... Well, I know nothing about these reconstructions, so it was only my supposition / speculation. Arguments in favor of "resh" standing for a guttural in...
... q is a uvualr stop, right. So prepare your mouth for a /k/ sound but move your tongue further back. Unfortunately when I do it I get /q'/, that is, an...
... Actually, interestingly, the Yemenites i've heard pronounce /q/ as [g]! Probably to make up for the fact that they pronounce the two allophones of /g/ as...
... That is too cool! That is exactly what C-a does with Arabic borrowings which include the /q/ . . . it pronounces it as [g]. Neatness. Adam ... ===== ...
... Hebrew accents are weird! All I can say (to avoid YAHPT) is that [q]::[k] opposition is not unheard. <humor> For a "Russian" all "Moroccans" speak...
It's alive! Just not moving around much.... Thanks, Jim ... -- "It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness." -Chinese Proverb and The Motto of...
... I plan to use also Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic and I'd like to use smth Ethiopic (Ge'ez or Amharic) if I could find any material. ... Good. I can wait a bit....
In my holiday tradition, I am composing a conlang sketch for a friend based on the visual and phonetic structure of her name. This is a game that stretches my...
Shalom. I've recently resumed work over my a posteriori Semitic project. I found my Arabic resources rather scarse in certain details. Who can help me? I want...
... I know /wa:si3a/ is accented on the first syllable. The rule goes something like "ultimate or penultimate vowel, if it's long; otherwise, antepenultimate,...
... They are extremely variable. Stress is not prescribed in modern standard Arabic, and tends to follow the stress rules of the speaker's colloquial. -- John...
... The word is /tarjama/ (to translate, 3rd person.m.sg) , which is one of quadriliteral verbs. Root TRJM. Form 1. In Written Modern Standard Arabic, ...
... Ok. That would explain much, because I see the replies seem to contradict. ... That's what I would expect, tnough it seems strange to me. ... That's a...
... That's great, but is it really Stem I? I thought quadriliteral verbs have Stem II as their basic form, treating 2nd and 3rd consonants as if a doubled 2nd?...
... Yes, it is Form I of quadriliteral verb (CVCCVCV) - TaRJaMa. ... No. Forms of Quadriliteral verbs are different from those of triliteral verbs. Although...
I 've come across a few pages on rules of accent in Arabic as I was checking with 'A Grammar of the Arabic Language' by W.Wright for my previous post on...
... That's exactly what I meant. In Hebrew they are treated as one form (Stem III or binyan-Pi"el) because they are conjugated in the same way: perfect...
... [skip] ... That's the most detailed explanation I ever met. Thank you very much. ... So it must be _"wa:si3atun_, as I expected. So I'll try making my...
Hi Issac, You are right. Sorry for my misunderstanding. I'm not used to the 'stem' classification of verbs and I mistakenly read 'Stem II' in your post as...
... About this part of the summary, I'm a bit puzzled, to be honest with you. Thought /mas-'A-la-tun/ and /waa-sI-3a-tun/ were proper accent because the second...
... As for me, to hear about "forms", is hajimete :) Anyway, "stem", or conjugational pattern, is a very convenient system. ... Well, since Newgaritic is going...
... Glad I've found this group. :-) Looking forward to hearing news of Newgaritic soon! ... No. I didn't know anything about conlang until recently. I'm very...
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