 1]hwhatting: I've added you to the Reference project. You can now do that.[/quote]
Thanks! Dumped my remarks on the discussion page, I'll see when I'll have time to incorporate them in the page.
Is Querubín still active here?
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tags :
Is it possible to create a list of tags that one has used for a dictionary? I'm sure that I forget to put some of them in my entries.
Is it possible to create a list of tags that one has used for a dictionary? I'm sure that I forget to put some of them in my entries.
owned by hwhatting, last edited 2014-11-23 09:32:07.
German irregular verbs page (http://anthologi.ca/?id=209491) :
A few remarks:
1) For presentation purposes, I think the auxiliary verbs deserve a separate treatment, as their stem vowels differ between present sg. and pl. (or at least this should be mentioned), e.g.:
[i]können[/i] - sg. [i]kann[/i], pl. [i]können[/i]
2) Typos:
In the present tense form for [i]bieten[/i], the final "t" is missing: [i]biete[b]t[/b][/i]
In the present tense form for [i]fangen[/i], the "g" is missing: [i]fän[b]g[/b]t[/i]
The past forms for [i]bleichen[/...
A few remarks:
1) For presentation purposes, I think the auxiliary verbs deserve a separate treatment, as their stem vowels differ between present sg. and pl. (or at least this should be mentioned), e.g.:
[i]können[/i] - sg. [i]kann[/i], pl. [i]können[/i]
2) Typos:
In the present tense form for [i]bieten[/i], the final "t" is missing: [i]biete[b]t[/b][/i]
In the present tense form for [i]fangen[/i], the "g" is missing: [i]fän[b]g[/b]t[/i]
The past forms for [i]bleichen[/...
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Access to discussion threads? :
I wanted to discuss / contribute wrt the list of German irregular verbs, but I'm unable to write anything on the discussion page (http://anthologi.ca/?id=209491&mode=discussion)?
I'll put my points in the collaboration thread.
I wanted to discuss / contribute wrt the list of German irregular verbs, but I'm unable to write anything on the discussion page (http://anthologi.ca/?id=209491&mode=discussion)?
I'll put my points in the collaboration thread.
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Interesting features thread (2014-11-22 03:33:02) :
Yes, this is interesting :-) More explicit case markings on determiners than on nouns is a feature that I know - actually, my native German is an example for that:
Sg.
Nom: [i]der große König[/i] "the tall king" [i]großer König[/i] "tall king" [i]König[/i] "king"
Gen.: [i]des großen Königs[/i] / [i]großen Königs[/i] / [i]Königs[/i]
Dat.: [i]dem großen König[/i] / [i]großem König[/i] / [i]König[/i]
Acc: [i]den großen König[/i] / [i]großen König[/i] / [i...
Yes, this is interesting :-) More explicit case markings on determiners than on nouns is a feature that I know - actually, my native German is an example for that:
Sg.
Nom: [i]der große König[/i] "the tall king" [i]großer König[/i] "tall king" [i]König[/i] "king"
Gen.: [i]des großen Königs[/i] / [i]großen Königs[/i] / [i]Königs[/i]
Dat.: [i]dem großen König[/i] / [i]großem König[/i] / [i]König[/i]
Acc: [i]den großen König[/i] / [i]großen König[/i] / [i...
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Your Worst Nooblang (2014-11-22 13:47:17) :
My first conlang was a chain-shifted German, e.g p > pf, pf > f, f > v, etc. etc. Its grammar was basically like German grammar. I don't have any notes left of it; I did it when I was around 12 or so.
My first conlang was a chain-shifted German, e.g p > pf, pf > f, f > v, etc. etc. Its grammar was basically like German grammar. I don't have any notes left of it; I did it when I was around 12 or so.
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Speak in Your Conlang Thread (2014-11-22 05:52:45) :
[quote masako, Sophomore][b]na ke emyatle unyak[/b]
I don't understand what is happening.[/quote]
[b]Pér? Fau cér fau toyé bíté tai?[/b]
Where? Here or in your life?
[quote masako, Sophomore][b]na ke emyatle unyak[/b]
I don't understand what is happening.[/quote]
[b]Pér? Fau cér fau toyé bíté tai?[/b]
Where? Here or in your life?
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