Help your conlang fluency (2)

[alynnidalar]

Nadia wirn enalerin ni der'ail!
_{FEM-be_excited about eclipse of day}
I'm excited for the eclipse today!

Aniwina lid ton merupas sunorel.
_{FEM-hope DET NEG sky cloudy}
I hope it isn't cloudy.

Sel du merupas sunoreltal sar anewo'orlemir ta on.
_{though if sky cloudy-DIM then FEM-see-FUT-PL probably 3SG.INAN}
Although, if it's only a little cloudy, we'll probably still be able to see it.

Nahesonada rinal ni enalerin nihu wol Yellowstone ote yeskera.
_{FEM-buy-PST glasses of eclipse 1SG.FEM.POSS at Yellowstone during July}
I bought my eclipse glasses in Yellowstone in July.

[Travis B.]

Fa ni ti morchu wepera scríften aspis, al morchun wepor sescríftai?
INT NEG 2SG-ACC short-N.PL.ACC Story-PL.ACC write-INF say-PAST.NONACT.2SG, but short-N.SG.ACC Story-SG.ACC write-RES.ACT.2SG
You said you don't write short stories, but you've just written a short story?

Pəwam-zə gåtmu ts'i-lo gasawo-pə ġiyə.
[ˈpʰɐwæmzɐ ˈgɔtʰmu ˈtsʼilo ˈgæsæwopɐ ˈɣijɐ]
short-P.M=REL story-P.M DIST.S.M=INST long-CMPR-3.P.M=COMP tend-3.S.M
Short stories tend to be longer than that.

[Travis B.]

Ts'i-no kar layə sahə-k'əl zinne mulmu-lo-zə pəwam-zə gåtmu došåyošwo-pə låġáše.
[ˈtsʼino ˈkʰæɾ ˈlæjɐ ˈsæhɐkʼɐl ˈzinːe ˈmulmulozɐ ˈpʰɐwæmzɐ ˈgɔtʰmu ˈdoɕɔjoɕwopʰɐ ˈlɔɣɑɕe]
DIST.S.M already do.PFV-3.S.M other-ABL cave person-P.M=INST=REL short-P.M=REL story-P.M write-1.S-SJV-3.P.M=COMP shall-3.S.M-SJV
I should write short stories about cavemen, but that has already been done.

[masako]

I should write short stories about cavemen, but that has already been done.

na ke tsani tayo yomutli
1s O story 2s.GEN read-FUT
I will read your stories.

[hwhatting]

Short stories tend to be longer than that.

Al ni dolchuna.
but NEG obliged-N.PL.NOM
But they don't have to.

I will read your stories.

Attu ya lexí.
also 3SG-N.PL.ACC read-PROSP.ACT.1SG
I'll read them, too.

[Travis B.]

Zinne mul gåtmu došeytsəwo Cev-re Ug-lo-zə Gåt Dakwə lehutswə tiyašwə-pə nayše.
[ˈzinːe ˈmul ˈgɔtʰmu doˈɕejtsʰɐwo ˈsowɾe ˈʔuglozɐ ˈgɔtʰ ˈdækʰwɐ ˈlehutsʰwɐ ˈtʰijæɕwɐpʰɐ ˈnæjɕe]
cave man story-P.M write-GER-3.P.M Cev=GEN Ug=INST=REL story time-3.S.M copy-GER-3.S.M equal-3.S.M-SJV-3.S.M=COMP will-3.S.M-SJV
It is just that writing caveman stories would be copying Cev's Story Time with Ug.

[Ser]

Is Xephyr's Storytime with Ug down?

I see he removed the link from his signature, and Google doesn't show it when you search for it anymore (it used to before).

[Travis B.]

De ġak lák'á.
[de ɣækʰ lɑkʼɑ]
PROX.S.M still function-3.S.M
It is still up.

[Travis B.]

De mul laztsə tiwə-pə ts'iyə tal-k'ə-zə zeywatə-zə laztsə nan-re zeytsə de ləyowə-pə gawə-zə yår kå tiwə yåk'-lo kawnahe-k'ə ləwyo.
[ˈde ˈmul ˈlæztsʰɐ ˈtʰiwɐpʰɐ ˈtsʼijɐ ˈtʰælkʼɐzɐ ˈzejwætʰɐzɐ ˈlæztsʰɐ ˈnænɾe ˈzejtsʰɐ ˈde ˈlɐjowɐpʰɐ ˈgæwɐzɐ ˈjɔɾ ˈkʰɔ ˈtʰiwɐ ˈjɔkʼlo ˈkʰæwnæhekʼə ˈlɐwjo]
3.S.M person fail-GER COP-3.S.M-3.S.M=COMP is_probable-3.S.M case=LOC=REL look-PASS.PART-3.S.M=REL fail-GER stomach=GEN look-GER 3.S.M do.PFV-1.S-3.S.M=COMP must-3.S.M=REL thing every COP-3.S.M-3.S.M reason=INST work-LOCN=LOC bored-1.S
I am bored at work because all I have to do is investigate an apparent bug which is probably user error.

[jal]

I am bored at work because all I have to do is investigate an apparent bug which is probably user error.

Oba wen yusa ero me kos ap ero, ap ya swel fol!
But when a user error can cause an app error, the app is also to blame!


JAL

[alynnidalar]

Ton ukali enemuin enke'paker.
_{NEG INAN-spell GER-do GER-say_confidently}
Easier said than done. (lit. "Doing" isn't spelled "saying".)

[Znex]

Иг воуша вєствама, аи нєта иг нєнда фама иг воушє.
jig vuiša vɛ̄stvama | ai nɛ̄ta jig nēda fama jig vuišɛ̄
I wish for something, but I don't know what I wish for.

Да и воутє иг гломвида фама иг воушидєи.
da i vūtē jig glōbiða fama jig vuišiðdei
That's because I've forgotten what I was wishing for.

[masako]

ke kuaha mue semye puya
Magic is science without explanation.

[alynnidalar]

Nasradan.
Indeed.

[jal]

Mi a taya. Mi won slip, oba mi af klin di gali.
I'm tired. I wanna sleep, but I have to clean the kitchen.


JAL

[hwhatting]

oba
but

To's worrun pimmo? Wit Bavariscun funnér.
That be-PRES.ACT.3SG.CL word-SG.NOM INT-N.ABL? PRTC bavarian-N.SG.ACC seem-PRES.ACT.3SG
Where is that word from? It looks Bavarian.

EDIT: removed unnecessary word.

[jal]

Where is that word from? It looks Bavarian.

It's a very contracted form of "however", "how" > [o], "ever" > [ebɐ], [oebɐ] > [obɐ]


JAL

[hwhatting]

Mais où sont les neiges d'antan?

Fit to the meter:
Tai prowitrus naifai al pér?
ART-M.NOM.PL yesteryear-SG.GEN snow-NOM.PL but where

Prose translation:
Al pér santis tai prowiterus naifai?
But where be-PRES.ACT.3.PL ART-M.NOM.PL yesteryear-SG.GEN snow-NOM.PL
But where are the snows of yesteryear?

[jal]

But where are the snows of yesteryear?

Mel don klaymit tahn.
Melted by climate change.


JAL

[Dē Graut Bʉr]

Nanak ti terid molas.
The snow is on the elephants.

The Kunesian word for "snow" also means "ivory" or "elephant's tusk".

[YourFace]

Ām "snow" sïkderk?
what SNOW be-3.NEUT.SG
What is "snow?"

The Ādīhmra live in a tropical climate. They have never seen snow.

[masako]

nankua natsuahe
/naːᵑkʷa nat͡ʃʷaːɦɛ/
1pl.INCL release-NEC
All of us must let go.

[Dē Graut Bʉr]

Ām "snow" sïkderk?
what SNOW be-3.NEUT.SG
What is "snow?"

The Ādīhmra live in a tropical climate. They have never seen snow.

Ri zana ap ten suto nuli? Nhurko dsân?
Do you have travellers? Or mountains?

Nanak hêkai ama ed setai, nezu nanak ap. Kosse nuq ama nitote ad anku nok asto. Ti nhurko tod ki kosse lsatota lsatota wati tod te nuli.
Snow is a kind of cold ivory. Sometimes it falls just like rain. That happens in the mountains and in some far-away countries.

Kosse ti numa nezu tod ed nhi suto tônat, nama nanak asto. Es qurte man, nanak ipai es orai.
In some places there's a cold period every year when it snows a lot. When it becomes warm, the snow melts.

[jal]

What is "snow?"

Sno du way, an kol. It luk sem poda. Wen yu toc it, it tahn wota. Wen it a nof kol, it fol ota skay steda ren. Mos taym, sno fol ota skay wen taym kol "winta". Winta u kol taym a ye. De som lan, wen winta sno in fol olda wan ye, an wen it sno, it me sno soso likl. De oda lan, nof nof sno fol koba olda gwon an pam an yah, it me fyu meta tik sef. Olda wol a way. De som lan, o som pah a lan, it a sno de gwon olda taym. Oba de mos lan, wen winta lef gon, it tahn wohm an sno tahn wota.

Snow is white, and cold. It looks like powder. When you touch it, it turns into water. When it's very cold, it falls from the sky instead of rain. Most of the time, snow falls from the sky during a time called "winter". In some countries, when it's winter snow doesn't fall every year, and when it snows, it may snow just a bit. In other countries, lots of snow fall, covering the ground and the trees and the houses, a few meters thick even. The whole wold is white. In some countries, or some parts of countries, there's always snow on the ground. But in most countried, when winter is gone, it gets warm and snow turns into water.


JAL

[hwhatting]

Wit Tarré farchai santis pér caila wista naifus est.
PRTC Tarra-LOC mountain-PL.NOM be-PRES.ACT.3PL where whole-N.PL.ACC time-PL.ACC snow-SG.NOM be-PRES.ACT.3SG
On Tarra, there are mountains where there is snow all the time.