Help your premodern conlang fluency

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Ha kaa hrnile liryis saadis.
And you-nonmasculine continue-ditransitive-continuous-indicative talk-singular-ACC eat-singular-ACC

And you go on about eating...

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Gwono dom, qan gwono leže?
eat food or eat tongue
Eating or speaking?

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Belnusis, ki liryse be laallti vollis.
demonstrative.pronoun.pl.ACC we speak.imperfective.indicative definite.article tongue.sing.INSTR turn-about.sing.ACC

Either way, we are talking about „spinning our tongues"[/quote]

(To spin one’s tongue is an idiom in Liry meaning „to blabber“).

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Uh no orhohko! Kekkek koko ek' totat ek' wewko uh so, ek' kokokhi uhnehut...
Eat vert important! Every big-animal and small-animal-from-the-woods and domesticated-animal eat need, and cub feed...

Eating is very important! Every animal has to eat and feed its' cubs...
Non omne id quod fulget aurum est.

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Ṭọhọ! Ma dhụŋkọdatan. Tulalaṣimaṇ gobhotaụm amawagạluahuḷ. Ḍhọkawagạluahuḷ?
[ʈəhə́! mɑ ɗʱɯŋkəðɑθɑ́n̪. t̪ul̪ɑl̪ɑʂímɑ́ɳ ɡɔɓʱɔθɑ́ɯ́m ɑmɑwɑɡæl̪úɑ́húɭ. ɗͅʱəkɑwɑɡæl̪úɑ́húɭ?]
hello! 1sg dhụŋkọdatan. much-fish-ACC INST-ocean-FROM 1sg-3sg-HAB-eat-PRS. what-2sg-HAB-eat-PRS?
Hello! I am a Dhunkodatan. I eat much fish from the ocean. What do you eat?
•VENTOS•MVTATIONIS•SEQVERE•

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Ala byr en zizir en serer gwonoz. Łešaz dom ru ler lejez.
1SG-ERG goat-PL and insect-PL and fish-PL eat-3.NEUT. river-ERG-DEF.NEUT food much 1PL give-3.NEUT
I eat goats and insects and fish. The river gives us a lot of food.

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Ḍụ klim ṣọlagantaọbha, koṣahadaḷwo dhọglahaldin ṣọgobhotanu ata, ụŋ ṣọlalaṣim ṣọgobhotaụm ṭaṇḍụ.
[ɖɯ kl̪im ʂəl̪ɑgɑn̪t̪ɑ́ə́ɓʱɑ́, kɔʂɑhɑðɑ́ɭwɔ́ ɗ̪ʱəgl̪ɑhɑl̪d̪ín̪ ʂəgɔɓʱɔθɑ́n̪u ɑθɑ́, ɯŋ ʂəl̪ɑl̪ɑʂím ʂəgɔɓʱɔθɑ́ɯ́m ʈɑɳɖɯ́]
good food DEF-pl-river-GEN, ADV-most-in DIS-INST.pl-person-for DEF-INST-ocean-by not, but DEF-pl-fish DEF-INST-ocean-from best.
The rivers have good food, especially for those people not by the ocean, but the fish from the ocean is the best.
•VENTOS•MVTATIONIS•SEQVERE•

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Cailai tai piskai santis rechtai - fau locaitus fau raumaitus fau morio.
All-M.PL.NOM ART-M.PL.NOM fish-PL.NOM be-PRES.ACT.3PL good-M.PL.NOM - or lake-PL.ABL or river-PL.ABL or sea-SG.ABL
All fish are good, whether from lakes or rivers or sea.

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Sumptlondmond an bergond lìvyaa, fus yaa mangonond fìskond n'etaa.
[ˈsumptln̩dmn̩d æn ˈbeɾgn̩d ˈlɪvjɑ | fus ˈjɑ ˈmæŋgn̩n̩d ˈfɪskn̩d ˈnetɑ]
[g=Southlander.PL.NOM]Sumptlondmond[/g] [g=on]an[/g] [g=mountain.PL.ACC]bergond[/g] [g=live.PRES.IND]lìvyaa,[/g] [g=thus]fus[/g] [g=3.PL.N]yaa[/g] [g=many.PL.ACC]mangonond[/g] [g=fish.PL.ACC]fìskond[/g] [g=not]n'=[/g][g=eat.PRES.IND]etaa.[/g]
Southlanders live on mountains, so they don't eat many fish.

Yaa runjaa apfìrur.
[jɑ ˈɾund͡ʒɑ ˈæp͡fɪɾuɾ]
[g=3.PL.N]Yaa[/g] [g=goat.PL.ACC]runjaa[/g] [g=prefer.PRES.IND]apfìrur.[/g]
They prefer goats.
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Adúljôžal ônal kol ví éža únah kex yaxlr gmlĥ hôga jô ônal kru ansu frú.
Ansu frú ônal savel zaš gmlĥ a vek Adúljôžal vé jaga čaþ kex.
Ônal zeh. Ônal zeh. Ônal zeh. Ônal zeh. Ônal zeh. Ônal zeh. Ônal zeh.

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Dutheti duf satgoreh ol wusat ek' kotot duf goreh ol kotkotat ek' orpopat nkeuh. Wewrpopat or kokat ek' nkeuh.
Dutheti duf satgoreh ol wusat ek' kotot duf goreh ol kotkotat ek' orpopat nke.uh. Wewrpopat or kokat ek' nke.uh.
River LOC swim REL fish and forest LOC walk REL animal and bird (1pl).eat. domestic.bird GEN egg and (1pl).eat.

We eat the fish that swim in the river and the animals and birds that walk (live) in the forest. We also eat chicken eggs.
Non omne id quod fulget aurum est.

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Nanauxunt raik saxn hu iiti, hu ruu, hu kanqa. Sut nunsaip han nanauxunt, ty wa rasat.
[nəˈnɔːʔʊndret͡ʃ ˈsa:ʔnu ˈʔiːd͡zɪ hu ruː hu ˈkangʷə sʊdˈnuːnzep ənːəˈnɔːʔʊnt tɪ̈ worəˈzaːt]
Na-nau-unt=raik saa-x-n hu iiti, hu ruu, hu kanqa.
RED-eat-1PL>3PL=also 1-NOM-PL CONJ bird CONJ fish CONJ terrestrial.animal
Sut nunsaip han na-nau-unt, ty wa rasat.
TOP animal all RED-eat-1PL>3PL except HUMAN.PL whale
We also eat birds, fish and animals from the land. We eat every animal, except Whales.
Queso: ¿qué es eso? -- Eso es queso

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Jélv skela'a moós qorem.
We eat many crabs.
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xroox wrote:Nanauxunt raik saxn hu iiti, hu ruu, hu kanqa. Sut nunsaip han nanauxunt, ty wa rasat.
[nəˈnɔːʔʊndret͡ʃ ˈsa:ʔnu ˈʔiːd͡zɪ hu ruː hu ˈkangʷə sʊdˈnuːnzep ənːəˈnɔːʔʊnt tɪ̈ worəˈzaːt]
Na-nau-unt=raik saa-x-n hu iiti, hu ruu, hu kanqa.
RED-eat-1PL>3PL=also 1-NOM-PL CONJ bird CONJ fish CONJ terrestrial.animal
Sut nunsaip han na-nau-unt, ty wa rasat.
TOP animal all RED-eat-1PL>3PL except HUMAN.PL whale
We also eat birds, fish and animals from the land. We eat every animal, except Whales.
Qrošad?! Qar qrošad quʾdam!? Miḏimad! Haʾabad! Ṗal hurdam!
Birds?! You (plural) eat birds?! You Demons! You Animals! They are pure/sacred!
ʾAšol ḵavad pulqam ʾifbižen lav ʾifšimeḻ lit maseḡrad lav lit n͛ubad. ʾUpulasim ṗal sa-panžun lav sa-ḥadṇ lav ṗal šarmaḵeš lit ʾaẏṭ waẏyadanun wižqanam.
- Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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אקֿמך ארש-הגִנו wrote: Qrošad?! Qar qrošad quʾdam!? Miḏimad! Haʾabad! Ṗal hurdam!
Birds?! You (plural) eat birds?! You Demons! You Animals! They are pure/sacred!
Lis wriom mexédaz y feldaz was? Hidzábum filixsdaz! Krénkós wriom rensoús wrigryi atolusrem! Lis wriom atolusdaz!
Birds aresacred and pure? The idea is silly! Birds idolize the evil Raven Queen! Birds are evil!

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Esi phyglim phinim.
AOR-SER-3PL:P bird-PL-OBJ beautiful-PL-OBJ
Birds are beautiful.
...brought to you by the Weeping Elf
Tha cvastam émi cvastam santham amal phelsa. -- Friedrich Schiller
ESTAR-3SG:P human-OBJ only human-OBJ true-OBJ REL-LOC play-3SG:A

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Nú wolu edunun puccan.
Now want-Pres.Act.1SG eat-INF chicken-SG.ACC
Now I want to eat some chicken.

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Genome wrote:
אקֿמך ארש-הגִנו wrote: Qrošad?! Qar qrošad quʾdam!? Miḏimad! Haʾabad! Ṗal hurdam!
Birds?! You (plural) eat birds?! You Demons! You Animals! They are pure/sacred!
Lis wriom mexédaz y feldaz was? Hidzábum filixsdaz! Krénkós wriom rensoús wrigryi atolusrem! Lis wriom atolusdaz!
Birds aresacred and pure? The idea is silly! Birds idolize the evil Raven Queen! Birds are evil!
Popa ol orpopat nihud mo huom. Orfhwihud or tekhi! Do popa yi nekheth ol wewrpopat, hud nhe thet nehut uh! Hud'uh!
Fly REL bird god COM.prep. be-close. Spirit-of-the-air GEN.prep. offspring! But fly no can REL home-bred.bird, spirit we.INCL DAT.prep. give food! Blessed.sustenance!
Birds that fly are close to the gods, they are the offspring of the spirit of the wind! But birds that cannot fly are the food that the spirits give us! They are blessed sustenance!
Non omne id quod fulget aurum est.

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