Help your conlang fluency (2)

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Theta wrote:Gisáandéci'í sítságwa xú makíi, Astraios!
I can be your no-avatar buddy, Astraios!
FOR!
Shoo!
Aqá ihšanihán wawafkán lulomín.
I'll take both of you and I'll love you forever.
Mas mé en mais, ver?
But me more, right?

lol s'es graciós que neia vida reial creis ser physiológiquement incapable de sentir zelosia amorosa.
lol this is funny cos irl I think I'm physiologically incapable of feeling amorous jealousy.

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Theta wrote:Sa hénáa'ca ingúunáá'in yaa?
What language are you speaking?
Sisó šalawrít, awól daqduqú ayé lumsadór, az aní-mdabír badaqdúq šalwawrít ayasrilít bahyomínu.
A descendant of Hebrew, but its grammar still isn't sorted, so I'm talking in the grammar of Israeli Hebrew of today.

(/ʦeeʦa ʃelivrit aval dikduko adajin lomsudar, az animdaber badikduk ʃelhaivrit hajisreelit batjamenu/)

Yes, it's cheating, so what. :p

Thry wrote:Mas mé en mais, ver?
But me more, right?

lol s'es graciós que neia vida reial creis ser physiológiquement incapable de sentir zelosia amorosa.
lol this is funny cos irl I think I'm physiologically incapable of feeling amorous jealousy.
Kamuwó šyuhkó yuhír, wayán uhú yuhír.
Of course you more, and also him more.

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Thry wrote:
Theta wrote:Gisáandéci'í sítságwa xú makíi, Astraios!
I can be your no-avatar buddy, Astraios!
FOR!
Shoo!
Adès te miuz ger se ghense n'Astraios? Dam naig miuz naucir?
So you want to be Astraios' whore? You want to fall that low?
Image
Un llapis mai dibuixa sense una mà.

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Izambri wrote:Adès te miuz ger se ghense n'Astraios? Dam naig miuz naucir?
So you want to be Astraios' whore? You want to fall that low?
Image
É! Inú zunó, u-aští auwó.
Hey! He's not a whore, he's my darling wife.


Tub, wahí-zunó. Zunohí auwó!
Well, he is a whore. My darling whore!

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Imralu wrote:Rhetorica: How about a gloss for your unicorn sentences?
Katei! Sa elenú sariza kin.
Right! I could do that.

libr-enú hed-ya mithéy-il-is
book-N.SG.ACC about-ADV unicorn-F.PL.GEN-postfix.ADJ
book about unicorns

libr-enú mithéy-il-is
book-N.SG.ACC unicorn-F.PL.GEN-postfix.ADJ
book of unicorns

Ol-ú v-izé, mí libr-enú { hed-ú mithéy-anai v-ezé }.
this-N.SG.NOM COP-3.SG.PRES, one.ADJ book-N.SG.ACC { about-N.SG.NOM unicorn-PL.F.ACC COP-3.SG.AOR }
This is a book which is about unicorns.

Ol-ú libr-enú hed-í-hé mithéy-ilis v-izé.
this-N.SG.NOM book-N.SG.ACC about-ADJ-N.SG.SCOMP unicorn-F.PL.GEN-postfix.ADJ COP-3.SG.PRES
This is a book about unicorns.

Ol-í libr-enú hed-ya mithéy-ilis saras-í-hé vizé.
this-ADJ book-N.SG.ACC about-ADV unicorn-F.PL.GEN-postfix.ADJ good-ADJ-3.SG.SCOMP COP-3.SG.PRES
This book about unicorns is good.

Olí librenú mithéyilis sarasíhé vizé.
this-ADJ book-N.SG.ACC unicorn-F.PL.GEN-postfix.ADJ good-ADJ-3.SG.SCOMP COP-3.SG.PRES
This book of unicorns is good.

...Mithéy-ai saras-í mevekht-anai sar-izheia kai.
unicorn-3.PL.NOM easy-ADJ prototype-3.PL.ACC do-3.SG.PRES.PASS GNO
...Unicorns make good examples.

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Rhetorica wrote:Unicorns
Mula'd ene!
I like!
Thry wrote:Ης καν εξοπύκας! Κοντα και ρητήλκα.
That's so exciting! Try and report.
Adu eyo kaw eyo na limi uli leji uli hene xua heje zava lai hne.
Last night I ate dinner with friends including the mutual friend of the guy I'm infatuated with.

Ila ju ene xi mi eyo meje kaw iju liju gua.
She told me that they had had dinner together the night before.

Hale ju eje xe tada's ila ja xi aka "Kqa huania ya's ene. Kua miena. Kua bi ila vexi."
She asked him something and suddenly he said "I don't like guys. Forget it. Stop talking about it."

Tu li tqia walawala xu les uli hyuju.
Their friendship got a little bit rocky

Mie tqu ene xu mi zo hamia.
But I think it's fine now.

Mie na's i zo xenu.
But I'm sad now.

Xe tqu ene xu mi ahe huania ya's eje xu mi ba zuri eje.
And I think he does like guys and he's terrified.

Tie texi mi meje'd ila ja xi mi huania ya's eje teimi.
That's because he had previously said that he likes guys, among other reasons.

Ate kua bi muri ene teje. Mie zowa!
I should probably stop thinking about him but it's hard.

Xe gawe's eje's a's ali heje. Xe mie bo's ali heje xua huja na.
He needs a friend but I want to be his friend and his boyfriend.

Ha'd ahe ka yuja - to ba zola zowa.
If anything does happen between us, then it's only going to be with great difficulty.

To kua ba himahima.
And great patience.
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Qá aháča'a okwá e q'óc? :P
What the hell is going on in here? :P

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Inraru day nah tu trasaygu. Pasyan hibuyin beynemu.
Imralu I sympathize with you. This kind of thing is difficult.

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Balenn iar katwrian nererenn am ne ferraing, namah cemiannan aleih keu ce.
It's times like this that make me glad I live like a monk, though I should probably stop that someday.
Siöö jandeng raiglin zåbei tandiüłåd;
nää džunnfin kukuch vklaivei sivei tåd.
Chei. Chei. Chei. Chei. Chei. Chei. Chei.

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Risla wrote:Qá aháča'a okwá e q'óc? :P
What the hell is going on in here? :P
Xú yuska kíiwenáá'in. Sáaw útegi'íya'xéren yaa?
We're talking about men. Would you like to join in?

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Sunui nakautenetesutuu fuguzile, yafiitapalatuikatekitesutuu nupultipetetuu fuguzile nafansekusanupuite. Naikale, tekisutetuu yanyeisetupesuteya, zeiguta tuyezeitepa, nenepekusasute.
When I had a crush on a guy, I could only stop when I heard that he almost certainly wouldn't be interested back. Actually I never told him I was interested, but because I had that excuse, I stopped thinking about him.

Sukuntuguzile, funui nutufutei yeu nutupefui, nateine kuleulusepeya kanki tunniyilpuutuuzale yanselaitekifute.
Another time, I told the guy and he said no, which was crushing at first but then only a few weeks later I had no interest in him anymore.

Lutukeizate, Zayinzalu zeiguta tuyezeizapa, sinnepekusanuzayuze tazufutai lusetegape.
What I'm saying is, you now have that excuse, Imralu, so I think it should be easier for you to stop thinking about him.

(phew, what a time-waster!)

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Risla wrote:Qá aháča'a okwá e q'óc? :P
What the hell is going on in here? :P
Xaxa! Zo'd ila moe na.
shhh! PROG speak be.hair NOM.1s.MASC
Shhh! I'm talking about feelings.
(Literally, "I'm hair-talking." Kind of a disparaging way of saying I'm talking about something trivial like feelings.)
clawgrip wrote:Image
Inraru day nah tu trasaygu. Pasyan hibuyin beynemu.
Imralu I sympathize with you. This kind of thing is difficult.
Makua!
Thanks!

Mie'n ate ba gue zowa'd eje xui hene.
But it's probably a lot more difficult for him than for me.

Love your script!
clawgrip wrote:Inraru
Imralu
<3

In Ngolu it would have to be Imidalw [imiˈɾalu] ... although, I just remembered the pronunciation I had in mind when I first came up with this user name was with <r> as /ʒ/, so Imijalw

You would be Kolokidiby [kolokiˈɾibi]
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Ahe mie ... tqu xu mi hu na's ixi mala huja's uxu sanadey kuaxi mi gu kela'g ixi kuky kidisimasw liji uli huni.
Yeah but ... I think I'm going to his house on Sunday to make Christmas cookies with our friend.

Kqa mui ila na xi aka 'kqa'.
I couldn't say no.
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Astraios wrote:
Izambri wrote:Adès te miuz ger se ghense n'Astraios? Dam naig miuz naucir?
So you want to be Astraios' whore? You want to fall that low?
Image
É! Inú zunó, u-aští auwó.
Hey! He's not a whore, he's my darling wife.


Tub, wahí-zunó. Zunohí auwó!
Well, he is a whore. My darling whore!
Dui èu onde ghense man meçanes, adès te ambrem na tursar sars Satmaules tir a tertont berd.
He is a whore with a lot of exams right now, so we should wait until Christmas for a definitive resolution.
Un llapis mai dibuixa sense una mà.

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Ιλυ καδι, Ιμραλυ. Πωρ αμμι δι τε. Σο σεκωρυ κο χα μαιόριθα Ιάσκητία τενευάμυ χε καριθε παρε ατ ομινε ιδεσεκκαλε ακκη νωμ οκρευά ακκη νωμ νειάμυ.
That sucks, Imralu. For both of you. I'm sure most of us LGBT had straight crushes and been in the closet and denied ourselves.
I am nerd, hear me /ɹoʊɹ/!

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Imralu wrote:
finlay wrote:[...]
Ahe mie ... tqu xu mi hu na's ixi mala huja's uxu sanadey kuaxi mi gu kela'g ixi kuky kidisimasw liji uli huni.
Yeah but ... I think I'm going to his house on Sunday to make Christmas cookies with our friend.

Kqa mui ila na xi aka 'kqa'.
I couldn't say no.
Kanki, sagauyiutuuzakusazi sintasiusaza. Fise silasizatuu zekipete.
後、さ一二週暇間しん休さざ。ひせし感ざつう思ぺて。
After that, take a break of one or two weeks. I think you'll feel better.

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Au, Imralu, s'es trist... just tenta y ser amigs per acor an dolya.
Aw, Imralu, that's sad... just try to be friends for now if it doesn't hurt.


En reial meus exams son apost Natal...
Actually my exams are after Christmas...

En mais, soure ser la puta d'Astraios*...
Also, about being Astraios' whore...

*Notice quoting things in Latin-American Spanish** is against my religion, but I'm in a hurry and don't find anything else. In Castilian Spanish it goes, "¿Adónde vas? ¿Con él? ¡Serás la fulana de una rata de cloaca! ... ¡prefiero ser su fulana que tu esposa!"; or, in the original version:
Cal Hockley: Where are you going? To him? To be a whore to a gutter rat?
Rose: I'd rather be his whore than your wife.


**What the fuck is Cal saying? entaira???

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Thry wrote:En reial meus exams son apost Natal...
Actually my exams are after Christmas...
Hmmm, mà, gent dui.
Hmmm, no. They are now.
Titanic, òi... entundatz.
Titanic, yeah... It sinked.
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finlay wrote:Kanki, sagauyiutuuzakusazi sintasiusaza. Fise silasizatuu zekipete.
後、さ一二週暇間しん休さざ。ひせし感ざつう思ぺて。
After that, take a break of one or two weeks. I think you'll feel better.
Tu loe na to zo kqa xenu.
PRF sleep NOM.1s.MASC subsequently PROG be.not be.sad
I slept and now I don't feel sad.

Tqu ene na kqa mui bano hje.
be.thought DAT.1s.MASC NOM.1s.MASC.REL be.not be.able avoid SUB-ACC.3s.DEF.MASC
I don't think I'll be able to avoid him.

Ate ligo ina's uxu kidisimasw.
be.probable come.together NOM.1p.EXCL.MASC LOC.3s.DEF.REL be.Christmas
I am probably going to see him at Christmas.

Ka ligo's na's iju uli huna xua hyu kqa ye migio huxu beyali xua hyu vai huxu tie.
PROS come.together NOM.1s.MASC NOM.3p.DEF.ANIM.REL friend SUB-GEN.1s.MASC SUB also SUB-NOM.3p.NSPC.ANIM.REL be.not have be.family SUB-LOC.3s.DEF.REL Berlin also SUB-NOM.3p.NSPC.ANIM.REL remain SUB-LOC.3s.DEF.REL be.this1
My friends who don't have family in Berlin and are staying here and I are going to do something.

Mie zo yelo hamia na.
but PROG feel be.satisfactory NOM.1s.MASC
But I feel OK now.
Thry wrote:Au, Imralu, s'es trist... just tenta y ser amigs per acor an dolya.
Aw, Imralu, that's sad... just try to be friends for now if it doesn't hurt.
Ahe. Zo kqa huwaza.
be.indeed | PROG be.neg be.painful
Yes. It doesn't hurt now.

Toto zo gue muza ja.
be.real PROG be.more be.worried.about NOM.3s.DEF.MASC
Really, I'm more worried about him now.

Tqia lemi ene xu tio le. Zowa
be.somewhat be.clear DAT.1s.MASC NOM.3s.DEF.INAN.REL be.that3 be.situation | be.difficult
I have some understanding of that situation. It's tough.

Ka's ali ina, ha hamia's eje.
PROS be.same.sex.friend NOM.1p.EXCL.MASC Q be.satisfactory DAT.3s.DEF.MASC
We'll be friends if it's OK with him.
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Izambri wrote:Hmmm, no. They are now.
:?
Merda!
[mæɛ̯ð]

Also I evolved a word "rather" from Latin cito/citius (sooner, faster, quicker), and was just reminded, for instance:
Iva cid ser seia puta de teia asposa.
[ˈi.və θew seɾ sjə ˈpu.tə də tjɐs.ˈpos]
[i fe sɛe̯ ʃə ˈpu.tə də tʃəs.ˈpos]
I'd rather be his whore than your wife.

I used to employ avant "before" for this purpose (with conditional or imperfect): Avant beveia aga de lact. "I'd rather drink water than milk".
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Titanic, òi... entundatz.
Titanic, yeah... It sinked.
sank?

Qual temp es entundatz n'Hellei?
What tense is entundatz in Hellesan?

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Thry wrote:sank?
Èu ont icar moldí te tardori perer sam sink sinked sinked.
It's one of those lazy verbs I prefer to have as sink sinked sinked.
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In his signature, Izambri wrote:Today we are cancelling die Demokratie.
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Nein!
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Ben, ny votem contre...
Well, we can't vote against it.

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Ātek hi wānrēyak dā klēht ad-panzer, an klēht ad-vē.
[ˈa:tɛk çɪ wandˈɾe:jək da ˈkle:çt əðˈpa:ntsər ˈan ˈkle:çt əðˈβe:]
EVID / he OPT-cancel it with ART-tank / not with ART-vote
I think he wants to cancel it with tanks, not with elections.
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Imralu wrote:
In his signature, Izambri wrote:Today we are cancelling die Demokratie.
Kqa!
Nein!
Pinçadets torçant!
Signatures change!
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