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The Literary Week – Day 1

The Literary Week – Day 1

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Your challenge today is: “The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t.” – Douglas Adams, The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy It was somewhat tricky to translate this into Firen because I don’t have a direct translation of “in much the same way as”, but that’s what makes this fun. I ended up with: Zegůmallabe čattoṙske fante, koṙka nakůserimallaibe. Ze-gů-malla-be čattoṙ-ske fan-te, koṙk-a na-ků-seri-mallai-be ProxPST-CONT-hang[IND]-P3.INAN ship-LPL sky-INE, brick-PL NEG-HAB-same-hang:SBJ-P3.INAN  

Literary Week Introduction

Literary Week Introduction

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It’s been since August that we haven’t had any challenges here, so I thought maybe I should change that. Thus, I present to you the Literary Week! Every day for the next week, I’ll choose a good quote from a book I like and challenge everyone to translate it into their conlangs.

Random Filler Challenge Week – Days 5-7

Random Filler Challenge Week – Days 5-7

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Hi guys! I’m about to head away for the weekend and I’m not sure how good my internet connection will be, so just to be safe here are prompts for Fri-Sun! I liked the character generator from yesterday since it let me actually translate (hehe), so here are 3 more prompts from it: This gentleman makes you think of a malevolent demon. He has narrow eyes the color of the midnight sky. His thick, straight, black hair is long and…

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Random Filler Challenge Week – Day 4

Random Filler Challenge Week – Day 4

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Thursday! More random prompts! I’m gonna go with the Character Generator again because I think these have the most relevant (and non-niche) words, it seems. This time, though, it’s the General Character Generator since that one provides longer, more interesting prompts. This intelligent gentleman has hooded eyes the color of varnished wood. His fine, straight, chalk-white hair is worn in a style that reminds you of a tangled bush. He is short and has a graceful build. His skin is…

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Random Filler Challenge Week – Day 2

Random Filler Challenge Week – Day 2

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Hey guys, time for another random filler challenge. Today I swiped the prompts from Seventh Sanctum’s Random Mood Generator and they are: Sociable and scared. Sociable on the surface, but disoriented underneath. Ambitious on the surface, but envious underneath. Intrigued and agitated. Extremely stubborn As usual, connect the dots in any way you like! How would a person in this mood be describe in your conlang? Does your conlang have any super specific mood words, for these moods or others?…

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Random Filler Challenge Week – Day 1

Random Filler Challenge Week – Day 1

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Hi guys! Since we are without NeoMahler this week and I really want to keep poking my conlang and the challenges are good for that, I thought we’d have a silly, filler challenge week. Basically since I can’t think of anything better, I have used on of the random generators at Seventh Sanctum (in this case, the Quick Character Generator) to generate the following randomness: The crippled boatman coping with mental illness. The nimble, generous philosopher. The amiable acrobat who…

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The Colorful Week 2.0 – Introduction

The Colorful Week 2.0 – Introduction

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Hi! Tomorrow the second Colorful Week will start. Each day, you will find an animated image (gif) which you will have to talk about in your conlang. The difference with the first version is that this time all images will be animated. Also, I announce you all that next week (the one that starts on 14) I will be on vacation, without internet, until mid-September. That means no challenges organised by me for one month! However, I repeat: if you…

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