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by finlay
Tue Dec 28, 2021 11:32 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Translation challenge thread
Replies: 29
Views: 7254

Re: Translation challenge thread

here is a new one for you: you fool. you absolute buffoon. you think you can challenge me in my own realm? you think you can rebel against my authority? you dare come into my house and upturn my dining chairs and spill coffee grinds in my Keurig? you thought you were safe in your chain mail armor be...
by finlay
Mon Dec 13, 2021 1:15 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Language Practice (Help your fluency)
Replies: 711
Views: 1076219

Re: Language Practice (Help your fluency)

Travis B. wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 1:12 pm Willkommen zurück!
Welcome back!
どうも
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ここはまたあるのは嬉しかった
glad this place still exists :)
by finlay
Mon Dec 13, 2021 1:14 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Language Practice (Help your fluency)
Replies: 711
Views: 1076219

Re: Language Practice (Help your fluency)

今年は、本当に難しかったです。コロナのせいで、日本に帰れなかった。国境閉鎖なのだ。江戸時代みたい。でも彼氏はあそこに残したのだ。日本に結婚できない。大変だよーーーー😭
this year has been v hard. japan's border is closed because of corona so i can't go back. like the edo period. but my boyfriend is still over there. we can't get married in jp. it's fckn tough.
by finlay
Mon Dec 13, 2021 1:05 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Language Practice (Help your fluency)
Replies: 711
Views: 1076219

Re: Language Practice (Help your fluency)

うちの猫は、かわいがってほしいだけw our cat just wants me to pet him lol お久しぶりね。俺は先延ばし中です long time no see. i'm procrastinating 俺のニュース〜:去年、学院に入った。言語学の修士になって、来年は卒業するそうです my news: last year i started grad school, i'm doing a master's degree in linguistics. i will graduate next year. 今は、提出期限が今週の水曜日なの心理言語学の期末試験を書かない。 ri...
by finlay
Mon Dec 13, 2021 12:48 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Translation challenge thread
Replies: 29
Views: 7254

Translation challenge thread

Have a go at making this into your own language: You think it's funny to take screenshots of people's NFTs, huh? Property theft is a joke to you? I'll have you know that the blockchain doesn't lie. I own it. Even if you save it, it's my property. You are mad that you don't own the art that I own. De...
by finlay
Wed Jan 27, 2021 8:19 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Language Practice (Help your fluency)
Replies: 711
Views: 1076219

Re: Language Practice (Help your fluency)

誰かイイイイ語と覚えていますか。Redditにあるコンラングフォーラムでカーボンコピーが投稿されたので、2004年のZBBミームを覚えらせちゃった。イーヴィルの代わりにウーヴィルと言うこととかw Anyone else remember Eeeeish? someone posted a carbon copy of it on r/conlangs today, and it's got me thinking about old ZBB memes from 2004. Things like saying "oovil" instead of "evil&q...
by finlay
Wed Jan 27, 2021 8:11 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Language Practice (Help your fluency)
Replies: 711
Views: 1076219

Re: Language Practice (Help your fluency)

台湾にいたら、旧字体の方がいいんじゃない? if you're in taiwan, shouldn't you be using traditional chinese? 我在台湾一定要用繁体字, 可是正常用简体字。 Wǒ zài Táiwān yídìng yào yòng fántǐzì, kěshì zhèngcháng yòng jiǎntǐzì. Of course I have to use Traditional Chinese in Taiwan, but I usually use Simplified. でも旧字体の方が すごい かっこういい! But the trad...
by finlay
Mon Jul 27, 2020 4:24 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Happy things thread!
Replies: 1225
Views: 737551

Re: Happy things thread!

hi, risla! miss you :)
by finlay
Mon Jul 27, 2020 4:17 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Bob tempban
Replies: 43
Views: 32463

Re: Bob tempban

I have no idea who this is, but I got a guy in my DMs on facebook because I made a group in 2006 for members of the ZBB to facilitate us adding each other on there. Said you called him racist (or that you were being racist?? i dunno i only skimmed it) and thought I was affiliated with you or someth...
by finlay
Sun Jul 26, 2020 10:35 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Bob tempban
Replies: 43
Views: 32463

Re: Bob tempban

I have no idea who this is, but I got a guy in my DMs on facebook because I made a group in 2006 for members of the ZBB to facilitate us adding each other on there. Said you called him racist (or that you were being racist?? i dunno i only skimmed it) and thought I was affiliated with you or somethi...
by finlay
Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:17 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Semantics of archetypes
Replies: 50
Views: 25881

Re: Semantics of archetypes

Is a sword a knife? Only if you ignore the functions of things. Neither of these things is just "a thing that cuts". What it cuts is important. (I'd also note that cultures that actually use edged weapons are likely to have several terms, creating a stool/chair situation. They'd likely be...
by finlay
Mon Jun 29, 2020 6:45 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Semantics of archetypes
Replies: 50
Views: 25881

Re: Semantics of archetypes

Does a glass house have windows? If there are parts of it which open enough to allow air to enter but cannot be used as doors, I'd call those "windows". It's almost like that's the definition of the word or something. Simmer down, this is literally the topic of the thread. That things are...
by finlay
Mon Jun 29, 2020 3:12 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Semantics of archetypes
Replies: 50
Views: 25881

Semantics of archetypes

- Are marbles balls?

- Is cereal a soup?

Feel free to answer/vote, and to ask similar questions.
by finlay
Mon May 04, 2020 8:10 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Language Practice (Help your fluency)
Replies: 711
Views: 1076219

Re: Language Practice (Help your fluency)

Bedankt~
Thank~
by finlay
Sun May 03, 2020 7:43 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Language Practice (Help your fluency)
Replies: 711
Views: 1076219

Re: Language Practice (Help your fluency)

我住在台湾, 但是练习中文的机会太少了,现在我有一点空, 想看《聊斋故事》。 Wǒ zhù zài Táiwān, dànshì liànxí zhōngwén de jīhuì tài shǎo le, xiànzài wǒ yǒu yìdiǎn kòng, xiǎng kàn "Liáozhāi Gùshì." ഞാൻ തൈവാനിൽ താമസിക്കുന്നു പക്ഷെ ചൈനീസ് ഭാഷ അഭ്യസിക്കാനുള്ള അവസരങ്ങൾ വളരെ കുറവാണ്. ഇപ്പോഴെനിക്കിച്ചിരെ സമയമുള്ളതുകൊണ്ട് "ചൈനയി...
by finlay
Tue Mar 03, 2020 7:47 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Language Telephone - TEAM 1 RESULTS AND TEAM 2 RESULTS!
Replies: 195
Views: 136054

Re: Language Telephone - TEAM 1 RESULTS!

Thanks! ~ I'll maintain for now that any errors were due to me being on an international flight without internet access lol

I realised after i submitted it that ヒューケルト might have been a better way to transcribe it in order to preserve "hu" instead of "fu", oh well.
by finlay
Sat Dec 07, 2019 7:04 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Language Telephone - TEAM 1 RESULTS AND TEAM 2 RESULTS!
Replies: 195
Views: 136054

Re: Language Telephone

This getting anywhere? Would love to see the results soon.............
by finlay
Sat Oct 12, 2019 3:20 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Language Telephone - TEAM 1 RESULTS AND TEAM 2 RESULTS!
Replies: 195
Views: 136054

Re: Language Telephone

Thanks guys.
by finlay
Fri Oct 11, 2019 3:50 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Language Telephone - TEAM 1 RESULTS AND TEAM 2 RESULTS!
Replies: 195
Views: 136054

Re: Language Telephone

I couldn't find "cognivit" - assumed it was the same as "cognovit"
by finlay
Fri Oct 11, 2019 2:07 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Language Telephone - TEAM 1 RESULTS AND TEAM 2 RESULTS!
Replies: 195
Views: 136054

Re: Language Telephone

I suppose I should say thanks. But not to bring the tone of this thread down but my dad unexpectedly passed away on the afternoon when i was due to go to the concert - so i ended up ditching it. Normally i'd bow out of the game at this point but it turned out to be a useful distraction while i was o...