Help your conlang fluency (2)

[jal]

Wen mi kac taym, mi a go rit bo Ol Nohs. Mi me go mek langwic ota im.
If I can find the time, I'll read up on Old Norse. I may create a language from it.


JAL

[Dē Graut Bʉr]

Å giquriž peditu da aisuna, bal aispinis dana šiže.
When you make that language, you should speak it here.

[Vijay]

Wowgrrr grrowl wowgrrr wowgrrr grrowl.
adult.male.mountain.lion speak father father language
I speak an old language.

[Dē Graut Bʉr]

Deǧiž je keisin. Pedi ňip.
It's winter today. It's snowing.

[WeepingElf]

Tha man tladtraphas ý. A phragasa a samdenda. Dar gadach!
ESTAR-3SG:P I-DAT reckon-machine new and continue the band day good-EQU
I have a new computer. And the band continues. What a fine day!

[jal]

When you make that language, you should speak it here.

Ebaɠwaga bobondo.
[e.bɐ.ˈɠʷɐ.gɐ bo.ˈbo.ⁿdo]
eba-ɠwa-ga bobo-ndo
1.3-need_have-1S.IV flow-INF.ACC.III
“It’ll take some time”

Mi won a wo mana dis langwic a gwo.
I like how this language is developing.


JAL

[Dē Graut Bʉr]

Leqip Afrikal.
It looks African.

[jal]

Ye, Imralu Swayili an Blak Panta inspaya im.
Yeah, it was inspired by Imralu's Swahili and Black Panther.


JAL

[Dē Graut Bʉr]

Baik aisu mid leqip Aporidan. Geisal je aisuna delan leqpad.
new language 1SG.GEN resemble-PRES.3SG Aporese-DAT. good be.PRES.3SG language-ACC self-DAT resemble-PRES.INF
My new language looks like Aporese. It's good that the language looks like itself.

[Vijay]

Grrowl jaixe Grrowl bi.
mountain.lion.language like mountain.lion.language two/also
Mountain Lion is like Mountain Lion, too.

[Travis B.]

cɨɓo̰k kɾɛ́ ɾɑ̤ cɨɓo̰k sí
rəgyam seem like rəgyam DIR
rəgyam seems like rəgyam.

(The use of ɾɑ̤ to mean "like" with kɾɛ́ "seems" seems awfully English-like, but this reflects that typically kɾɛ́ is used like an auxiliary verb with intransitive verbs, so to use it with a nominal argument a separate transitive coverb is needed.)

[Nortaneous]

Ce yEbɗiga zwi mbaki a swéɗûse niyi qa êng a zwi ʄi Hlu niyi.
[cæ j æpɗikɒ çwi ɒ ⁿbɒkʰi sweɗɯsæ niji ʔɒ ɤŋ ɒ çwi ʄi ɬu niji]
It looks African, but it also looks a little like Hlu.

(At least when it's written in a nonstandard orthography to exaggerate the similarities.)

[Travis B.]

ʔɛ́k ʔɐkʰæ̀i nɨ̄ mæ̀ lǣ ʔɛ́k jí tʰæ̤ ʔɪtóon cɨɓo̰k kʰɜ́
1S bother INV EGO COMP 1S NEG able_to write rəgyam large
I am bothered by that I cannot capitalize Proto-rəgyam.

[Travis B.]

ɡɑ̄ gɛ̤ɛ ʔɛ̰ɛ nɨ̄ ʔɛ́k kɑ̤ ʔɔ̤m lǣ ʔɛ́k ʔɪtóon lɨ́ tæ̀ mɑ̀ tʰæ̤n nɪʔɪtóon hí nṵ sɨɟǣm.
CLASS DED DAT INV 1S PROX.S reason COMP 1S write DIST.S CLASS INST way ACTION-write between nation
This is what I get for writing this language in IPA.

[Vijay]

Wowgrrr meow grroove Wowgrrr wombgrrr meowrry rro meow. Mebbe Wowgrrr agrrr bat oogrrr.
adult.male.moutain.lion NEG think/know adult.male.mountain.lion stomach sad or NEG maybe adult.male.mountain.lion eat one deer
I can't tell whether I'm hungry or not. Maybe I'll eat something.

[Dē Graut Bʉr]

Değiž jivan töyňep.
I'm turning nineteen today.

[Vijay]

Grrowrry grrmph plop!
happy adult.female.mountain.lion drop
Happy birthday!

[Dē Graut Bʉr]

Bračut! Apan žäk "jäğpitlatin" tamnu böğana. Mäk buhağpit.
Thank you! I like the way you say "birtday". It made me laugh.

[Travis B.]

ɓɛ́n nɪkʰlǽ ɗɔ̄t ʔɛ̰ɛ hɑ̀!
day ACTION-give_birth good DAT 2S
Have a happy birthday!

[Travis B.]

Bračut! Apan žäk "jäğpitlatin" tamnu böğana. Mäk buhağpit.
Thank you! I like the way you say "birtday". It made me laugh.

tʰɨ̰ŋ ɲó kɐblɛ̰ nɨ̄ ʔɛ́k sæ̤u tʰɨ̰ŋ təŋūn mǣi ŋæ̀ mæ̀.
language POSS.2S CAUS-remember INV 1S OBL language QUALITY-alive real some EGO
Your language reminds me of a number of real-life languages.

[jal]

Api bahsde! Mi di tingk yu go ol pas dis.
Happy birthday! I thought you were older.


JAL

[Travis B.]

Api bahsde! Mi di tingk yu go ol pas dis.
Happy birthday! I thought you were older.

ʔɛ́k cʰɑ̄ kɑ̤ ɓɑ̤u lɨ́ sɔ̄m mæ̀.
1S PAST.PFV think also DIST.S CLASS EGO
I thought that too.

[Boşkoventi]

Mi a kway taya fi lisn bo yunu tok bo dem beya an layan. A dis a olda mata yunu me tok bo dem?
I'm pretty tired of hearing y'all talk about bears and lions. Is that all you can talk about?


JAL

Sen hai mig shanónis tigerdu.
[sén hai̯ miŋ ʃanóːnis tiɣérːu]
1PP AUX.1-PL be_able discuss tiger-PL
We can talk about tigers.

...

Ci ha jah nik an uddi kuet ambáso mut.
[tʃí ha dʒáː ník an údːi ku̯et amːáːso mut]
1PS AUX.1 feel sadness COMP NEG-MOD1 PAST-AUX.3P1 joke thus
I'm sad that no one made that joke.

[Nortaneous]

Tigri jad jandeiri mu.
Tigers aren't real.

[Vijay]

Pappangrrowrrr grrr Afrricagrrowrrr grrr Wowgrrr grrarrr. Bearrr meow.
tiger-cub CONJ Africa-cub PREP adult.male.mountain.lion family bear NEG
Tigers and lions are my relatives. Bears aren't.

Bračut! Apan žäk "jäğpitlatin" tamnu böğana. Mäk buhağpit.
Thank you! I like the way you say "birtday". It made me laugh.

Wowgrrr grrowrry grrr Bearrr grrowrry grrr "grrmph plop." Mirremgrrmph grrowl Mirremgrrmph groove "grrmph plop" prry.
adult.male.mountain.lion happy PREP bear happy PREP adult.female.mountain.lion drop tigress-adult.female say tigress-adult.female think adult.female.mountain.lion drop disgusting
I'm glad you like (the term) "grrmph plop." My cousin, the tigress, says she thinks it's gross.