[01:47:38] *** Joins: odanoburu (uid302941@gateway/web/irccloud.com/x-mzifkesmjdihwvnq) [07:04:00] *** Quits: odanoburu (uid302941@gateway/web/irccloud.com/x-mzifkesmjdihwvnq) (Quit: Connection closed for inactivity) [09:16:16] *** Quits: jbalint (~jbalint@unaffiliated/jbalint) (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) [09:28:04] *** Joins: jbalint (~jbalint@unaffiliated/jbalint) [10:51:25] so I'm doing somali grammar! [10:52:13] as my usual working method, I generate some sentences from my grammar and put them into google translate to see if they are translated into what I wanted [10:53:01] (this step has mostly humour value, but sometimes it's a good diagnostic that my grammar is completely off) [10:53:15] so I generate variations of "the/a small book/s is/are big" [10:53:37] results by GT: [10:53:38] Small brochures are great [10:53:38] A small book is great [10:53:38] buugyada young adults [10:53:38] The book is great [13:29:01] *** Joins: drbean_ (~drbean@TC210-63-209-80.static.apol.com.tw) [13:31:27] *** Quits: drbean (~drbean@TC210-63-209-68.static.apol.com.tw) (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [15:12:53] The mouth did not see them [15:12:54] The languages can not read them [15:12:54] The languages are great [15:12:54] We will surely recite to you [15:13:08] this sounds like poetry [18:47:06] *** Joins: esg (~emil@esg.xen.prgmr.com) [23:16:56] *** Joins: odanoburu (uid302941@gateway/web/irccloud.com/x-fbzqfatbaevsjmoa)