sish = 6
vel = 7
shol = 8
zul = 9
deg = 10
EN: In original Volapük the number for 10 was 'bals' --- adding the plural ending to the word 'bal'. Balapuk doesn't have any plural ending, so I adopted the 'deg' from revised Volapük.
EO: En malnova Volapuk 'dek' estas 'bals' --- 'bal' kaj la plurala 's'. Balapuk ne havas pluralo. 'Deg' devenas el nova Volapük.
DE: In alte Volapük 'bals' bedeutet 'zehn'. Der 's' is die Volapükische Mehrzahl. Balapuk hat keine Mehrzahl. So benutze ich das Wort 'deg' aus neue Volapük.
kil e kil binij sish = 3+3=6
fol e fol binij shol = 4+4=8
lul e tel binij vel = 5+2=7
zul e bal binij lul e lul 9+1=5+5
tsal deg e tsalosh shol = ten kings and eight queens/dek reghoj kaj ok reghinoj/zehn Könige und acht Königinnen
tsal e tsaletosh fol e tsalet bal = the king and four princesses and one prince/la regho kaj kvar reghidinoj kaj unu reghido/Der König und vier Prinzessinnen und ein Prinz
Why doesn't Balapuk have a plural? Just because nouns in English add a plural marker (usually 's') doesn't mean that happens in all languages. Some Asian languages don't and that's why an Asian person, speaking English, might say 'Nissa has a lot of cat.' instead of 'Nissa has a lot of cats.'
And besides, I just thought it would be fun to build a language without a plural marker.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
bal, tel, kil.....
Today our 'word of the day' is five words--- the first 5 numbers. All of these numbers are taken directly from Volapük. Where Fr. Schleyer* got them from I don't have any idea.....
We also have the verb 'to be' = binij. The verb ending is -ij, which is pronounced like the 'ee' in feet.
bal = 1
tel = 2
kil = 3
fol = 4
lul = 5
bal e bal binij tel = 1+1=2
tel e kil binij lul = 2+3=5
tel e tel binij fol = 2+2=4
fol e bal binij lul = 4+1=5
tel e bal binij kil = 2+1=3
kat bal e katet lul = one cat and five kittens/unu kato kaj kvin katidoj/Eine Katze und fünf Kätzchen
rat fol e katet fol = four rats and four kittens/kvar ratoj kaj kvar katidoj/vier Ratten und vier Kätzchen
*Father Johann Martin Schleyer was the creator of Volapük.
We also have the verb 'to be' = binij. The verb ending is -ij, which is pronounced like the 'ee' in feet.
bal = 1
tel = 2
kil = 3
fol = 4
lul = 5
bal e bal binij tel = 1+1=2
tel e kil binij lul = 2+3=5
tel e tel binij fol = 2+2=4
fol e bal binij lul = 4+1=5
tel e bal binij kil = 2+1=3
kat bal e katet lul = one cat and five kittens/unu kato kaj kvin katidoj/Eine Katze und fünf Kätzchen
rat fol e katet fol = four rats and four kittens/kvar ratoj kaj kvar katidoj/vier Ratten und vier Kätzchen
*Father Johann Martin Schleyer was the creator of Volapük.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
ratetop
ratetop
EN: rat nest, lit. 'baby rat place'.
EO: rata nesto, 'ratidejo'
DE: Ratte-Nest 'Platz für junge Ratten'
EN: Today's Balapuk word is a constructed word using two of the word-building prefixes. Similar words can be constructed to indicated the nesting or whelping areas of different animals. For example, 'katetop' is the place where my cat had her kittens. A cat will only rarely choose a 'katetop' that her person wants her to use for a 'katetop'.
EO: La hodiawa Balapuka vorto estas kunmetita vorto, kiu uzas du afiksoj. Oni povas konstrui similaj vortoj por la nesto aw ido-loko por bestoj. Ekzemple, 'katetop' estas la loko por mia kato kaj shiajn katidojn.
DE: Die heutige Balapuk-Wort ist ein Wort gebaut mit zwei der Präfixe. Ähnliche Wörter kann man machen, für Nesten von viele Vögel und Tiere. 'Katetop' ist der Platz, wo die Katze und ihre 'Kinder' leben.
-op
EN: suffix that indicates places, like Esperanto -ejo or Volapük -öp, which is from the VO word 'top' which means 'place' (from EN 'topography' I presume.)
EO: sufikso kiel '-ejo'. Devenas el 'top' = loko, ejo.
DE: Suffix für Ort oder Platz, wie Esperanto -ejo. Es kommt aus das Wort 'top' = Ort, Platz.
kat e katet in katetop, rat e ratet in ratetop
rat
EN: rat
EO: rato
DE: Ratte
VO: rat
KO: 쥐 (jwi)
JA: ネズミ (nezumi)
ZH: 大鼠 (dà shǔ)
top
EN: place, location
EO: loko, ejo
DE: Ort, Platz
KO: 장소 (jangso)
JA: 場所 (basho)
ZH: 位置 (wèizhì)
in
EN: in
EO: en
DE: in
VO: in
KO: 에 (e)
JA: で (de)
ZH: 在 (zài)
e
EN: and
EO: kaj
DE: und
VO: e
KO: 및 (mich)
JA: と (to)
ZH: 和 (hé)
EN: rat nest, lit. 'baby rat place'.
EO: rata nesto, 'ratidejo'
DE: Ratte-Nest 'Platz für junge Ratten'
EN: Today's Balapuk word is a constructed word using two of the word-building prefixes. Similar words can be constructed to indicated the nesting or whelping areas of different animals. For example, 'katetop' is the place where my cat had her kittens. A cat will only rarely choose a 'katetop' that her person wants her to use for a 'katetop'.
EO: La hodiawa Balapuka vorto estas kunmetita vorto, kiu uzas du afiksoj. Oni povas konstrui similaj vortoj por la nesto aw ido-loko por bestoj. Ekzemple, 'katetop' estas la loko por mia kato kaj shiajn katidojn.
DE: Die heutige Balapuk-Wort ist ein Wort gebaut mit zwei der Präfixe. Ähnliche Wörter kann man machen, für Nesten von viele Vögel und Tiere. 'Katetop' ist der Platz, wo die Katze und ihre 'Kinder' leben.
-op
EN: suffix that indicates places, like Esperanto -ejo or Volapük -öp, which is from the VO word 'top' which means 'place' (from EN 'topography' I presume.)
EO: sufikso kiel '-ejo'. Devenas el 'top' = loko, ejo.
DE: Suffix für Ort oder Platz, wie Esperanto -ejo. Es kommt aus das Wort 'top' = Ort, Platz.
kat e katet in katetop, rat e ratet in ratetop
rat
EN: rat
EO: rato
DE: Ratte
VO: rat
KO: 쥐 (jwi)
JA: ネズミ (nezumi)
ZH: 大鼠 (dà shǔ)
top
EN: place, location
EO: loko, ejo
DE: Ort, Platz
KO: 장소 (jangso)
JA: 場所 (basho)
ZH: 位置 (wèizhì)
in
EN: in
EO: en
DE: in
VO: in
KO: 에 (e)
JA: で (de)
ZH: 在 (zài)
e
EN: and
EO: kaj
DE: und
VO: e
KO: 및 (mich)
JA: と (to)
ZH: 和 (hé)
Monday, January 10, 2011
Balapuk Word of the Day: katet
katet
EN: English = kitten
EO: Esperanto = katido
DE: Deutsch = Kätzchen
VO: Volapük = katil, katül
KO: 한국어 = 새끼 고양이 (saekki goyangi)
JA: 日本語 = 子ネコ (ko neko)
ZH: 简体中文版 = 小猫 (xiǎomāo)
kat
EN: English = cat
EO: Esperanto = kato
DE: Deutsch = Katze
VO: Volapük = kat
KO: 한국어 = 고양이 (goyangi)
JA: 日本語 = 猫 (neko)
ZH: 简体中文版 = 猫 (māo)
kat e katet, katet e kat = kato kaj katido, katido kaj kato
I really love kittens. So I urgently need a word for kitten in Balapuk. I also have included the word for cat so one can compare.
Looking up the Asian languages I've learned some interesting things. I found the Japanese word for kitten using BabelFish. As always, I double-checked by cut-and-pasting the Japanese word into BabelFish to translate it back to English. The result was 'child cat'. And did you notice that the Chinese for cat is 'Mao'? Poor kitties!
Coming soon in Word of the Day--- a word that means both 'chopstick' and 'fork'. And numbers! And eventually verbs--- but not irregular verbs. (Balapuk verbs all use Metamucil.)
For translation I use:
BabelFish
Traduku for Esperanto
Hong's Hangul Conversion Tools for Korean transliteration
Romanji Translator for Japanese transliteration
Chinese to English Conversion for Chinese translation and transliteration
EN: English = kitten
EO: Esperanto = katido
DE: Deutsch = Kätzchen
VO: Volapük = katil, katül
KO: 한국어 = 새끼 고양이 (saekki goyangi)
JA: 日本語 = 子ネコ (ko neko)
ZH: 简体中文版 = 小猫 (xiǎomāo)
kat
EN: English = cat
EO: Esperanto = kato
DE: Deutsch = Katze
VO: Volapük = kat
KO: 한국어 = 고양이 (goyangi)
JA: 日本語 = 猫 (neko)
ZH: 简体中文版 = 猫 (māo)
kat e katet, katet e kat = kato kaj katido, katido kaj kato
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| katet Yeonyi |
I really love kittens. So I urgently need a word for kitten in Balapuk. I also have included the word for cat so one can compare.
Looking up the Asian languages I've learned some interesting things. I found the Japanese word for kitten using BabelFish. As always, I double-checked by cut-and-pasting the Japanese word into BabelFish to translate it back to English. The result was 'child cat'. And did you notice that the Chinese for cat is 'Mao'? Poor kitties!
Coming soon in Word of the Day--- a word that means both 'chopstick' and 'fork'. And numbers! And eventually verbs--- but not irregular verbs. (Balapuk verbs all use Metamucil.)
For translation I use:
BabelFish
Traduku for Esperanto
Hong's Hangul Conversion Tools for Korean transliteration
Romanji Translator for Japanese transliteration
Chinese to English Conversion for Chinese translation and transliteration
Balapuka Vorto de la Tago: katet
katet
EN: English = kitten
EO: Esperanto = katido
DE: Deutsch = Kätzchen
VO: Volapük = katil, katül
KO: 한국어 = 새끼 고양이 (saekki goyangi)
JA: 日本語 = 子ネコ (ko neko)
ZH: 简体中文版 = 小猫 (xiǎomāo)
kat
EN: English = cat
EO: Esperanto = kato
DE: Deutsch = Katze
VO: Volapük = kat
KO: 한국어 = 고양이 (goyangi)
JA: 日本語 = 猫 (neko)
ZH: 简体中文版 = 猫 (māo)
kat e katet, katet e kat = kato kaj katido, katido kaj kato
Mi amas katidoj. Tial mi urghe bezonas vorto ke signifas katido. La japana vorto por katido signifas 'child cat' au 'kato infano'.
Por traduku mi uzas:
BabelFish
Traduku por Esperanto
Hong's Hangul Conversion Tools por korea transliterigo
Romanji Translator por japana transliterigo
Chinese to English Conversion por china transliterigo kaj traduko
EN: English = kitten
EO: Esperanto = katido
DE: Deutsch = Kätzchen
VO: Volapük = katil, katül
KO: 한국어 = 새끼 고양이 (saekki goyangi)
JA: 日本語 = 子ネコ (ko neko)
ZH: 简体中文版 = 小猫 (xiǎomāo)
kat
EN: English = cat
EO: Esperanto = kato
DE: Deutsch = Katze
VO: Volapük = kat
KO: 한국어 = 고양이 (goyangi)
JA: 日本語 = 猫 (neko)
ZH: 简体中文版 = 猫 (māo)
kat e katet, katet e kat = kato kaj katido, katido kaj kato
Mi amas katidoj. Tial mi urghe bezonas vorto ke signifas katido. La japana vorto por katido signifas 'child cat' au 'kato infano'.
Por traduku mi uzas:
BabelFish
Traduku por Esperanto
Hong's Hangul Conversion Tools por korea transliterigo
Romanji Translator por japana transliterigo
Chinese to English Conversion por china transliterigo kaj traduko
Balapukische Wort des Tages: katet
katet
EN: English = kitten
EO: Esperanto = katido
DE: Deutsch = Kätzchen
VO: Volapük = katil, katül
KO: 한국어 = 새끼 고양이 (saekki goyangi)
JA: 日本語 = 子ネコ (ko neko)
ZH: 简体中文版 = 小猫 (xiǎomāo)
kat
EN: English = cat
EO: Esperanto = kato
DE: Deutsch = Katze
VO: Volapük = kat
KO: 한국어 = 고양이 (goyangi)
JA: 日本語 = 猫 (neko)
ZH: 简体中文版 = 猫 (māo)
kat e katet, katet e kat = Katze und Kätzchen, Kätzchen und Katze
Ich habe Kätzchen sehr gern. Und so brauche ich dringend eine Wort, dass Kätzchen bedeutet. Das Japanesische Wort für Kätzchen bedeutet 'child cat' = 'Katze Kind'.
Für übersetzung benutze ich:
BabelFish
Traduku für Esperanto
Hong's Hangul Conversion Tools für koreanische Transkription
Romanji Translator für japanische Transkription
Chinese to English Conversion für chinesische Transkription und Übersetzung
EN: English = kitten
EO: Esperanto = katido
DE: Deutsch = Kätzchen
VO: Volapük = katil, katül
KO: 한국어 = 새끼 고양이 (saekki goyangi)
JA: 日本語 = 子ネコ (ko neko)
ZH: 简体中文版 = 小猫 (xiǎomāo)
kat
EN: English = cat
EO: Esperanto = kato
DE: Deutsch = Katze
VO: Volapük = kat
KO: 한국어 = 고양이 (goyangi)
JA: 日本語 = 猫 (neko)
ZH: 简体中文版 = 猫 (māo)
kat e katet, katet e kat = Katze und Kätzchen, Kätzchen und Katze
Ich habe Kätzchen sehr gern. Und so brauche ich dringend eine Wort, dass Kätzchen bedeutet. Das Japanesische Wort für Kätzchen bedeutet 'child cat' = 'Katze Kind'.
Für übersetzung benutze ich:
BabelFish
Traduku für Esperanto
Hong's Hangul Conversion Tools für koreanische Transkription
Romanji Translator für japanische Transkription
Chinese to English Conversion für chinesische Transkription und Übersetzung
Balapuk Orthography: Consonants
The consonant sounds of Balapuk.
B = b in book (IPA: b, X-SAMPA: b)
Ch = ch in church (IPA: tʃ, X-SAMPA: tS)
D = d in dog (IPA: d, X-SAMPA: d)
F = f in fan (IPA: f, X-SAMPA: f)
G = g in go (IPA: g, X-SAMPA: g)
H = h in hat (IPA: h, X-SAMPA: h)
K = k in kit (IPA: k, X-SAMPA: k)
L = l in leg (IPA: l, X-SAMPA: l)
M = m in mat (IPA: m, X-SAMPA: m)
N = n in nest (IPA: n, X-SAMPA: n)
P = p in pin (IPA: p, X-SAMPA: p)
S = s in sun (IPA: s, X-SAMPA: s)
Sh = sh in shed (IPA: ʃ, X-SAMPA: S)
T = t in tin (IPA: t, X-SAMPA: t)
V = v in vat (IPA: v, X-SAMPA: v)
Y = y in yarn (IPA: j, X-SAMPA: j)
Z = z in zoo (IPA: z, X-SAMPA: z)
Compare to Volapük orthography
How do you show the sounds of your conlang? Besides giving examples, you can use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and its alternative, X-SAMPA.
IPA = International Phonetic Alphabet - has audio files for sounds
X-SAMPA = Extended Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet another phonetic alphabet, one which does not use special symbols.
Did you know? Volapük, the parent language of Balapuk, once had many additional letters to represent foreign sounds, and was intended as a international phonetic alphabet.
B = b in book (IPA: b, X-SAMPA: b)
Ch = ch in church (IPA: tʃ, X-SAMPA: tS)
D = d in dog (IPA: d, X-SAMPA: d)
F = f in fan (IPA: f, X-SAMPA: f)
G = g in go (IPA: g, X-SAMPA: g)
H = h in hat (IPA: h, X-SAMPA: h)
K = k in kit (IPA: k, X-SAMPA: k)
L = l in leg (IPA: l, X-SAMPA: l)
M = m in mat (IPA: m, X-SAMPA: m)
N = n in nest (IPA: n, X-SAMPA: n)
P = p in pin (IPA: p, X-SAMPA: p)
S = s in sun (IPA: s, X-SAMPA: s)
Sh = sh in shed (IPA: ʃ, X-SAMPA: S)
T = t in tin (IPA: t, X-SAMPA: t)
V = v in vat (IPA: v, X-SAMPA: v)
Y = y in yarn (IPA: j, X-SAMPA: j)
Z = z in zoo (IPA: z, X-SAMPA: z)
Compare to Volapük orthography
How do you show the sounds of your conlang? Besides giving examples, you can use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and its alternative, X-SAMPA.
IPA = International Phonetic Alphabet - has audio files for sounds
X-SAMPA = Extended Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet another phonetic alphabet, one which does not use special symbols.
Did you know? Volapük, the parent language of Balapuk, once had many additional letters to represent foreign sounds, and was intended as a international phonetic alphabet.
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