Re: translation exercise

I've been wanting to do this for some time, but had problems with sound. Now
that's sorted out, I can play sound files. However, when I try to record
sounds, no articulate reply emerges. There's something there (looks a bit
like a sound spectrogram) but what comes out of the speakers sounds nothing
like what was spoken. There's loudness in the right places, but no actual
connected speech. As I know zilch about sounds as regards PCs, I was
wondering if this is a common problem, and if so, how do I put it right?
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Mills" <romilly@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 5:55 AM
Subject: Re: Translation Exercise


> >
> >I'm considering recording an audio sample of it -- it would be cool
> >to hear some conlang excerpts spoken by their creators!  If you've
> >got a microphone, participate!  =)
> Agree it would be fun, but no mic, and my computer seems only to play .wav
> files, AFAIK
> >
> >
> >A voice said to me:
> >"Smile and be happy!
> >Things could be worse!"
> >So I smiled
> >And was happy.
> >And things got worse.
> >
> Kash:
> kotani mangos:
> "minda yumindaka!
> poleni camuko!"
> ende maminda
> mayuminda
> i yucamuko yuno.
>
>
> kota-ni     mangos
> word-of it  voice
>
> minda    yu-minda-ka
> smile    inch-happy/smile-IMPER
> (plain _minda_ also means 'be happy'-- the inchoative is needed, 'become
> happy')
>
> pole-ni     la-muko
> able-of it  COMP-bad
> (Muko is one of a handful of adjs. that forms COMP with pfx. la- vs. lavi)
>
> ende    ma-minda
> and-so  1sg-smile
>
> ma-yu-minda
> lsg-INCH-smile/happy
>
> i       yu-la-muko               yuno
> and  INCH-COMP-bad   all
>
> A voice said:
> "smile, get happy,
> it could be worse"
> and so I smiled
> and got happy
> and everything got worse.