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The Dumb Week – Day 7

The Dumb Week – Day 7

This is the seventh and last day of The Dumb Week challenge, which consists of translating grammatically correct sentences that make no sense. Today’s sentence is: A flying monkey approaches at high velocity! Translate it to your conlang(s) and, optionally, include the IPA transcription, the gloss or other information. Thank you for participating, and see you soon in the next challenge!

The Dumb Week – Day 6

The Dumb Week – Day 6

This is the sixth day of The Dumb Week challenge, which consists of translating grammatically correct sentences that make no sense. Today’s sentence is: Whiskey on the table is belief in the interrelatedness of all things. Translate it to your conlang(s) and, optionally, include the IPA transcription, the gloss or other information. Thank you for participating!

The Dumb Week – Day 4

The Dumb Week – Day 4

This is the fourth day of The Dumb Week challenge, which consists of translating grammatically correct sentences that make no sense. Today’s sentence is: The light at the end of the tunnel would scare any linguist away. Translate it to your conlang(s) and, optionally, include the IPA transcription, the gloss or other information. Thank you for participating!

The Dumb Week – Day 3

The Dumb Week – Day 3

This is the third day of The Dumb Week challenge, which consists of translating grammatically correct sentences that make no sense. Today’s sentence is: Everything and more is interdependant on the relatedness of motivation, subcultures, and management. Translate it to your conlang(s) and, optionally, include the IPA transcription, the gloss or other information. Thank you for participating!

The Dumb Week – Day 2

The Dumb Week – Day 2

This is the second day of The Dumb Week challenge, which consists of translating grammatically correct sentences that make no sense. Today’s sentence is: The sickingly prodigous profile is a storyteller without equal. Translate it to your conlang(s) and, optionally, include the IPA transcription, the gloss or other information. Thank you for participating!

The Dumb Week – Day 1

The Dumb Week – Day 1

This is the first day of The Dumb Week challenge, which consists of translating grammatically correct sentences that make no sense. Today’s sentence is: A river a thousand paces wide stands upon somebody else’s legs. Translate it to your conlang(s) and, optionally, include the IPA transcription, the gloss or other information. Thank you for participating!

Translation Challenge: The Dumb Week

Translation Challenge: The Dumb Week

Hello, starting from today I will be posting challenges from time to time. I won’t say that they will be weekly, but they will be one week long.  So let’s start the first challenge… The Dumb Week! Each day I will post a random sentence that is grammatically coherent but makes no sense. To participate, comment the daily post with a translation of the sentence into your conlang(s) and, if you want, provide a gloss, IPA transcription, literal translation (if…

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