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[SoytanEnthusiast]

21 April, 2024: Today's a good day. Pretty sunny outside. Planning to study some German.

 

[SoytanEnthusiast]

Also, these are the 15 books I bought for rougly 164 Turkish Liras (5$)
Pretty nice deal, I'd say

 

[SoytanEnthusiast]

Gonna be posting my solutions to the exercises in this book here because I have nothing better to do:

Exercise 1:
The brother is poor. The father is not bad. Is the uncle here? No, he is there. Is the shop not here? Yes, it is here. The baker is often quite dishonest. The schoolboy is sometimes angry. Is the apple not good? No, it is bad. Is the garden beautiful? Yes, it is beautiful. Is the teacher always friendly? No, he is often angry. Is the uncle poor? No, he is quite rich.

Exercise 2:
Die Brüder sind arm. Die Väter sind nicht schlecht. Sind die Onkel hier? Nein, sie sind dort. Sänd die Läden nicht hier? Ja, sie sind hier. Die Bäcker sind oft ganz unehrlich. Die Schüler sind manchmal böse. Sind die Äpfel nicht gut? Nein, sie sind schlecht. Sind die Gärten schön? Ja, sie sind schön. Sind die Lehrer immer freundlich? Nein, sie sind manchmal böse. Ist die Onkel arm? Nein, sie sind ganz reich.

 

[SoytanEnthusiast]

I'm bored so I'm going to make a constructed language or something

 

[SoytanEnthusiast]

I'm bored so I'm going to make a constructed language or something

Pretty basic phonology

 

[Dr Frumpus Croid]

Obsessed

 

[SoytanEnthusiast]

Obsessed

Obsessed Turkish samefag thread

 

[SoytanEnthusiast]

Consonants:
p /p/
b /b/
t /t/
d /d/
c /c/
j /ɟ/
k /k/
g /g/
q /q/
' /ʔ/
m /m/
m /ɱ/
n /n/
ny /ɲ/
ng /ŋ/
r /r/, /ɾ/
v /v/, /β/
f /f/, /ɸ/
s /s/
z /z/
sh /sh/
ch /ç/
jh /ʝ/
kh /x/
gh /ɣ/
qh /χ/
gqh /ʁ/
y /j/
yh /ɰ/
ly /λ/
Vowels:
a /ɑ/
ä /æ/
o /ɔ/
e /ɛ/
ë /œ/
u /ɯ/
ü /u/
i /i/
ï /y/
ae /ʌ/
ea /ə/

quick romanization system so I don't have to write it out one by one on some shitty website everytime

 

[USL]

I'm bored so I'm going to make a constructed language or something

This type of stuff is why I find linguistics interesting. Like how Tolkien created languages for fun that seem like they are more elegant than any used languages. Or how some people create languages that are more effective than used ones. All languages just spontaneously formed and as a result are clunky in one way or another. When it's a single person and a single vision pointing together a whole language, you get a more coherent design. Not that I would know, linguistics is not my strong suit.

 

[SoytanEnthusiast]

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Pretty basic phonology

Going to make phonotactics now because this inventory is pretty worthless without it
Syllable structure: (C)V(C)(C)
1. /ɱ/ before /f/ or /v/, /m/ before /ɸ/ or /β/
2. No plosives before other consonants (i.e. /tn/ is a no go)
3. No fricatives next to each other

Nothing else comes to mind, maybe I'll add some later I don't know

 

[SoytanEnthusiast]

Declension table​	Indicates​	Declension​
Nominative	Subject	-aln, -laln
Accusative	Object	-ent, -lent
Dative	Indirect object	-urn, -lurn
Genitive	Ownership	-est, -lest
Locative	Location	-ïmff, -lïmff
Ablative	From	-aeq, -laeq
Instrumental	By means of	-iqh, -lyiqh

 

[SoytanEnthusiast]

Inflection table​	1st person	2nd person M. S.	2nd person M. P.	2nd person F. S.	2nd person F. P.	3rd person M. S.	3rd person M. P.	3rd person F. S.	3rd person F. P.
Present	-ä	-san	-sanea	-shan	-shanea	-khan	-khanea	-qhan	-qhanea
Past	-än	-sun	-sunea	-shun	-shunea	-khun	-khunea	-qhun	-qhunea
Future	-ämff	-sïn	-sïnea	-shïn	-shïnea	-khïn	-khïnea	-qhïn	-qhïnea

 

[soybwc123]

Declension table​	Indicates​	Declension​
Nominative	Subject	-aln, -laln
Accusative	Object	-ent, -lent
Dative	Indirect object	-urn, -lurn
Genitive	Ownership	-est, -lest
Locative	Location	-ïmff, -lïmff
Ablative	From	-aeq, -laeq
Instrumental	By means of	-iqh, -lyiqh

Is there 2 of each declension to indicate gender or something

 

[SoytanEnthusiast]

Is there 2 of each declension to indicate gender or something

male singular, male plural female singular female plural yea

 

[soybwc123]

also how many tenses does it have and how does verb agreement work

 

[SoytanEnthusiast]

also how many tenses does it have and how does verb agreement work

Three tenses, Turkish has like a billion so I'd rather have not too much. Verb agreement is with the subject

 

[soybwc123]

Three tenses, Turkish has like a billion so I'd rather have not too much. Verb agreement is with the subject

It's already better than fr*nch I hated the fucking auxiliary verbs and bajillion different tenses I had to learn

 

[SoytanEnthusiast]

I'm going to translate some easy texts

 

[soybwc123]

Since there's only 3 tenses I assume auxiliary verbs will be pretty rare

 

[SoytanEnthusiast]

Since there's only 3 tenses I assume auxiliary verbs will be pretty rare

Yep, I transhate auxiliary verbs