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hwhatting wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2026 7:36 amYaic nainun ni tu commun esgunnoten reru.
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hwhatting wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2026 7:36 amI already was thinking that nobody would recognize the song.
Minu a olip ol, im u song ota minu yong taym.
We're quite old, it's a song from our youth.


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jal wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2026 3:26 am
hwhatting wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2026 7:36 am I already was thinking that nobody would recognize the song.
We're quite old, it's a song from our youth.
kij sẽ pas jagãhi, kij ĩ rar uiga e sage i tsi'a-paćma sẽ nuõtsiź, kij ma.
[kʰɪj sẽ pʰɐs jɐˈkɑ̃hɪ | kʰɪj ĩ rɐɾ ˈwɪkɐ ɛ ˈsɐkɛ ɪ tsɪʔɐ ˈpʰɐtʃmɐ sẽ nwõˈtsɪʒ | kɪj mɐ]
1sg still AUG young | 1sg GEN age have PL person this weird-noise still know | 1sg think

i'm still quite young, and i'd say people my age would recognize that song still.
(lit. i'm still very young, and people who have my age would still know of this weird noise, i think.)
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/ˌnɐˈɾɛndɚduːd/ wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2026 9:03 am kij sẽ pas jagãhi, kij ĩ rar uiga e sage i tsi'a-paćma sẽ nuõtsiź, kij ma.
[kʰɪj sẽ pʰɐs jɐˈkɑ̃hɪ | kʰɪj ĩ rɐɾ ˈwɪkɐ ɛ ˈsɐkɛ ɪ tsɪʔɐ ˈpʰɐtʃmɐ sẽ nwõˈtsɪʒ | kɪj mɐ]
1sg still AUG young | 1sg GEN age have PL person this weird-noise still know | 1sg think

i'm still quite young, and i'd say people my age would recognize that song still.
(lit. i'm still very young, and people who have my age would still know of this weird noise, i think.)
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sjq¶ÆW<¸¶ik¿K¸Ç»WTË׿¸<Ëî½X‰¿
(one man having said this seen by number ten done of movements around sun...)
a singer covers it every ten years...
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Pedant wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2026 12:56 am Kai tar Bairar Keurar gar?
Q.POS this-F-SUBJ Sea.Panther-MASC Black-MASC in
“Wasn’t it in Black Panther?”
i kaga. kij tsi'a-uemõra ĩja paśnja, kij ĩja nuõtsiź.
[ɪ ˈkʰɐkɐ || kʰɪj ˈtsɪʔɐ ˈwɛmõɾɐ ˈĩjɐ ˈpʰɐʃɲɐ | kʰɪj ˈĩjɐ ˈnwõtsɪʒ]
this possible || 1sg weird-sight NEG see | 1sg NEG know

that's possible. I haven't seen the movie, so I don't know.
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(the singer in story of man acting as animal black and eater of men...)
the singer in black panther...
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/ˌnɐˈɾɛndɚduːd/ wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2026 1:02 pm i kaga. kij tsi'a-uemõra ĩja paśnja, kij ĩja nuõtsiź.
[ɪ ˈkʰɐkɐ || kʰɪj ˈtsɪʔɐ ˈwɛmõɾɐ ˈĩjɐ ˈpʰɐʃɲɐ | kʰɪj ˈĩjɐ ˈnwõtsɪʒ]
this possible || 1sg weird-sight NEG see | 1sg NEG know

that's possible. I haven't seen the movie, so I don't know.
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Pedant wrote: ↑Tue Aug 04, 2026 2:54 pm An-si. Kheltal-i tyrthatois balekladdakois-to adiorril-o Ouakandas akan xanilza. Kosa-ka Igbon-ka Kenian kanan, leu adaraxis?
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Pedant wrote: ↑Tue Aug 04, 2026 2:54 pm"Me neither. I got too annoyed by the mishmash of linguistic and cultural elements in Wakanda. Xhosa and Igbo in Kenya, seriously?"
Fo ray? Wo fo dem in tek Swayili, o som oda langwic a Wes Afrika?
Really? Why they didn't use Swahili, or some other language of West Africa?


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jal wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2026 8:59 am Why they didn't use Swahili, or some other language of West Africa?
Fa Ortican African munnér?
INT Eastern-F.SG.ACC Africa-ACC mean-2SG.PRES.ACT
Do you mean East Africa?
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Americans don't seem to make many distinctions between sub-Saharan African countries, and treat them largely interchangeably, which is rather unfortunate.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
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hwhatting wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2026 11:16 amDo you mean East Africa?
Poloji, fo ray mi min! Is Afrika
Sorry, of course I do! East Africa.


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Travis B. wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2026 12:52 pmAmericans don't seem to make many distinctions between sub-Saharan African countries, and treat them largely interchangeably, which is rather unfortunate.
Sem dem dis Yurop, dem ple im a wan wan lan.
Similar to how they treat Europe, the act like it's a single country.


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jal wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2026 1:06 pm
Travis B. wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2026 12:52 pmAmericans don't seem to make many distinctions between sub-Saharan African countries, and treat them largely interchangeably, which is rather unfortunate.
Sem dem dis Yurop, dem ple im a wan wan lan.
Similar to how they treat Europe, the act like it's a single country.
Americans seem to be more aware of the differences between European countries than sub-Saharan African countries, especially if one excludes South Africa from consideration.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
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Travis B. wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2026 1:39 pmAmericans seem to be more aware of the differences between European countries than sub-Saharan African countries, especially if one excludes South Africa from consideration.
Dem me se im af difa necm, oba "de Yurop dem nahf no rum kula", "Yurop bikton a denja fo so", "Yurop a flot don mufa kom Afrika" an an.
They may know there are different countries, but "in Europe they don't have air conditioning", "European cities are extremely dangerous", "Europe is overrun with immigrants from Africa" and so on and so forth.


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jal wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2026 9:23 am
Travis B. wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2026 1:39 pmAmericans seem to be more aware of the differences between European countries than sub-Saharan African countries, especially if one excludes South Africa from consideration.
Dem me se im af difa necm, oba "de Yurop dem nahf no rum kula", "Yurop bikton a denja fo so", "Yurop a flot don mufa kom Afrika" an an.
They may know there are different countries, but "in Europe they don't have air conditioning", "European cities are extremely dangerous", "Europe is overrun with immigrants from Africa" and so on and so forth.
Ask the average American to name some languages spoken in Europe versus some languages spoken in sub-Saharan Africa. They'll almost certainly be able to name more of the former than the latter.
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Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
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jal wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2026 9:23 am mufa
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(your name as mine and naming man moving and giving fun to me...)
It's funny, "migrant" is pronounced the same way as in Nopelang...
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Travis B. wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2026 9:29 amAsk the average American to name some languages spoken in Europe versus some languages spoken in sub-Saharan Africa. They'll almost certainly be able to name more of the former than the latter.
Yu fo ray won opjek gen olda wan mata, no? :D
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xxx wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2026 5:05 amIt's funny, "migrant" is pronounced the same way as in Nopelang...
Ina Sajiwan, im dirayf ota bahp "muf" ("sta ste de oda yah") an aftaset "a" ("wan im mek").
In Sajiwan, it derives from the verb "muf" ("start living in another place") and suffix "a" ("one who does").


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jal wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2026 7:41 am
xxx wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2026 5:05 amIt's funny, "migrant" is pronounced the same way as in Nopelang...
Ina Sajiwan, im dirayf ota bahp "muf" ("sta ste de oda yah") an aftaset "a" ("wan im mek").
In Sajiwan, it derives from the verb "muf" ("start living in another place") and suffix "a" ("one who does").
Bwolui bwo ye lu.
bwolu
immigrant
=i
=COP
bwo
foreigner
ye
ATTR
lu
attendee

An immigrant is a foreigner who is present.

Nwa ngoho ngai nye vwegyo ndyolya nga.
One of my friends is currently reading my book.

Ndyolya ngai nye ze vabi.
My book is not yet finished.
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