Help your conlang fluency (2)

[Jipí]

Koronoyang. Nārya koronara eng Wikipedia!
I don't know. But Wikipedia knows!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy_Mercury#Tributes

[hwhatting]

Koronoyang. Nārya koronara eng Wikipedia!
I don't know. But Wikipedia knows!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy_Mercury#Tributes

Á, to's Helvetié. Wit tai domai mai funnar megís forchiscai.
INT that-N.SG.NOM be-3SG.PRES Switzerland-SG.LOC. PRT the-M.PL.NOM PRON.1SG.DAT seem-PRES.NONACT.3PL more-ADV southern-M.PL.NOM
Oh, that's in Switzerland. The houses looked more Southern to me.

[Colonel Cathcart]

nkʷɔ þa çɛ sɛjhahu mɒjnɒɸɒs kʰʌnrʌŋʌsŋʌ kʰʌ ançɛtɰʌwŋʌ.
How goes your* conlang creation?
*Plural.

Ím ó tachtasut kotát sest a kanelykais sottog jál stiám iste, karamine se tá.
[ˈiːm oː ˌtaxtasʊt ˈkotaːt ʃɛʃt a ˌkanələkaʃ ˌsottox ˌjaːl ˌʃtaːm ˌɪʃte ˈkaɾaˌmɪne ʃə taː.]
NEG-1SG be.CONNEG do-PAST.ACT.PART much-ACC since the previous time-ELA REL-ADE exist.PAST-1SG this-INE, when=how it be.PAST.3SG
I haven't done much since the last time I was here, whenever that was.

Actually, wow, the thing at the top of the page says my last visit was March 29. Conlanging requires both free time and energy, and grad school has pretty well robbed me of both.

[maıráí]

nkʷɔ þa çɛ sɛjhahu mɒjnɒɸɒs kʰʌnrʌŋʌsŋʌ kʰʌ ançɛtɰʌwŋʌ.
How goes your* conlang creation?

Summik summi ko. Siyoshisakseyan mona nam hakkokiyapohaki.
slow-AND slow COP | doing-for-word-GEN among 1-NOM stop-until-stumble
Slowly. I'm stuck on the verbs.

[Nesescosac]

Sîkymoá nija dúxsaikáilá?
What troubles you about the verbs?

[----]

Thúte kyan náaʔsháthégi úmnasha hutsundégmé.
Sometimes I'm troubled by verbs too.

[Lyhoko Leaci]

Ën xavüydzikheenegurcnclehaulaacusn?
Ën x-a-vüy-dzi-khe-en-egu-rcnc-lehau-laacu-sn?
verb.PLR ACC-2-Q-ATTR-3.M-PLR-GEN-AN-long-kill-3.PRS
Do the verbs kill you with their length?

[clawgrip]

Gnarktpi ler Himmaswa bnah.
verb belong himmaswa be.short
Verbs in Himmaswa are short.

[Jipí]

Ang engasayon tupas menanya naraye misang na Ayeri, nārya batisyang.
AT be.more-HAB-3PL.N long at.first word-PL.T action GEN Ayeri, but short-CAU-1SG.A
'Ayeri's verbs used to be longer at first, but I shortened them.'

Like, IIRC originally, object pronouns could cliticize to the VP as well, so what is just batisyang (tos) could originally have been something like:

mabataisāyangyonaris
mə-bata-isa-ay-ang-yon-aris.
PST-short-CAU-1S-A-3PL.N-P
'I shortened them.'

I should dig out old notes and lol at them.

[maıráí]

Potoseya siyoshisakseyam siyoko. Shishi nam settono a!
The verbs are like objects. I don't know what to do with them!

[ná'oolkiłí]

Txeumé poig eutzég tin dontxg jges.
[ˈtʃɛʊ̯mɨpədz ˈjɛʊ̯dʒɨ ˈtɪ̃n ˈdɔndʒːɨs]
/ˈtʃømɪ=podz ˈœdʒ=ɪ ˈt-ɪ̃ dɔ=n=tʃ=dze=s/
Txeumé=by verb.PL=DEF split-PRES.3PL two=in=PV=PV=PV
Verbs in Txeumé split in two

[----]

Hééte iŋwe iʔaathé ŋánuu?
What's the purpose of them doing that?

[Kereb]

=tʃ=dze=s
=PV=PV=PV

kāsha`ich ma i kebe`īl mushets yan?
want to give us an explanation of this?

[GrinningManiac]

Ikami kawatay Sulumu tan taytyugganilay
[ikʰami kʰaβatai sulumu tʰan tʰaiʧʰug:anilai]
i-kami kawa-a-tay sulu-mu tan tay-tyug-kan-ilay
_{NOM-1Sposs speak-pasthistoric-3S Zulu-pertain NEG 3s-follow.behind-OPT-stative(ish)}
Oh were that my language less like Zulu

Well I don't know what I was thinking last night but I updated the orthography. taytyugganilay used to be taytxughkanilay. Also in the process of writing that one sentence the language rapidly dropped its Bantu-with-serial-numbers-filed-off look.

Kazatyi tan parakaznay,
dhaya bina payrilitay'a.
Kami dyanəng suzu walingitay,
dhaya taypunyailay say wa'a.
kʰazaʧʰi tʰan pʰarakʰatsʰnai
daja ɓina pʰairilitʰaiʔa
kʰami ʤanəŋ sutsʰu βaliŋitʰai
daja tʰaipʰuɲailai sai βaʔa
The lover not myself loved,
the earth has needed the river.
My heart walks in circles around my breast,
the earth ends up with less land.

Pretty poor poetry but not bad for quarter-past-midnight

[KathTheDragon]

Uwie aheëï aâhô'e üwo. Eyowü ahä uwëyi a'i?
This is my new language. What do you think of it?

[Izambri]

Tus òig ont perís na famaures. Ter ic ai?
I only see two sentences. What can I say?

[R.Rusanov]

Ulungu wa tatonga mbarundi bengasa
machete-PL-INS do apply-PTR head-DAT-PL white.devil-GEN
Machetes are meant for the heads of the white devils

(The speakers of this language are auburn eyed silver haired humanoids on a planet where the main enemy are blind cave worms, how's that for subverting expectations?)

[Nortaneous]

Uwie aheëï aâhô'e üwo. Eyowü ahä uwëyi a'i?
This is my new language. What do you think of it?

Ishënzürünʔ c̣äc̣häŋör.
[ʔisɜ̃zyˈrỹʔ ʈʂʼæʂæˈŋør]
i-shä-m-d-ürüñ-ʔ c̣ä~c̣häŋ-ür
PFV-C6.P-SENS.PRES-C11.A-have-1.BEN many~eye-C6.PL
I think it has a lot of umlauts.

(As does Miar. And before anyone asks, Ch always represents aspirated stops/affricates, whereas the corresponding C is an ejective stop/affricate, and aspirated consonants vary with fricatives, so that's why <sh> is just [s]. <s> is [tsʼ].)

[Thry]

Uwie aheëï aâhô'e üwo. Eyowü ahä uwëyi a'i?
This is my new language. What do you think of it?

Πλάζενμι λας υς η λας βης δώλβης,
I do like wyes and double us.

[Ars Lande]

Zei hou thûre a daquraī juêbe.
be hot today and NEG-desire work-INF.
It's hot today, and I don't want to work.

[Thry]

Των αν.
So don't.

[Ars Lande]

Enjuêbe mi xêur hɛute nourɔ, tê ītpae ɔnɛ.
NEG-work I but should alas, instead lazy.PRES LOC-internet
I'm not working. Unfortunately, I should be, instead of dicking around on the internet.

[Thry]

Ιω δήβω εισσί μαις τάρδη... υνα πήνα, κη κι φάζε αισσί μυλτο καλώ.
I do have to go out later... a pity, because here it's also very hot.

[Kereb]

(The speakers of this language are auburn eyed silver haired humanoids on a planet where the main enemy are blind cave worms, how's that for subverting expectations?)

wup ti tū.

[ná'oolkiłí]

Hééte iŋwe iʔaathé ŋánuu?
What's the purpose of them doing that?

Eutzdg meómént poig. Jgaig seutzézg sepoigancq txechichég aremant poig con
[ˈœʒd mœˈmempədz || ˈdzɐdz ˈsɪ̯ɛʊ̯dʒɨts sɛˈpaʊ̯dzək tʃɛˈʔiːʔɨ ərɛˈmɐmpəskə]
/ˈœdʒ=d mœˈmɪn=podz || ˈdzadz s=ˈœdʒ=ɪ=ts se=podz=ˈdz-ɐ̃=k tʃeˈʔɪʔ=ɪ areˈman=podz=kɔ̃/
verb.PL=GEN movement=for. compare 3PL=verb.PL=DEF=from PV=PV=separate-3PL.PRES=COMP prefix.PL=DEF german.PL=PV=PV
Because of verb movement. Compare German separable verbal prefixes.

kāsha`ich ma i kebe`īl mushets yan?
want to give us an explanation of this?

Esong dechab txechichétsg.
[ˈjɛsə dɛˈʔaː tʃɛˈʔiːʔɨts]
/ˈɛs=ɔ̃ deˈʔa tʃeˈʔɪʔ=ɪ=t=s/
3PL=are leave:PST.PART.PL prefix.PL=DEF=DEM=PV
They're those prefixes that are left behind.

Epgaxom dedaxaumb daig poig xouy mi Txeumé sotz threadé txont jganimaig.
[ɨbgɐˈʃɔ̃n dɨdɐˈʃɔm ˈdɐspədz ˈʃɛʊ̯ mɪˈtʃɛʊ̯mɨsədʒ ˈtʃaɪ̯dɨ ˈtʃɔn dzənɪˈmɐdz]
/epgaˈʃɔ̃ dedaˈʃɒ=m ˈd=a-dz=podz ʃ=ˈu mi=tʃœmɪ=sodʒ ˈtʃed=ɪ ˈtʃon dz=a=n=im-adz/
explanation detailed=COMP PV=give-INF=for 1S=FUT.1S 1S.POSS=Txeumé=about thread=DEF soon PV=PV=PV-revive-INF
I'll revive my thread on Txeumé soon to give a more detailed explanation