Substantial postings about constructed languages and constructed worlds in general. Good place to mention your own or evaluate someone else's. Put quick questions in C&C Quickies instead.
Vijay wrote:Meow grrowl yeh woprrox! Quinkxerrbeckaeiougrrr grroove grroove bearrr agrrr wowgrrr yahaam, wowgrrr agrrr bearrr yahaam? NEG speak this question Quinterbeck-human think/want see bear eat adult.male.mountain.lion here adult.male.mountain.lion eat bear here
Don't ask this question! Do you want to see a bear and mountain lion fight here?
Las.
Yes.
May tie źe gyap. 1S do.IPFV EGO also
[mɛj tie̯ ʑe gjaʔ]
I do too.
Mi a kway taya fi lisn bo yunu tok bo dem beya an layan. A dis a olda mata yunu me tok bo dem?
I'm pretty tired of hearing y'all talk about bears and lions. Is that all you can talk about?
Vijay wrote:Meow grrowl yeh woprrox! Quinkxerrbeckaeiougrrr grroove grroove bearrr agrrr wowgrrr yahaam, wowgrrr agrrr bearrr yahaam? NEG speak this question Quinterbeck-human think/want see bear eat adult.male.mountain.lion here adult.male.mountain.lion eat bear here
Don't ask this question! Do you want to see a bear and mountain lion fight here?
Las.
Yes.
May tie źe gyap. 1S do.IPFV EGO also
[mɛj tie̯ ʑe gjaʔ]
I do too.
jal wrote:Mi a kway taya fi lisn bo yunu tok bo dem beya an layan. A dis a olda mata yunu me tok bo dem?
I'm pretty tired of hearing y'all talk about bears and lions. Is that all you can talk about?
JAL
Meow. Xab grrakerrr yahaam caan grrowl grrowlixticx bi. NEG all animal here can speak linguistics two/also
No. We can all talk about linguistics, too.
Ru wi qha mi kuoh prot yai prhier kêt yai qa phyok hrât... 1P can DED D/P speak.IPFV other DEF of_topic weather DEF at_time time any
[ɻu wi qʰa mi kuo̯h pʂøʔ jɛ pʂʰie̯ɻ kɛˤʔ jɛ qa pʰjoʔ ɻ̥æˤʔ] We can always talk about the weather...
Yo trie huo che liy mbyiw jok ndro chak. 3S SJV REP shall RES.PFV slow by_time morning early
[jo tʂie̯ huo̯ cʰe lij mbjɯw ɟoʔ ɳdʐo cʰɑʔ] It should slow down by early morning.
Jak khuoy bon the yuh rik leu thu yo tie si the śot yûk kow. snow CONT fall.IPFV DIR stand.IPFV place PROX but 3S do.IPFV APASS DIR light very only
[ɟɑʔ kʰyø̯j bøɴ tʰe juh ɻɯʔ lɤ tʰu jo tie̯ si tʰe ɕøʔ joˤʔ kow] It's still snowing here, but only very lightly.
It sim spwing taym ric. It in nof wohm jos, oba son a cayn an it a fayn.
It seems spring has arrived. It's not very warm yet, but the sun is shining and it's pleasant.
Lak khuoy the goy get yuh rik leu. winter CONT DIR exist.IPFV really stand.IPFV place PROX
[lɑʔ kʰyø̯j tʰe gøj geʔ juh ɻɯʔ lɤ] It is still definitely winter here.
May ta źe khuoy nuoŋ thaw jak tshau bon chak qwur. 1S PAST DIR CONT see.IPFV flake snow PL fall.IPFV early more
[mɛj ta ʑe kʰyø̯j nuo̯ɴ tʰɑw ɟɑʔ tsʰɑ bøɴ cʰɑʔ qʷyɻ] I still saw flakes of snow falling earlier.
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Luy zat rieu goy the yuh rik na khok proi sat ma ha? RES hot ACTION exist.IPFV DIR stand.IPFV place REL inhabit INV brother POSS.1S INT
[lyj zɛʔ ɻɯɤ̯ gøj tʰe juh ɻɯʔ na kʰoʔ pʂø sɛʔ ma ha] Do they have heating where you live?
Nu ad unan deanadoe. Oem yarnona ireaheugi in uldunoi. GNOMIC PROPERTY bear good-little.bit but HABITUAL-EXPERIENCE-1S pleasure-more-much GEN whale
[nʉ ad ʉnan dɛːna-dɜː ɜːm jaɾ-nɔn-a ɨrɛː-hɛʉ-gi ɨn ʉldʉnɔi] Bears are okay. But I prefer whales.
Travis B. wrote:Luy zat rieu goy the yuh rik na khok proi sat ma ha? RES hot ACTION exist.IPFV DIR stand.IPFV place REL inhabit INV brother POSS.1S INT
[lyj zɛʔ ɻɯɤ̯ gøj tʰe juh ɻɯʔ na kʰoʔ pʂø sɛʔ ma ha] Do they have heating where you live?
Bat kxerrmo...xkakoogrrr hai. one thermostat-deer/venison/food/thing is
We have a thermostat.
Mi sit pon koc, af fi laptop pon mi lap. Mi a taya fo so. Mi a bo slip.
I'm sitting on the couch with my laptop on my lap. I'm very tired. I'm about to sleep.
Inhas scar a. O ir mair î rasi ô rodon noth. /ˈinhɪs ˈskaɾa | ʊˈiɹ mɛaɹ ɪj ɾɛɕə oʊ ˈɾoðʊn noθ/ cold-breath be.in-3s 1s. ADV already be-3s this year CLAS ORD-two occasion I have a cold. It's the second one this year already.
Wowgrrr grrr oogrry xnout. Meow caan xnoutagrrr grrr oogrry xnout. adult.male.mountain.lion PREP big snout NEG can snout-eat PREP big snout
I have a big snout. I can't smell with my big snout.