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November 26th, 2020
11:51 am - Card Post
This post is always on the front page
Pokedex moved to masteries for space issues. Missing: Pokedex151
I want RAINBOW! If you have any that you might trade away let me know.
Looking for the new CLAMPish decks: Celes, Twin, Hunter and Prey
( Collecting... Dust? )
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February 7th, 2020
09:53 am - Trade Logs
( Trade Logs )
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January 1st, 2020
05:37 pm - Activity logs
( Activity Logs )
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March 26th, 2010
01:08 pm - Trading Academy
( Trading Academy Card Post )
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April 29th, 2008
09:31 am - Deck masteries
( Deck Masteries )
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October 19th, 2007
12:14 pm - New sound
So I pretty much finished redoing all of my entries so far. I didn't like how Rás was sounding. So all of the grammer if the same, but the sound is a bit different.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/opiummmm/foxies/working.gif) productive
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October 6th, 2007
01:06 pm - I Want You To Want Me by Cheap Trick
I translated 'I want you to want me' I love this song, it's so simple and fun. I believe was able to have close to the right number of syllables in each line while still remaining (mostly) gramaticaly correct. Song under the cut
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/opiummmm/foxies/happy.gif) chipper
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October 5th, 2007
07:56 pm - Modality
Modality in Rás is expressed by a prefix to the verb instead of a separate word.
do - i (ú)
will - si (sú)
would - zi (zú)
can - li (lú)
could - fi (fú)
may/might - mi (mú)
must - ni (nú)
ought to/should - thi (thú)
note: will does not corrolate to future tense. ismín does not mean the same thing as mínvú.
The chart below the cut uses mín as an example
These can of course be used with any of the tenses previously mentioned
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12:06 pm - More verb tenses
We already have some verb tenses. -la for past and -vú for future. We also have -no for continuation (progressing or habitual action).
Now I would like to introduce some other forms. First the past progressive -nola, and future progressive -novú. This way we can say something is continuing or habitual in the past or future too.
Also there are the perfect forms for completed action. -d for present, -dla for past, and -dvú for future.
The chart under the cut uses the verb mín (to have) as the example.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/opiummmm/foxies/sad.gif) tired
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October 3rd, 2007
11:06 am - Question words and number structure
Question words
So far the only question word I have introduced is ká for what/who. Now I will introduce the rest of the question words, then all sorts of questions can be asked. The consenant+á sound is associated with questions just like w is associate with questions in English. Ná is used to form sentences into question where no actual question word is used. Such as "didn't it" or "isn't it" questions. I included the emphatic wé here. It is not really a question word, but it comes at the end of a sentence. So it is structurally similar to question words.
where - dá
when - zá
why - bá
how much/how many - já
what kind - vá
which/ which one - thá
how - má
question particle - ná
what time - zálé
wé - emphatic
Number Structures
ordinal numbers
táí - first
tátú - second
táve - third
The structure continues on like this through out all the numbers
Numbers 11-99 Structure
tho-í - eleven
tho-tú - twelve
tho-ve - thirteen
tú-tho - twenty
tú-tho-í - twenty-one
tú-tho-tú - twenty-two
tó-tho - fifty
ní-tho-ní - ninty-nine
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October 2nd, 2007
03:58 pm - Colors!
Color Words:
ru - red
ruji - orange
ji - yellow
pa - green
ba - blue
baru - purple
jò - white
jú - black
zòshe - brown
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09:27 am - To be
Now, I said previously that no verb 'to be' exists in Rás. However, in certain situations you can use the verbs 'be - to exist' or 'sò - to be the same as in being, manner, or likeness'. sò does not mean to equal, as in mathematically.
Rás Version:
1Pu é'm be vo, a vo be pu Kepe'm, a vo sò kepe. 2Ge be pu é'm pu Kepe'm. 3íífés shárúla bo Ge'm, a jí Ge'm úfés bela fù fés bed. 4Po Ge'm be fá, a fá sò sí ren. 5Sí síb pu zó'm, a zó úwó e.
English Version:
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. 5The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
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09:10 am - Verb notes and perposition notes
To make a verb negative you add the 'no' particle "ú" before the verb. For example to say "I don't understand" you would say "á úwó". For "I didn't understand"; "á úwóla"; etc, etc, etc.
In reference to a pervious post, the preposition tha meaning with refers really to 'using'. For example you don't shùb tha lùres! That would mean your friends are functioning as your legs. I suppose you'd have to be using your friends like a crutch or something. No instead you shùb pu lùres. This means something like walking among friends.
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September 18th, 2007
05:50 pm - Common verbs and their conjugations
Some of these can be used as nouns as well.
like - lík
love - rù
want - wà
need - pé
have - mí
go - shù
walk - shùb
look - wíp
see - wí
hear - ki
listen - kip
read - wíb
write - neb
speak - pàp
thank - do
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05:13 pm - Sentence structure
When a vowel is repeated in a word it means that sound is held out longer.
example
name - òò
What is your name?
òò òn ká?
The ò sound in the word òò is held out loner than the ò sound in òn. The length varies between dialects and accents. In standard Rás two vowels means aproximately twice as long. However in some dialects the difference is almost impossible to hear and words are known by their context.
Something else this simple sentence demonstrates is a sentence structure in Rás. The subject word is always first in a sentence. So in the sentence "What is your name?" name is the subject, and your modifies the subject. Therefor "òò òn ká?" sould never be said "òn òò ká?"
Also there is no verb to be in Rás. When we English speakers would normally use to be, in Rás we use adjectives, more specific verbs, question words, etc. So in the sentence "òò òn ká?" ká serves as the verb.
The correct word order in Rás is always subject-verb-object.
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04:52 pm - Useful vocabulary
e shùb tha sa meks pu ranu,
tha tú meks pu razo,
a tha ve meks pu ravó.
e shùb ká?
Literal translation:
It walks with four legs durring the morning,
two legs durring noon,
and three legs durring the evening.
What is it that walks?
Normal translation:
I walk on four legs in the morning,
two legs at noon,
and three legs in the evening.
What am I?
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04:18 pm - Rás Pronouns
In Rás, unlike in English, pronouns do not change form between subject and object. All of these pronouns can be used as either the subject, direct object, or indirect object, prepositional or disjunctive. As in English, there is no distinction between inclusive we and exclusive we. The reflexive pronouns can also be used as intensive pronouns.
Demonstrative Pronouns
Demonstrative pronouns (this, that, these, and those) indicate physical distance. There are three degrees of demonstrative pronouns in Rás. Close to the speaker, close to the listener, and away from the speaker and the listener. Like personal pronoun forms demonstrative pronouns are achieved by adding a suffix.
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September 17th, 2007
05:03 pm - Ràs pronunciation
Pronunciation Guide
The first symbol is writing with a regular keyboard. The second symbol is the IPA symbol. This gives you the exact pronunciation. If you don't know the IPA symbols I like this chart. It's interactive so you can hear the sounds instead of just a description of them.
Vowels
a - ɑ
i - ɪ
u - ʌ
e - e
o - o
á - eɪ
í - aɪ
ú - u
é - i
ó - oʊ
à - a
ù - ʊ
ò - ɔ
Consenants
b - b
d - d
f - ɸ
g - g
sh - ʃ
j - ʒ
k - k
l - l
m - m
n - n
p - p
th - θ
r - ɾ
s - s
t - t
v - v
w - w
z - z
Current Mood: accomplished
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