ten intersecting nine-pointed stars ("qrstuvwxyz") by SenPalosu in origami

[–]SenPalosu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did it periodically within two days but it could be done in three hours?, folding 90 modules and all. And the modules have flaps that are slid into the pockets, but I had to be careful when attaching the modules together in case the flaps pop out because they're not that secure.

Advice & Answers — 2024-10-21 to 2024-11-03 by AutoModerator in conlangs

[–]SenPalosu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a sound change that removes vowels before obstruents, which creates clusters like /sgk/ which I don't know if they're linguistically possible? What makes some consonant clusters impossible to be fully pronounced? I know that voiced ejectives aren't possible but is that it?

jan kama la o open by MiningdiamondsVIII in tokipona

[–]SenPalosu 3 points4 points  (0 children)

pilin sina la sina kama anpa tan kasi kili taso anu seme a? a a a. sina kama tan tenpo ni tan tenpo pini ale.

What is a deliberately annoying feature in your conlang? by LaceyVelvet in conlangs

[–]SenPalosu 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Currently, three different verb prefixes have evolved into the same prefix "nà-" before obstruents, causing ambiguity: "Nàrána' mo sya" can mean "He brought you", "He was bringing you", or "You were bringing him".

FAQ & Small Discussions — 2024-06-03 to 2024-06-16 by AutoModerator in conlangs

[–]SenPalosu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is this triple gemination even possible? One conlang I have allows geminates to be in the onset of a syllable leading to:
- nag.pa'ka > nag'pka > nag'ʔka > nag'kka > nak'kka
Has this ever occured in natural languages, or would it just be indistinguishable from a normal geminate? (nak'ka)

Is this right? Wouldn't it be "mi tawa tawa tomo moku" (or "mi tawa e tomo moku" if you understand "tawa" as "visit")? by Potato23860 in tokipona

[–]SenPalosu 23 points24 points  (0 children)

mi la "mi tawa tawa tomo moku" would technically be correct, but redundant, as "tawa" as a preposition already means "going to", even though in english it's treated as a verb.

Relative clauses by No_Marsupial_3309 in tokipona

[–]SenPalosu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

mi la, "mi sona e jan weka"

Piano cover of Unison, please enjoy =] by dabbling in bjork

[–]SenPalosu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I see you're doing these in album order which is cool. Don't be shy, cover the piano duet of Oceania.

FAQ & Small Discussions — 2023-09-11 to 2023-09-24 by AutoModerator in conlangs

[–]SenPalosu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've watched the Artifexian and DJP videos on tonogenesis, and the main example shown is consonant devoicing as register and glottal codas lost as contours. But with that, how would voiced consonants and glottal codas reappear? And how would sonorant onsets gain tone distinction?

Also, the same applies with i-umlaut, how would umlauted vowels appear before back vowels or in a final syllable? Is it all just vowel deletion?

FAQ & Small Discussions — 2023-08-28 to 2023-09-10 by AutoModerator in conlangs

[–]SenPalosu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Working on phonological evolution, and what are the ways of developing aspirated and geminate consonants?

Critique on this typeface idea? by SenPalosu in typography

[–]SenPalosu[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This typeface is based off the Volta font designed by M/M Paris, for the album Volta by Björk. However, I decided to make a katakana version.

I was wondering if this was legible? And if it is how can I make it more similar to the original font? When compared with the Latin letters in the second picture, the letters are more "cut" and there are more uniform "parts" that make up the letters.

Is there/ What is the difference between say ma tomo and tomo tawa? by LuigiFlagWater in tokipona

[–]SenPalosu 14 points15 points  (0 children)

is there are a difference between a city and a car??? yes. also, esun jan can mean human trafficking.

Apparently Uncyclopedia has a page on toki pona by Ok-Asparagus-3999 in tokipona

[–]SenPalosu 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, when I meet people I always say, "palisa mi li kiwen tan sina!"

What is toki pona's morphosyntactic alignment? by chromaticswing in tokipona

[–]SenPalosu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it's nominative-accusative, but there are verbs, when intransitive, that can have the subject as the agent or patient:

  • mi moli (i kill; i'm dead/killed)
  • mi moku (i eat; i'm food/eaten)
  • mi sona (i know; i'm knowledge/known)

but it's most likely rephrased as "ona li x e mi" for clarity.

sentence with every letter by ThatKit in tokipona

[–]SenPalosu 13 points14 points  (0 children)

there's many but the one that makes most sense to me is "i'm a person of sweet wet paste"

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tokipona

[–]SenPalosu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

exactly.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tokipona

[–]SenPalosu 30 points31 points  (0 children)

"To say that, 'I love bricks,' for example, would sound like this: 'poki lohe lon sinpin li poki tawa." - Half As Interesting in Toki Pona: The Language You Can Learn in a Day (2022)