Help your conlang fluency (2)

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sano wrote:kala nayo ke mila nya "kyosa'i" yohak
language 1SG.POSS TOP word for self-sex have-NEG
My lang doesn't have a word for masturbation.

eya etla heya
maybe P.4SG need
Maybe it's necessary...
Ig heppt aug gyn worrt oss dē.
I don't have a word for that either.

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sano wrote:kala nayo ke mila nya "kyosa'i" yohak
language 1SG.POSS TOP word for self-sex have-NEG
My lang doesn't have a word for masturbation.
evvatéti utén "kyosa'i"?
have.IPFV.INT.NEG 3s.ERG "kyosa'i"
Doesn't it have "kyosa'i"?

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ivazaéun wrote:Doesn't it have "kyosa'i"?
uatla kosinke
That's informal.

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Taahúu náaʔshé hékunwéshgémaaga iwégíi nuŋ waré.
Taahu.ADV word INAN.NMLZ-hand-set.free-NMLZ INAN-LOC-COP.NFUT=before=since
Taahu has a word for masturbation now.

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Em a óþ i ǻk.
That makes me happy.

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Guu ma, kót la ni sa sháoyaamaiching ma sungná mai noushi ma ni lár.
honest ACC return LOC I GEN alone-in.the.dirt-flat-relaxing.for.a.long.time ACC all.you do conversation ACC I see.
Of course everyone's talking about wanking when I come back.

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Vet lék kǻsik híteñ ñéf le?
Did you expect anything else?

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yo Torokini to ipi noñena sukekiseyo:
Q Tolkien.NOM also lonely fault-PTV discuss-PST-NEG-Q
Didn't Tolkien already speak of the solitary vice?

ita ñira· ma to sunemu nipoha omakava:
and.then yes 1S.NOM also word-ACC masturbation-ADE have-PRS-SENS
And yes, I too have a word for masturbation.
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Ni ahu do i cum biól e zelais ce sekahais. Na i ué dxeca xema biól.
In Ahu there's only the words zelais ("pull oneself") and sekahais ("poke oneself"). I'll make more words.
Glossing Abbreviations: COMP = comparative, C = complementiser, ACS / ICS = accessible / inaccessible, GDV = gerundive, SPEC / NSPC = specific / non-specific
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Ba biesiti na dokester, la vike risi vépo e miviedua lo felina. Liakai, mavifi.
[ba bi̯eʃiˈtʃi na dokɛʃˈteə̯ | la βiˈke ɹiʃi ˈβepo e̯ miβi̯eˈdu̯a lo heliˈna || ʒæˈkai̯ | maβiˈçi]
After a weekend without internet, I see about a page of discussion about masturbation. Okay, guys.

(yay, allophony!)

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na ke mila ta'o nya kala tohyoye
1SG TOP word two for Kala choose-PST
I have chosen two words for Kala:

kyosaki from kyosa (sex, fornication) and ki (self)

kyosai /kʲo.saɪ̯/ slang version of the above

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Ńiʔþecēağa Keq alikeɣ gēɣ. Dērþecēağa hīa.
speak-PRES-IMP-3 Keq language-ACC this-ACC. be-PRES-IMP-3 cool.
The Keq [a race of humanoid lizards] speak this language. It's cool [IMO].
(Sorry about the complicated agglutinative verbal suffixes. I know they get repetitive. But I like doing things that way.)

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Rew.
r-e-ow
SENS.PRES-do-1S.A
So do I.

see:
Tamqambitymyŗtpàacqsʼèrŗemnetk?
[θɑmχɑmbiθɨmɨu̯rtʰfɔːcʰχtsʼweʐremneθk]
t-m-qambi-tomŗ-tp`-hac-ģ`-sʼer-ŗem-net-g
P.PL-Q-yesterday-at_night-quickly-INFER.NRPST.CAUS-around-town-walk-C1.P.PL-2S.A
Did you make them run around town last night?
Siöö jandeng raiglin zåbei tandiüłåd;
nää džunnfin kukuch vklaivei sivei tåd.
Chei. Chei. Chei. Chei. Chei. Chei. Chei.

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Nortaneous wrote:Tamqambitymyŗtpàacqsʼèrŗemnetk?
[θɑmχɑmbiθɨmɨu̯rtʰfɔːcʰχtsʼweʐremneθk]
t-m-qambi-tomŗ-tp`-hac-ģ`-sʼer-ŗem-net-g
P.PL-Q-yesterday-at_night-quickly-INFER.NRPST.CAUS-around-town-walk-C1.P.PL-2S.A
Did you make them run around town last night?
Ai uo! Tciu. Dxom uá i ió dul i za?
[a.ˈju.o | ˈtʃiw | dʒom.waj.jo.ˈdu.li.ˈzaʔ]
Oh god.of.masculinity.and.destruction | yes | manner-C 2s PRED PST know PRED what
"OMG. Yes. How did you know?
Glossing Abbreviations: COMP = comparative, C = complementiser, ACS / ICS = accessible / inaccessible, GDV = gerundive, SPEC / NSPC = specific / non-specific
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SeptimusFabrius wrote:Ńiʔþecēağa Keq alikeɣ gēɣ. Dērþecēağa hīa.
speak-PRES-IMP-3 Keq language-ACC this-ACC. be-PRES-IMP-3 cool.
The Keq [a race of humanoid lizards] speak this language. It's cool [IMO].
(Sorry about the complicated agglutinative verbal suffixes. I know they get repetitive. But I like doing things that way.)
Nlánlála lha nló.
Don't complain.

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Ang nosāy koyayeley sam kardangyam ya Ninaya, nārya girendteng iroy. Sining ang ming poranuay gumarangas nā taselānyam :(
AGT.TOP order-1SG.TOP book-PL-PAT.INAN two school-DAT LOC= Wednesday, but arrive-3PL.INAN not.yet. This.means AGT.TOP can prepare-NEG-1SG.TOP homework-PAT 1SG.GEN tomorrow-NMLZ-DAT :(
I ordered two books for school on Wednesday, but they haven't arrived yet. This means that I can't do my homework for tomorrow :(

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inta mala
so.much bad
How crappy!

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Tamqambitymyŗtpàacqsʼèrŗemnetk?
[θɑmχɑmbiθɨmɨu̯rtʰfɔːcʰχtsʼweʐremneθk]
t-m-qambi-tomŗ-tp`-hac-ģ`-sʼer-ŗem-net-g
P.PL-Q-yesterday-at_night-quickly-INFER.NRPST.CAUS-around-town-walk-C1.P.PL-2S.A
Did you make them run around town last night?
Naþillenxaʔe ðarīňtiɋaeɣ.
validate-2-PAST exist-NOM-1-GEN-ACC
You have just validated my existence.

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I think Miar can get even worse:

Enkumalbuthuṟäẓẓëc̣adgaklönlh?
[ẽkʼumadɮbutʰur̪æɖːɪʈʼɑdgɑkʼtɬʼʏ̃ɬ]
n-kə-w-h-mal-bə-thu-räg-cëʔ-c̣ha-dg-ək-lön-lh
Q-AUG-P.PL-D.PL-CAUS1-AND-at_night-horse-HABIT-C1.P-2.A-go-C3.BEN
Will you make them ride around on horseback at night for him?
Siöö jandeng raiglin zåbei tandiüłåd;
nää džunnfin kukuch vklaivei sivei tåd.
Chei. Chei. Chei. Chei. Chei. Chei. Chei.

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The best I can do with Taahu at the moment is

Snyéʔuushigíhéʔesʔátútyéŋaasháarenáá!
kí=má-ush-gi-héʔe-sʔátúu-té-yíŋ-ʔan-shí-arén-náá.
PL=AN.A-PL.AN.P-CAUS-HAB-DIR.mountain-descend-move-CAUS-NEG-OPT-EMPH
"I really hope they won't constantly make them descend from the mountain!"

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Kiitaakkaatakikiitaakiitaatasakkaannuikitanatokitamakitamatoomakanasasookosonikosonisanuima no.
kiitaa-kkaa-ta-ki~kiitaa~kiitaa~ta-sa-kkaa-nnui-kitana-to-kitama~kitama-too-makana-sa-soo-kosoni~kosoni-sa-nuima no
INC\write-many-SUB-DEF~NEUT~write~PL/HYP-ADJ-many-NEG-red-OBJ-book~PL-about-village-ADJ-have-fruit~PL-ADJ-taboo Q
Casual: Kiitaakka kikiitaatakka kanui kitana, kitamakka too makana soso kosonikka nuima no.
kiitaa-kka ta ki~kiitaa~ta-kka kanui kitana [pause] kitama-kka too makana soso kosoni-kka nuima no
INC\write-PL DEF~NEUT\write~HYP-PL not.very red [OBJ] village-PL about village have fruit-PL taboo Q
"What if the barely red writers were often writing books about a village with forbidden fruit?"

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Ah ae dhif 'werbhrybi, sew dyssi?
What if you stutter, or have to cough?

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Doesn't come through as well in Arve since its writing system is conservative enough to preserve spaces between morphemes of what should be analyzed as a heavily agglutinative verb, so I'll put the verb complex in brackets.

Treis jäntyd dan beigs y bolja veck räch zäuche scheng kors ziggs vörsts ast.
[ʈʂʌi̯çeə̯r̥ʏ̆θɐ̆bʌi̯çʏ̆buə̯jɐ̆ⱱʌʈʂɐ̆tsaxʷɪ̆çiə̯ʀɪ̆ʂɛçɪ̆ⱱʊʂ aə̯ç]
IPFV-PL-give-APPL-hat-LOC-red-corner-DAT-large-dog-3S\NEG.PRES-PL-should-PL that
They shouldn't be giving that in the red corner to the large dog using the hat.

Or in the latest of the many practical orthographies I've tried to develop for this thing: Ceiśeəřŏhdăbeiśŏbuəjăvəcăzafĕśiəğĕšeśĕvöš aəś. and now you know why I keep it so conservative.
Siöö jandeng raiglin zåbei tandiüłåd;
nää džunnfin kukuch vklaivei sivei tåd.
Chei. Chei. Chei. Chei. Chei. Chei. Chei.

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Thry wrote:Ah ae dhif 'werbhrybi, sew dyssi?
What if you stutter, or have to cough?
It's probably safe to continue unless one has stuttered when a duplicate might be expected (e.g. saying kikitama 'the book' when one meant kitama 'a book'.), or when a word might be mistaken (e.g. tatatama 'the door' instead of tatama 'a door', tatama 'the coin', or tama 'a coin'), in which case slight backtracking would be good (for instance, just to the nearest previous case infix, ta-kitama 'OBJ - a book').
There's also more about tone and stress but it's boring reading and unfinished writing so.

Anyways.

Miihitatatatama.
The door opened.

Kitatatatatama.
The door is writing.

Nortaneous wrote:Ceiśeəřŏhdăbeiśŏbuəjăvəcăzafĕśiəğĕšeśĕvöš aəś.
I like this. Very much.

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etla kupye
It's too much

na palak...
I can't...

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