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Wawai ho!
Thank you, everyone!

Wi dwoqo mande do, nai zo ngindyo u byoi lo mbomu dyi.
On Monday night, I'm going to a memorial event for him.

That's only because we're humans and we understand what humans are likely to do. Mos mos denja bis u denja kos dem won it minu, o kos dem won gah imsef tek poysm. Dis a difa kayn a denja say yuman denja. Most dangerous animals are dangerous because they want to eat us or defend themselves with pois...

Humans are the most dangerous animal. Dem yuman u me-me denja, oba denja bis u mos mos taym denja. Humans are potentially dangerous, while dangerous animals are dangerous most of the time. I ndwa u nwagi zyei yu wanai ngo dozye wanai nwimu zyu ngoi ga dzu mya. That's only because we're humans and w...

Pedant wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2026 8:56 pmAwt'iki, al-wazid daw ayqurka'ut -
LEGS-fair / TOP-person-NOM.PL also.LEGS TORSO-scare-PRES-3p
"To be fair, humans are scary too - "

Ngoi de zondi ye mbwe u ndzwova.
Humans are the most dangerous animal.

[ˌnɔˈɾɛndedʉːd̚ wrote: post_id=113273 time=1790880728 user_id=538]
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exist.PRS

DorotheaBrooke wrote: ↑Thu Oct 01, 2026 9:06 pmfin
finn-0
exist-3p.SG

Proto-Saxun-Iḫos confirmed.

Uteuppernenux oiepkxirče mitte, ŋapapa . ute=upperne-Cu-ux oi-ep-kxir-če mikx-te napa-pa GNOM=saxunese.people-PL-PROX.INVIS have-NEG-animal-3p.PL scary-ACC honor-IMP "The Saxunese (lit. islanders) don't have any scary animals, thankfully." U lu hіbu do, nwagi zondi ye mwe mo ngoi gwivi mo...

post_id=113273 time=1790880728 user_id=538] Pheḫniki Iḫosni, iḫosref luthep, kufemsâref maqkunref nuf hutes Mâkhoqefrel fames. [pʰɛxˈnici iˈxosni | iˈxosɾɛf luˈˈtʰɛp | kufɛmsæɾɛf maʔkunɾɛf nuf hutɛs mækʰoʔɛfɾɛl famɛs] pheḫni-k-i Iḫos-n-i | iḫos-r-f luthep | kufemsâ-r-f maqkin-r-f nu-f hutes Mâkhoqe...

Pedant wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2026 7:25 pmLa-pilirna - bairoir tikopeusanoi.
NEG-need-3s-PRES.IND.PASS / sea.panther-PL-SUBJ equal-inhabit-PRES.ACT.PART-PL-NOM
"Not necessarily - bairoi are amphibious."

Zyenggyui zenggwa bi. Mbwei mwe zobwe.
Horrors never cease. The danger can follow you.

a posteriori conlangs ​​require extensive knowledge of natural languages, unlike a priori conlangs... Ndwinge zyi Travis B.-i zyeu byo ngai ndwi Dyamani Pendziyoveniya u zyei yui gi dzo Nggilisyi. Travis's language reminds me of Pennsylvania German because it's a bit influenced by English. Narei mw...

Hit hang daarfan af, of hit guud oder nicht skain. It depends on whether it looks good or not. Dis a notisful sentm bil, "guud oder nicht skain", kos nekit "nicht" fwonsay bahp ya. This is an interesting construction, "guud oder nicht skain", because of the bare "...

Kai tar Bairar Keurar gar? Q.POS this-F-SUBJ Sea.Panther-MASC Black-MASC in “Wasn’t it in Black Panther ?” Ha mbimba bara dwo u ya zwara? Sea panther? Nappor - tasar iakta-i alsedos masokos Insodonen peusanos. (Pantheian ektaian hyko.) 1s-nod.yes-PRES.IND.ACT / this-COM-SUBJ.S type-CONST.S otter-NO...

Has anyone else heard of /ɛə(r)/ or like being used for there in cases where assimilation and subsequent degemination could not apply? I ask because I have sometimes caught myself pronouncing there as /ɛr/ (or shall I say /er/?) [ɛ̝(ː)ʁˤ] and yesterday I heard my mother use the very same pronunciat...

Has anyone else heard of /ɛə(r)/ or like being used for there in cases where assimilation and subsequent degemination could not apply? I ask because I have sometimes caught myself pronouncing there as /ɛr/ (or shall I say /er/?) [ɛ̝(ː)ʁˤ] and yesterday I heard my mother use the very same pronunciat...

It also occurs with strong ~ stronger and young ~ younger . Oh yeah, I forgot young , but I did mention strong . I wonder if it's something about the comparative and superlative of adjectives being able to be irregular, but there isn't a single irregular -ing form in the whole language, not even of...

Pedant wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2026 12:56 amKai tar Bairar Keurar gar?
Q.POS this-F-SUBJ Sea.Panther-MASC Black-MASC in
“Wasn’t it in Black Panther?”

Ha mbingu bara dwo u ya zwara?
Sea panther?

tak žiyo imiźinən-Naswi nusuzzən hola imya, ina art aša imu ar qanəpśen nećen. "I'm remaking Naswiyan's indefinite pronouns right now, so I can't show them to you." Wai mwe zyeu narei vwe zyi zi. You could show us how they used to be. Ngoi nye zowa. The person's coming. I ngo ye nye zowa....

One thing I have noticed is that I have bringing /ˈbrɪŋəŋ/ [ˈpʁˤɨ̃ːŋɘ̃(ː)ŋ] but longer /ˈlɔŋɡər/ [ˈʟ̞ɒ̃ːŋɡʁ̩ˤ(ː)] and longest /ˈlɔŋɡəst/ [ˈʟ̞ɒ̃ːŋɡɨsʲtʲ]~[ˈʟ̞ɒ̃ːŋɡɨs̟] and to my knowledge this is Standard English (Wiktionary reports [ɡ] in longer and longest , and I cannot recall ever hearing anyone...

Travis B. wrote: ↑Sat Sep 12, 2026 12:03 pm For me among us /əˈmʌŋˌʌs/ [ə̃ːˈmʌ̃ːŋˌʌs̟] and humungous /ˌhjuˈmʌŋɡəs/ [ˌçjỹːˈmʌ̃ːŋɡɘs̟] do not rhyme, even ignoring the [ɡ].

Do you not have a weak form of 'us'?

chelsea wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2026 2:07 am among us

I realized I pronounce it [əmʌŋg‿ʌs] rather than [əmʌŋ ʌs]. PRobably because of the amogus meme. In no other context does the [g] arise for me

That would sound to me like you're making up something out of the word 'humungous'.

"But the abacus has allowed Mathematics to do things no unaided human has done before! Surely we will all be replaced by abacuses in the next few years!" Computer is no longer a human occupation. Most people today do not realize that computer once referred to a human job. Now it is time f...