#language rules

[tearsofrefugees]

UK: Stricter language rules for migrants, but will it encourage integration?

The Home Office has announced new English language requirements for migrants, as part of a broader effort to reform the British immigration

[learn-me-some-spanish]

Its probably been seen before. But it is strange, these unwritten rules in languages.

Like how in English it is meant to go I A O, as in Ding Dong, King Kong, Big Bad Wolf.

I wonder how many unwritten rules there are in Spanish. Rules that with out knowing them highlight how much a novice you are, that are so obvious and strange to the ear as Bad Big Wolf (if you are like me you will even read Bad Big Wolf as Big Bad Wolf)

@ice-light-red you still around? @burntcopper credit where credit is due :P

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160908-the-language-rules-we-know-but-dont-know-we-know

[studymotion]

Because I haven’t done a French post in a while, I’ve put together a list of basic rules and grammar terminology for everyone studying French, whether you’re completely new to the language or want to recap! Some of the rules and terminology explained here can also be applied to other languages 

Terminology

Subject - the person or thing performing the action being described

Verb Conjugation - when the verb changes grammatically to agree with the subject (see above)

Articles - context for a noun (example: ‘the’ or ‘a’)

Definite Articles - used only with specific nouns 

Indefinite Articles - used only with unspecified, countable nouns 

Partitive Articles - used only for a quantity of something uncountable

Elison - the removal of a vowel sound in order to avoid consecutive vowel sounds 

Contraction (not the child birth kind) - when one word is made from combining two words 

aspirate - consonant 

non-aspirate - vowel 

‘etre on train de’ - to be in the process of. Sometimes used in place of a specialized continuous verb if appropriate, because French doesn't have those. An idiomatic phase.

Idiomatic phase - language where the meaning is different from the meaning of the words in the expression 

conjunction - when two or more phases, clauses or words are joined together 

preposition - shows the relationship between the noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence 

aimer - to love when referring to people or pets, but only to like if referring to anything else 

aimer bien - always to like

adorer - always to love, but definitely more sexy. Not for pets, or your mum.

Rules 

French has two genders: masculine and feminine 

articles (see above) must agree with their gender and number 

a word can elide (see above) if it is followed by a vowel. Examples: je, me, te, se, ce, ne, de and que

the letter H is always silent 

When H starts a word however, it can be treated as an aspirate or non-aspirate (see above)

plural nouns and adjectives often (but not always) end in ‘s’, which is usually silent 

‘Tu’ (see below in personal subject pronouns) is for friends, peers, relatives and people familiar to you

‘Vous’ (see below, personal subject pronouns) is for people you’ve just met, formal relationships and plurals. Its kind of the default, as it is the more respectful form.

pronouns, articles and adjectives must agree with their nouns in gender and number!!!!

there are two present tenses: simple and continuous

French does not have specialized continuous verb tenses (see above) 

Examples (feel free to save and use!)

 Personal Subject Pronouns 

Subject Verb Agreement 

Articles

Plurals 

And Lastly!

Thank you so much for checking out this post, I really hope you find it useful. Please let me know if you need any help understanding any of this or would like anything clarified further! I also want to add a small disclaimer: the cheat sheets and header (including the artwork) is all my own. 

[russeliarat]

Translations - Faefalit Rules

Since Oath of the Forsaken went live today, I figured I’d make sure people could actually understand the conlang I made for it. Introducing Faefalit; the language that Sidon and Fife talk to each other in with zero translations until later into the story! Here’s the rules for Faefalit both so I and you can remember what the hell is going on:

1. Language was created when Fife was a child, causing Faefalit to mould to how she understands the world as well as how she used to pronounce sounds.

2. Pronouns don’t exist. There are no gendered words (e.g. Spanish, French). If several people are in a sentence, the name is repeated.

3. Zs, hard Ns (i.e. sidoN), REs, Vs, Xs are not used.

4. Words are formed by roots with prefixes and suffixes.

5. Names are the same with the exception of when a sound does not exist in the language (e.g. Zelda becomes Lelda)

6. Plurals are indicated by number instead of a suffix.

7.Questions start with the word ‘Uhn’ and exclamations or commands start with ‘Mai’. The exception comes when exclamations are someone’s name, or when a question is exclaimed. ‘Uhn’ will take priority.

[way-too-addicted-to-fandoms]

If the past tense of take is took, then the past tense of snake is snook.

[its-healthymenia]

What is language and its rules?

What is language and its rules?

langauage is form of communication either written or spoken according to need of living beings. It is basic need of human being. Man is a social animal, he can not live alone. He lives in society and share his ideas with others.

Language

language can be defined as; “Language consists of words and methods of combining them for the expression of thoughts.”

Language is based on a system of…

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[monochrome-sunsets]

it's a common misconception that english doesn't follow any rules. it does, they just don't make any fucking sense and hardly even apply half the time.

[soraruby]

DRAGON SPEAK RULES

The same as English, but has special name suffixes and one verb rule. Name suffix rules: Elders will be addressed as Seni (or Sene for males) those younger than you are addressed as Fli (Or Flo for males) and if the age is unable to be told then it's just Sor. Verb Rule: All verbs end with -ish if you are a female speaking, -osh if you are a male speaking, and -illy if you are gender neutral and the one speaking.