Help your conlang fluency (2)

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Dē Graut Bʉr wrote:Today I discovered that the words "bir" ("beer") and "vyn" ("wine") are descended from the same word. The word "vyn" was borrowed from vein, which derives from *berji, from which bir is also descended.
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Ai ceu wínar ceu pótais ampula pírar, yau caila parhissar.
if or wine-SG.GEN or beer-SG.GEN enough drink-PROSP.ACT.2SG, then whole-N.PL.ACC understand-PROSP.ACT.2SG
If you drink enough wine or beer, you'll understand everything.

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Nimeambiwa kwamba ni uyoga ambao husababisha hiyo.
I've been told it's mushrooms that have that effect.
Glossing Abbreviations: COMP = comparative, C = complementiser, ACS / ICS = accessible / inaccessible, GDV = gerundive, SPEC / NSPC = specific / non-specific
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masako wrote:
Dē Graut Bʉr wrote:Today I discovered that the words "bir" ("beer") and "vyn" ("wine") are descended from the same word. The word "vyn" was borrowed from vein, which derives from *berji, from which bir is also descended.
ke semye heya
Citation needed.
Hi wē dē hirrig talls gimakt hypē zegg dass dē yē.
The one who made these languages says it is so.
Imralu wrote:Nimeambiwa kwamba ni uyoga ambao husababisha hiyo.
I've been told it's mushrooms that have that effect.
Yē dē a maktall?
Is that a conlang?

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Dē Graut Bʉr wrote:
Imralu wrote:Nimeambiwa kwamba ni uyoga ambao husababisha hiyo.
I've been told it's mushrooms that have that effect.
Yē dē a maktall?
Is that a conlang?
Ni Kiimralu ... sawa, ni Kiswahili changu kibaya.
It's Kiimralu ... OK, it's my bad Swahili.

Hakuna mazungumzo katika uzi wa lugha za asili.
There's no discussion in the natlangs thread.
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Swahili zavaich... Zan âz zi a nialekt yn uyda zi?
Bad Swahili... Are you speaking a dialect you invented?

Oss dē nuē iss ig tē ly oss bidygē a worrt oss "spraking".
At the moment I'm too lazy to invent a word for "dialect".

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Imralu wrote:There's no discussion in the natlangs thread.
Yu me go faya op palaba de dis pah ya?
You could start a discussion there?


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jal wrote:
Imralu wrote:There's no discussion in the natlangs thread.
Yu me go faya op palaba de dis pah ya?
You could start a discussion there?
Wit su Dhok summa sescríbai tér.
PRTC ART-M.SG.NOM Dhok some-N.PL.ACC write-RES.ACT.3SG there
Dhok has posted something there.

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hwhatting wrote:
jal wrote:
Imralu wrote:There's no discussion in the natlangs thread.
Yu me go faya op palaba de dis pah ya?
You could start a discussion there?
Wit su Dhok summa sescríbai tér.
PRTC ART-M.SG.NOM Dhok some-N.PL.ACC write-RES.ACT.3SG there
Dhok has posted something there.
OK, yáv ie op. Tha tung hér, whata het's?
OK, I give up. What is this language?
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Salmoneus wrote:OK, yáv ie op. Tha tung hér, whata het's?
OK, I give up. What is this language?
Póca? Fau sa duchu tar Imralu, fau tar Jal, fau maitera?
which-F.SG.NOM ? or ART-F.SG.NOM language-SG.NOM ART-M.SG.GEN Imralu or ART-M.SG.GEN Jal, or mine--F.SG.NOM?
Which one? Imralu's language, Jal's, or mine?

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hwhatting wrote:
Salmoneus wrote:OK, yáv ie op. Tha tung hér, whata het's?
OK, I give up. What is this language?
Póca? Fau sa duchu tar Imralu, fau tar Jal, fau maitera?
which-F.SG.NOM ? or ART-F.SG.NOM language-SG.NOM ART-M.SG.GEN Imralu or ART-M.SG.GEN Jal, or mine--F.SG.NOM?
Which one? Imralu's language, Jal's, or mine?
Yenn. Yermensh, [yet] náva Yermensha...
Yours. Germanic, yet not Germanic...

[not sure what the word for 'yet' is yet...]
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Salmoneus wrote:Yours. Germanic, yet not Germanic...
Nu sa Tautisca's duchu indo-européyisca nítica, flódita pormai pér antar tár duchuwár Germániscé, Balto-Slaviscé, Celtiscé, Ítaliscé, al flódíma nú toyé Tarré.
PRTC ART-F.SG.NOM Tautish-F.SG.NOM be-PRES.ACT.3SG.CLIT language-SG.NOM indo-european-F.SG.NOM western-F.SG.NOM, speak-PARTC.PAST.PASS.F.SG.NOM at-first where between ART-F.PL.LOC language-PL.LOC Germanic-F.LOC.SG Balto-Slavic-F.LOC.SG Celtic-F.LOC.SG Italic-F.LOC.SG, but speak-PARTC.PRES.PASS.F.SG.NOM now ART-F.SG.LOC Tarra-LOC
Tautisca is a Western Indo-European language, originally spoken somewhere between Germanic, Balto-Slavic, Celtic, and Italic, but now spoken on Tarra.

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Ichrît a Nuyf y chi Norot au d'Aoz yn aomi dhet a mi gâvor, au ilôat a mîar y lhi ngaofar ûn. Ziget mine y mo net y mi gâvor, isôadh yn uyda mo na vîar yn igôath a chaofar.
/iˈxriːt a ˈnʊif ə xi ˈnorot a ˈdɑoz ən ˈɑomi ˈðet a mi ˈɣaːvor | aiˈloət ə ˈmiər ə ɬi ˈŋɑofar ˈʉːn || ˈziget min ə ˈmo net ə mi ˈɣaːvor | iˈsoəð ən ˈʊida mo na ˈviər ən iˈgoəθ a ˈxɑofar/
fight.PST DEF wind PT from north and DEF sun PT who be.PST DEF COMP/SUP strong, and come.PST INDEF man PT with cloak warm. say.PST they PT he be.PST PT COMP/SUP strong, can.PST PT make.PST he DEF man PT remove.PST DEF cloak
The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the strongest, and then a man wearing a warm cloak came. They said that the one who could make the man take off his cloak was the strongest.

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Heh, I had that one laying about in Kotanian since 2008, apparently :). No gloss though.

Ki-kare dèrbro ih ki-dyare ëwe vàktirasa ti-mòy-kè-pwe fànkolòyôa, nëwìh kìs-tlèmtone lo-asalôa layitze ìlkòynalo proasa leyèti. Go-pwe ëwe mòy-ër-pwe sìmèlasa kwìh ti-mòy-pwe lo-tariètôa kwìh ka-tlèmtone layitze arama ëwe ìrvolëròlôa pa-fànkolòyôa grìh ti-mòy-pwe vito.

I should do it in Sajiwan.


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Ichrif sin yn îaz naiv îar y gaot.
/ixˈrif sin ən ˈiəz ˈnaiv ˈiər ə ˈgɑot/
write.PST you that there nine year.PL PT ago
You wrote that nine years ago.

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Dē Graut Bʉr wrote:You wrote that nine years ago.
Mi gwan nof taym :)
I've been going for quite some years :).


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Naiv îar y gaot, isôadh in y tel na naivi si Daraich. N'isôadh i neith yn âz linir hei.
Nine years ago I could count to nine in Bearlandic. I couldn't say much else.

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Dē Graut Bʉr wrote:Nine years ago I could count to nine in Bearlandic. I couldn't say much else.
Mi neba me tok nof ina Kotane, im a kway ahcip langwic.
I never could say much in Kotanian, it's quite a difficult language.


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Ṣän tātṣ nə läika tätśëstaśere...
[s̠æn̪ t̪ɑːt̠͡s̠ nə læ.i.ka tæ.t͡ɕɨ.sta.ɕere]
I should do it in (Old) Laikan...

Śira hërañū kə əstseryayonaśotshāu pyer śōroṣetśaki yats, kaṣte mur sən harmā petā yetśotē. Tā hikyots, kī muryar petāmyose mähëtṣ, wu śōroṣetśai ɸūṣ.
[ɕi.ra hɨ.ra.nʲuː kə‿əs.t͡se.rʲa.jo.na.ɕot͡s hɑːʊ̯ pʲer̥ ɕɔː.ro.s̠e.t͡ɕa.ki jat͡s | ka.s̠t̠e mur̥ sən har.mɑː pe.tɑː je.t͡ɕo.tɛː | tɑː hi.kʲot͡s kiː mu.rʲar̥ pe.tɑː.mʲo.se mæ.hɨt̠͡s̠ wu ɕɔː.ro.s̠e.t͡ɕa.i ɸuːs̠]
north_wind-NOM.SG sun-NOM.SG CONJ.and discuss-3.PL.PASS.PST.CONT=3.GEN CONJ.to strong-SUP.GEN.SG.F=REL be-3.SG.PST , when man-NOM.SG with warm-DAT.SG cloak-DAT.SG come-3.SG.PASS.PST.CONT . 3.PL.F say-3.PL.PST , REL.NOM.PL.F man-DEF.GEN.SG cloak=strip-PASS.PRS.GER able-SUBJ.3.SG.PST , COND strong-DEF.SUP.NOM.SG.F be-SUBJ.3.SG.PST .
The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the strongest, and then a man wearing a warm cloak came. They said that the one who could make the man take off his cloak was the strongest.
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ueha'o anyoye na hina tala
thirteen year-PST 1s here arrive
I arrived here 13 years ago.

ama nya tam ka
time for 2pl Q
When did you all arrive?

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Mi co op wen "Tue 2007-02-06 07:03 UTC", so pas ten ye pas.
I came here on "Tue 2007-02-06 07:03 UTC", so over ten years ago.

(That doesn't seem right though, I must've been here earlier?)


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Egun im cér pampidicun wetora.
1SG-NOM be-PRES.ACT.1SG.CLIT here 15 year-PL.ACC
I'm here 15 years.

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hwhatting wrote:I've been here for 15 years.
zəhho imi hal runwən humes uyi źkeš
I've been here for 4 and a half years

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KathTheDragon wrote:
hwhatting wrote:I've been here for 15 years.
Nu waidai, al aini taifus warraifus tautiscaifus praicun lipeten wélun.
PRTC know-PRES.ACT.1SG, but only ART-N.PL.DAT word-PL.DAT tautisca-N.PL.DAT stay-INF want-PRET.NONACT.1SG
I know, I just wanted to stay close to the Tautisca wording. 

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Ilôat i hîaz îar îar y gaot.
I came here four years ago.

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