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Raphael wrote: ↑Sat Apr 12, 2025 5:05 am I just had my first ice cream of the year. It's pretty appalling what inflation has done to the price of a scoop, but still - ice cream.

no more words are needed. I agree though, most things are beginning to cost more than my wallet can stomach.

Raphael wrote: ↑Sat Apr 12, 2025 3:00 pm

AwfullyAmateur wrote: ↑Sat Apr 12, 2025 2:59 pm My Sodemeresh revision is now 750 words!

Congratulations.

Congrats to AwfullyAmateur!

Congrats to bradrn!

also, I agree with Travis on that one. they all just want to sell your info.

ok, mind my blind unknowingness, but I keep seeing this same passage used as a sample text everywhere: Czehâiliava mâlla qhârracza máczeia szä netahullecze gêub. Bataiiszaia gêuben máta bêta chäszaia netaszarâhlecze mâll. Âqutd. Âqutd. Âqutd. Âqutd. Âqutd. Âqutd. Âqutd. Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka...

hey, all! I just returned from my trip. How did it go? to answer your question, it went well. we stayed in Tokyo/Hakone for most of the trip, but also visited Osaka and Kyoto for a bit near the end. Sorry, I never got back to you about things. I've been on a little writing spree, and time just has n...

I didn't have the mind to read the info in the first couple replies (I'm more a fan of a finished product more rather than the behind-the-scenes that goes into it, which is why I don't write stories), but that said, the rough draft you've got going for your coming of age story is great so far IMO. I...

Do nggonii ma? c·zêòJ^êòI]Q (me not knowing and not having seen this two...) I don't know the difference between the two, I've never seen one... cĀô=ìëK…Y=R[[^=S․dìë\wSÚ (my position now traversed by a wind running through seventy five movement of foot heard by one beat of heart...) the wind is now...

/rihɑllæ kɑːfi/ [reˈhɑʎːɐ ˈkɑːɸe] rihallä kaafi /m n/ <m n> /b d/ <b d> /t k q/ <t c q> /t’ k’ q’/ <t’ k’ q’> /f s χ h/ <f s x h> /z ʁ/ <z g> /r l/ <r l> /w j/ /w y/ /i æ ɑ u/ <i ä a u> /iː æː ɑː uː/ <ii ää aa uu> /æj ɑw/ <äi au> /tihɑjlæbɑ mɑllɑ qʼɑrrɑtæ mɑːtijɑ sæ nitɑhulliti ʁæːwb/ /bɑtɑjisæjæ ʁæ...

Nevermind about learning about how possession works, I just did a bit of studying and figured it out. here we go: Sumimasen, sore wa watashi no nimotsu desu ka? Hai, kore wa anata no nimotsu desu. Douzo. Arigatou! I don’t know if it’s necessary to say the whole kore wa anata no nimotsu desu when sor...

When it's a first meeting and after introducing yourself, you would say "Yoroshiku onegaishimasu." It literally means something like "Please treat me well." but it's really a set phrase meaning "It's nice to meet you." Duolingo (for the small part that I tried using it...

Hello all! I didn't see another thread like this so I hope no one minds me making this new one. so here's the deal; I fly to Tokyo in two weeks with a group of tourists from my school, and I'd like to try and learn a mildly convertible amount of Japanese for when I am there. unfortunately, Duolingo ...

I've had an absolutely miserable start to the year. February I was sick more days than I was well. I'm not entirely out of the woods, but at least I'm doing better. Fingers crossed it holds. Sorry to hear that you weren't well -- hopefully you'll be feeling better from this point out. get better so...

One of the things I need to become a Luxembourger is to either take a 24-hour civics class or pass the associated civics test. Because 24 hours seems like a pain to work into my schedule, I figured I'd take the civics test instead. Extra fun is that I chose to do it in French, primarily because the...

I tried it, but it did nothing for me. I really liked it when I read it years ago, but have gotten kind of disillusioned with Martin since then, thinking more about its flaws these days. Same here. That and the fact that the remaining books won't be published until long after he's dead. hey, now, I...

I just started George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series for the first time, and it's great so far!

I get that this is a venting thread, but damn do things taste salty in here. malloc, court’s no fun place to be, but i’d wager that most of us have been there at some point or another for whatever reason, it's not like we’re dealing with an alien topic. get the lawyer, plead your case, and whatever ...

Chemakum (do not look at the 19th-century orthography for this one) oh god ok well screw readability because now I have yet another idea: /p t pʲ c pʷ/ <p t pj q pv> /ɸ s ʃ ç/ <w c x ʞ> /t͡s t͡ʃ c͡ç/ <ç tx k> /m n mʲ ɲ mʷ/ <m n mj ñ mv> /ɾ ɹ l ɥ j ʎ w/ <d r l j̈ j λ v> /i ɨ u e o a/ <i ï u e o a> a...

Ok, I added a few velarized phonemes, along with a few others. here's the new phonemic inventory: Consonants: Labial Alveolar Post Alveolar Labio-Palatal Palatal Labio-Velar Stop p t pʲ c pʷ Fricative ɸ s ʃ ç Affricate t͡s t͡ʃ c͡ç Nasal m n mʲ ɲ mʷ Tap/Flap ɾ Approximant ɹ ɥ j w Lateral Approximant ...

WeepingElf wrote: ↑Mon Mar 10, 2025 10:05 am Where are the velars?

this conlang has none, actually! might be kinda odd, but the aesthetic I want this conlang to have suits better if there are none. although I could probably add /w/.

I've got an idea for a phonemic inventory but i'm not entirely certain how I want to romanize it. here it is: Consonants: Labial Alveolar Post Alveolar Labio-Palatal Palatal Stop p t pʲ c Fricative ɸ s ʃ ç Affricate ʦ ʧ Nasal m n mʲ ɲ Approximant ɹ j Lateral Approximant l ʎ Tap/Flap ɾ Vowels: Front ...