Help your conlang fluency (2)

[Znex]

Meow grrr oogrrinexx. Grrux xcrratched aixe.
NEG PREP big-NMLZ just write-PST.PTCP thus
None. It's just written that way.

Kwáti mánata tíz ássati?
How would you say it then?

[Vijay]

[xi xəp uʁ]

[jal]

I still can't take Mountain Lion seriously.

Mi stan ge yu bo dis.
I agree with you about this.


JAL

[masako]

I still can't take Mountain Lion seriously.

Mi stan ge yu bo dis.
I agree with you about this.

uatla ke ha'oko muyapua
That makes three of us.

[Vijay]

Čirrə ezo šolowə yòq'e de-no bąləyo-re settoše ju wə.
big-SM cat meet.PFV-A:1S-P:3SM if PROX.SM=PAT eat-PFV-1S=DAT afraid.IPFV-1S-SJV CONT EGO
[ˈtʂʰirːə ˈʔezo ˈʂolowə ˈjɔqʼe ˈdeno ˈbãləjoɾe ˈsetʰːoʂe ˈdzu ˈwə]
If I met a mountain lion, I would still be afraid of being eaten.

Agarrr Grrowrrr aeiougrrr furrr men to?
if mountain.lion human fur in then
What if the mountain lion was disguised as a human?

[masako]

ya tlina
Oh, stop...

ke uakala nutsu
That language is dubious.

[jal]

Ye. Mi in min fi yu kot op, oba dis montan layan tok a ridikyalas.
Yeah. No offense, but this mountain lion language is ridiculous.


JAL

[Travis B.]

C'i jawate lahęmə c'i-re ġayę suk'ə kuyowə əc c'iz šu selą šič'ə k'ęri.
DIST.SM make-PART.PASS-SF language.F-3SM DIST.SM=DAT exist.IPFV-3SF allow-3SM say-A:1S-P:3SM and DIST.SF NEG serious however regard-3SF
[ˈtsʼi ˈdzawatʰe ˈlahmə ˈtsʼiɾe ˈʁajɛ̃ ˈsukʼə ˈkʰujowə ətsʰ ˈtsʼiz ˈʂu ˈselã ˈʂitʂʼə ˈkʼɛ̃ɾi]
I say let him have his conlang, but don't take it seriously.

[jal]

Ray, ray, no atol mi min fi set fiya pon Vijay o ol im tek Montan Layan langwic!
Of course, I didn't mean at all to scare Vijay or stop him using the Mountain Lion language!


JAL

[masako]

I say let him have his conlang, but don't take it seriously.

tlalo nya na'am ke kalamya hayo pala tohyok
Clearly it's not for us to decide if his conlang can exist...

me amak na'etla tapyepuak
but I've never taken it seriously.

[Vijay]

"Kxake ik xerriouxrry" makrrab?
[English words] meaning
What do you mean by "take it seriously"?

[masako]

hayam kalapak
Animals are not able to speak.

[jal]

Ye. An im sim nahf no grama. It a soso rol-dem.
Yeah. And it doesn't seem to have grammar. It's just growls.


JAL

[Vijay]

Aeiougrrr grroove aixe to xab grrowrrr grrowrry.
human think thus then all mountain.lion happy
If that's what humans think, then all the mountain lions are happy.

[masako]

Aeiougrrr grroove aixe to xab grrowrrr grrowrry. :P
human think thus then all mountain.lion happy
If that's what humans think, then all the mountain lions are happy. :)

ya kima ta ke taleuali yoha ka
Do you at least have a pronunciation guide?

[jal]

Do you at least have a pronunciation guide?

It a soso "rol rol rol rol" olda taym.
It's just "growl growl growl growl" all the time.


JAL

[Vijay]

Do you at least have a pronunciation guide?

Meow rrearry, grrowka haarrgrrr. Rrekin bat din, Wowgrrr grroove hamahirru xaal pehrre, Wowgrrr Wowgrrr grrmph plop, Wowgrrr xcrratched bat kahani grrr Wowgrrr Wowgrrr aeiougrrr grrowl men rrekin grrowled kahani Grrowl men. Kahani grrowled "Grrmph Plop." Oogrry hehegrrowl jo aeiougrrr meow grroove.
NEG real-ADV little hard but one day adult.male.mountain.lion think ten-three year before adult.male.mountain.lion father mother drop adult.male.mountain.lion write-PST one story PREP adult.male.mountain.lion father human language in but speak-PST story mountain.lion.language in story call-PST.PTCP adult.female.mountain.lion drop many laugh-speech REL human NEG know
Not really, it's a little hard. But one day, I think thirteen years ago, on my dad's birthday, I wrote a story for him in English but read it out in Mountain Lion. It's called "Grrmph Plop" (Birthday). There are a lot of inside jokes in it.

Wowgrrr caan plop yahaam beste bat timeoogrrr, mebbe Wowgrrr ach grrarrr ke baad. Wowgrrr grroove kahani grrr Grrowl mek aeiougrrr hehe!
adult.male.mountain.lion can drop here other one time-thing maybe adult.male.mountain.lion ascend cave POSS after adult.male.mountain.lion think/hope story CONJ mountain.lion.language CAUS human laugh
I can leave it here some other time, maybe after I come home. I hope the story and the language make you laugh!

[masako]

It's just "growl growl growl growl" all the time.

pa'e ama tla "plop"mpe
Except when it's just "plop".

"Grrmph Plop."

na ke tsamehapu sinka talepa ketsa
I doubt a lion (of any kind) can pronounce (or produce) a consonant cluster.

[jal]

I doubt a lion (of any kind) can pronounce (or produce) a consonant cluster.

O, fo ray, dem plosif.
Or a plosive, for that matter.


JAL

[masako]

uala
Verily.

[bbbosborne]

ndiba napesa liikwe maŋ? napesaŋowin fe liikweuku
but pronounce-3p liquid Q / pronounce-3p-ABT-SBJV ASM liquid-PL
But what about a liquid? They might be able to at least pronounce liquids, I'm guessing.

[Travis B.]

ndiba napesa liikwe maŋ? napesaŋowin fe liikweuku
but pronounce-3p liquid Q / pronounce-3p-ABT-SBJV ASM liquid-PL
But what about a liquid? They might be able to at least pronounce liquids, I'm guessing.

C'ir [ʁ̞] sòxot kuri hi sa.
DIST.PM [ʁ̞] only say.PFV-A:3PM-P:3SF able_to DED
[ˈtsʼiɾ ʁ̞ ˈsɔχotʰ ˈkʰuɾi ˈhi ˈsa]
They can only pronounce [ʁ̞].

[masako]

shuma basashkuk buna?
Why are we still discussing this?

[jal]

Gut as. Fo-yu ges a gut sem fo-mi wan.
Good question. Your guess is as good as mine.


JAL

[Nortaneous]

bark bork woof bark barf, bark boof bonk woof bark bork honk hork illuminati wooga barf
animals aren't even real, they're holograms projected by the space lizards to keep us down