• lilypad [it/its, pup/pup's]@hexbear.net
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      9 days ago

      Vit fóru til Miklagarðr ok ekki allr persónar veru hvítir! Hvat er sjá marksismr!? Furða!

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      I suck at norrønt, but supposed to say: we went to miklagard (Istanbul) and not every person was white! What is this marxsism!?¹ [this is] sillyness/bullshit!

      Pronounciation guide (approximate, idk true norrønt pronounciation, also norrønt was somewhat tonal and that isnt represented here. I also placed tapped r instead of rolled r where it made sense to me, but rolled r is i think appropriate everywhere):

      /vit/ /fuːɾʉ/ /til/ /miklagaɾðr/ /ɔ/ /eki/ /alr/ /peɾʃuːnar/ /veɾʉ/ /viːtiɾ/! /vat/ /ær/ /ʃaː/ /marksismr/!? /fʉɾða/!

      ¹ not meaning “what is this, marksism!?” But rather like “this is marxsism wtf!?”. Word order implies meaning and grammar that can be hard to translate between languages. Its not a question of whether or not its marxism, its an assertion that it is marxism and an expression of outrage/frustration/wtf that gets formed as a question-sentence.