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Eccentric Iconoclast Vice Captain
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 Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:43 pm
APPARENTLY THAT'S THE OLD WEBPAGE. THE NEW WEBPAGE IS FOUND HERE:  Click the qullasuyu wiphala! I'M SO EXCITED I'M SHOUTING.
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 5:48 pm
My only complain is that it seems you have to go into the excercies section ro get to the actual lessons.
BUT BESIDES THAT, THIS IS JUST ABOUT THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN EVER. SCREW PORTUGUESE, IT IS AYMARA TIEM NAO.
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Eccentric Iconoclast Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:05 pm
To get to the lessons, you click "Go to units" and then click on the number on the right side then click on Begin unit, and then click on whatever on the left side.
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:49 pm
Yeah, I know that, but the actual grammatical explanations are what I'm talking about. Why stick them in such a random spot?
But who am I to complain, its AYMARA
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:55 pm
Hrm, it seems final vowels like to get devoiced. Or at least really really unstressed.
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 4:48 am
Yeah, they do. It's devoicing.
I swear, most of the language is just a step above whispering. xd
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Eccentric Iconoclast Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:47 am
Seems to be that way. Words seem to get so squawshed together, when trying to follow those dialogues with the text, sometimes the actual spoken sound is slurred beyond recognition.
I guess what I've taken so far, it seems like "-xa" seems to have a function something like 「は」, though sometimes it seems to get redced to just "-x", like in "jumax" apparently, but I see no pattern in that. If that just has something to do with those obnoxious rules about when a duffix dropps a vowel and all that, I guess I'll figure that out. That is quite wonky.
And then, I guess there is no distinct copula, which isn't really a problem or anything. And I think I'm starting to see some of that ergativeness you was talking about there.
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 6:40 pm
Mmmm. I know it says stuff about the morphophonemic rules in Compendio. I'll return when I have definitive answers (including the possibility that I have no answers).
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Eccentric Iconoclast Vice Captain
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Eccentric Iconoclast Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 6:43 pm
For some reason, the site always crashes when I go to the Q' part of the dictionary. Argh. The word that I most want to look up (q'uli) is in there.
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 7:06 pm
It seems like each little affix have their own little rules in how they combine. Grrr.
I can't get to that either. For some reason, the Q' section is the only one that won't work.
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Eccentric Iconoclast Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 7:45 pm
Also, the pictures in the dialogue exercises don't work for me.
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 7:48 pm
Right.
Nayan sutijax Ripikawa. Nayax Minisutankirïtwa.
-basic dialogue-
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Eccentric Iconoclast Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 1:49 am
I listened to the dialogues in the units and I find Aymara to be a very beautiful language. It would be even more beautiful if it wasn't so heavily influenced by Spanish. I espacially like the way the lady speaks.
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 6:08 am
I know, it's lovely. What got me into it was the song Q'uli Panqarita by Zulma Yugar; another beautiful song sung by her is in my profile, but the song in question can be found here. I was very glad to find it on iTunes, because the sound quality of this one is pretty bad. I like some of the Spanish loanwords, actually. I like the native words more, but the loanword "lapisa," for instance, is quite nice.
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 11:30 am
ALL ABOARD THE WIN TRAIN
It feels so nice to now actually have enough information to be making some significant progress into Aymara. It's not all that hard, and any difficulty is neutralized by its general awesomeness.
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