Help your conlang fluency (2)

[Travis B.]

«Kewaek» hí mà wanĩ glài krí ikiukì ngái kâ.
"quack" REL INST tone differ would RES-old fast DED
/kəwǣk hí mɑ̀ wɐnḭ glɑ̀i kɾí ʔɪkɨkì ŋɑ́i kɑ̤/
"Quack" in different tones would get old fast.

[Vijay]

Grrowrrr.
Yes.

[Travis B.]

Datiwa i jinitiwa d'uchâu mà thĩung ga râ b'iuhaei ajim hium gêe sí.
dative and genitive merge as word action one CLASS DIR
/dɐtɪwɑ̄ ʔī ɟɪnɪtɪwɑ̄ ɗʊcʰɑ̤u mɑ̀ tʰɨ̰ŋ gɑ̄ ɾɑ̤ ɓɨhǣi ʔɐɟīm hɨ̄m gɛ̤ɛ sí/
The dative and genitive are merged in this language as one verb.

[Dē Graut Bʉr]

Qak.
Frog.

[Travis B.]

Qàk qãk qâk qak qák.
I don't see this frog.

[Travis B.]

Ék néin râ Càan Danuda màe.
1S feel like duck Donald EGO
/ʔɛ́k nén ɾɑ̤ cɑ̀ɑn dɐnʊdɑ̄ mæ̀/
I feel like Donald Duck.

[Dē Graut Bʉr]

Mar ji iss gyn dʉkk.
But you're not a duck.

[jal]

Maynifisan. Sta montan layan kom dok. Wo lebl...
Great. From mountain lions to ducks. What a level...


JAL

[Travis B.]

Ék yí d'àeim tiháeu râ càan b'ẽng màe.
1S NEG play role as duck serious EGO
/ʔɛ́k jí ɗæ̀im tɪhǽu ɾɑ̤ cɑ̀ɑn ɓɛ̰ŋ mæ̀/
I am not seriously roleplaying as a duck.

[Boşkoventi]

Maynifisan. Sta montan layan kom dok. Wo lebl...
Great. From mountain lions to ducks. What a level...


JAL

Ci kos ha avi udra tiger an mi.
[tʃí kos ha ávi úrːa tíɣer am mí]
1PS still AUX.1P see no-MOD.2B tiger COMP speak
I still don't see any talking tigers.

[Travis B.]

Ék chak miucãiu hí gõuk ajijim hí ái jâu hí nĩu Minisuteo màe.
1S watch PAT-show REL topic COLL-action REL outside house REL in Minnesota EGO
/ʔɛ́k cʰɑ̄k mɨcɑ̰ɨ hí go̰k ʔɐɟɪɟīm hí ʔɑ́i ɟɑ̤u hí nɨ̰ mɪnɪsʊtɜ̄ mæ̀/
I am watching a show on outdoors activities in Minnesota.

[Travis B.]

B'õuk rẽe nyẽu mà thĩung chaep kâ lẽ ehium lae líu bã mòo ga tàe.
human FUT.PFV speak INST language tiger DED COND QUALITY-one COMP DIST.S CLASS create PROX.S CLASS
/ɓo̰k ɾɛ̰ɛ ɲɘ̰ mɑ̀ tʰɨ̰ŋ cʰǣp kɑ̤ lɛ̰ ʔəhɨ̄m lǣ lɨ́ bɑ̰ mɔ̀ɔ gɑ̄ tæ̀/
One will speak in a tiger language only if one creates it.

[Vijay]

Maynifisan. Sta montan layan kom dok. Wo lebl...
Great. From mountain lions to ducks. What a level...


JAL

Wowgrrr agrrr quacktweetrrr. Quacktweetrrr krrek!
adult.male.mountain.lion eat duck-bird duck-bird die
I ate the duck. The duck is dead!

Ci kos ha avi udra tiger an mi.
[tʃí kos ha ávi úrːa tíɣer am mí]
1PS still AUX.1P see no-MOD.2B tiger COMP speak
I still don't see any talking tigers.

Pappangrrowrrr meow ach yahaam.
tiger-cub NEG ascend here
Tigers don't come here.

[Travis B.]

Bou hà naiu cha kakhaem càan kâ?
why 2S must PAST.PFV CAUS-dead duck DED
/bō hɑ̀ nɑ̄ɨ cʰɑ̄ kɐkʰǣm cɑ̀ɑn kɑ̤/
Why did you have to kill the duck?

Róou líu som maei.
forget DIST.S CLASS real
/ɾóo lɨ́ sɔ̄m mǣi/
Actually, forget that.

D'ot lae càan khaem kâ.
good COMP duck dead DED
/ɗɔ̄t lǣ cɑ̀ɑn kʰǣm kɑ̤/
It is good that the duck is dead.

[Vijay]

Quacktweetrrr grrowrrr munhagrrr!
duck-bird good mouth-eat
Duck is tasty!

[Travis B.]

Ék ngêik lae ék ẽe niu càan hí ẽe nikín. Ék asòk ôm nikín wóung.
1S wish COMP 1S DAT INV duck REL DAT ACTION-eat 1S tired because ACTION-eat pig
/ʔɛ́k ŋe̤k lǣ ʔɛ́k ʔɛ̰ɛ nɨ̄ cɑ̀ɑn hí ʔɛ̰ɛ nɪkín || ʔɛ́k ʔɐsɔ̀k ʔɔ̤m nɪkín wóŋ/
I wish I had duck to eat. I am tired of eating pork.

[jal]

I still don't see any talking tigers.

Mi me nes taym ray dis ol tel bo tayga im tok:
I can write this old story again about a talking tiger:

Pagatulĩ kakehgi
Ylĩdguh ada kakehgi, alũkuhkx ylũde, ylõdut alẽtaht pagatu. Pagatu akny tetuhgni phit kakehgi, ylõdut alũbetahlã phugakehgi phulãkih: "Pagatu, pagatu, thagykx phidny, nylãkhydã. Nylãũphydik phulũbelĩ dỹlõ, alỹkx pykoh elỹ." Pagatu ibedit, alũbetahlã phulãkih: "Nepiht nykkhai, nepiht bahtaht, nypihtdã." Kakehgi nubetahlã phulãkih: "Pagatu, pagatu, thagykx phidny, nylãkhydã. Ad' alõpihlỹ delĩ." Pagatu toby ibedit, alũbetahlã phulãkih: "Nepiht apthilĩ ipthih, nepiht byhgylĩlĩ phudailĩ, nypihtdã." Ylõdut alãkny tetuhk kakehgi, phudahgit kakehgi tetuhk akuhkaht ipmyt ekkxu. Alỹkx apkhoh phybagykna phyktadỹ. Pagatu tatohktu gehlã: ylõdut alỹpf adibu kakehgi, alỹkx nupytahpytah.

The tiger and the deer
A long time ago, a deer wandering through the forest, when it encountered a tiger. The tiger got ready to jump the deer and eat it, when the deer said: "Tiger, tiger, don't eat me please. I am all skin and bones, no meat is on me." The tiger laughed, and said: "I eat worms and I eat oxen, and I'll eat you." The deer said: "Tiger, tiger, don't eat me please. I have a family that loves me." The tiger laughed again, and said: "I eat mothers and fathers, I eat babies and whole families, and I'll eat you." And when he was about to jump the deer, the deer jumped instead, and disappeared into the thick foliage. The tiger could not find it anymore. It had learned a wise lesson: when you want to catch a deer, you don't start talking with it.

(Gloss can be found here, somewhere near the bottom.)


JAL

[Travis B.]

Ék díu yí sí màe lae chaep i lèot thâe nyẽu.
1S PAST.IPFV NEG know EGO COMP tiger and deer able_to speak
/ʔɛ́k dɨ́ jí sí mæ̀ lǣ cʰǣp ʔī lɜ̀t tʰæ̤ ɲɘ̰/
I didn't know tigers or deer could talk.

[Vijay]

Bat din, bat grrowrrr grrooved agrrr bat oogrrr. Ixrriye grrowrrr grrowl grrr oogrrr ki grrowrrr oogrrr ka furry frriengrrowrrr. Oogrrr grroove grrowrrr oogrrr ka frriengrrowrrr. Grrowrrr grrowl, "Grrowrrr grrr oogrrr ach grrowrrr grrarrr!" Oogrrr grrowl, "Grrowrrr." Grrowrrr grrr oogrrr ached grrowrrr grrarrr, wahaam grrowrrr grrr wowgrrr grrr grrmph agrred oogrrr.
one day one mountain.lion.cub want-PST eat one deer so mountain.lion.cub say PREP deer that mountain.lion.cub deer POSS furry friend-cub deer think mountain.lion.cub deer POSS friend-cub mountain.lion.cub say mountain.lion.cub CONJ deer ascend mountain.lion.cub cave deer say okay mountain.lion.cub CONJ deer ascend-PST mountain.lion.cub cave there mountain.lion.cub CONJ adult.male.mountain.lion CONJ adult.female.mountain.lion eat-PST deer
One day, a mountain lion cub wanted to eat a deer, so he told the deer he was his furry friend. The deer believed that he was his friend. The mountain lion cub said, "Let's go to my cave!" The deer said, "Okay." The mountain lion cub and the deer climbed up to the mountain lion's cave, and there, the cub and his parents ate the deer.

[Travis B.]

Ék cha mòo akakãei hí gõuk chaep i wóung ẽe rêuk hí ẽe niu ék hí gõuk ciub'õuk màe.
1S PAST.PFV create COLL-example REL about tiger and pig DAT leaf REL DAT INV 1S REL about LANG-human EGO
/ʔɛ́k cʰɑ̄ mɔ́ɔ ʔɐkɐkæ̰i hí go̰k cʰǣp ʔī wóŋ ʔɛ̰ɛ ɾɘ̤k hí ʔɛ̰ɛ nɨ̄ ʔɛ́k hí go̰k cɨɓo̰k mæ̀/
I made a bunch of examples about tigers and pigs for my page on Proto-rəgyam.

[Dē Graut Bʉr]

Lava da kata an eit a u muga. Ký da buga da ngata au bihilik a but.
The cat wants to eat a bird. The bird sees the cat and flies away.

[Travis B.]

Chechaep cha kín hawóung i wóung lú hí ẽe líu bã sí.
COLL-tiger PAST.PFV eat PERSON-pig and pig all REL DAT DIST.S CLASS DIR
/cʰəcʰǣp cʰɑ̄ kín hɐwóŋ ʔī wóŋ lú hí ʔɛ̰ɛ lɨ́ bɑ̰ sí/
(I saw that) the group of tigers ate the pig farmer and all their pigs.

[Vijay]

Pappangrrowrrr xab grrowrry!
tiger-cub all happy
The tigers are all happy!

[Travis B.]

Chechaep isùp ôm phâm ũ ga leu sí.
COLL-tiger RES-joyful because victory POSS.3S PROX.S CLASS DIR
/cʰəcʰǣp ʔɪsùp ʔɔ̤m pʰɑ̤m ʔṵ gɑ̄ lɘ̄ sí/
The tigers rejoice in their victory.

[Travis B.]

Ekasêik b'ôom cha kakhãem chaep hium cãei hí cha õt kín hium jàeu ũ wewóung hí ẽe ga bã thè.
AGT-farm other PAST.PFV CAUS-dead tiger one CLASS REL PAST.PFV try_to eat one CLASS POSS.3S COLL-pig REL DAT PROX.S CLASS REP
/ʔəkɐse̤k ɓɔ̤ɔm cʰɑ̄ kɐkʰæ̰m cʰǣp hɨ̄m cæ̰i hí cʰɑ̄ ʔɔ̰t kín hɨ̄m ɟæ̀u ʔṵ wəwóŋ hí ʔɛ̰ɛ gɑ̄ bɑ̰ tʰɛ̀/
(I heard that) another farmer killed a tiger that tried to eat one of their pigs.