Help your conlang fluency (2)

[masako]

e, nye kipa tayo seka ka
Um, then why is your mouth dry?

[Nortaneous]

Imralu jõžõk hjõlläänji. Hävä ljuutairë züüči.
Imralu is a deer. He found a salt lick.

[masako]

ena hunanko
I'm confused.

[Imralu]

i gwa nyoze ye bya
Two different points in time.

[hwhatting]

-Lewis Carrol, through the looking glass. I know what hwhatting said was a joke, but it made me think of that line, and perhaps it was intended to))

Tóci fú.
Yes, it was.

[masako]

i gwa nyoze ye bya
Two different points in time.

imakua ipa
moment-all be.different
All points in time are different.

[Imralu]

nde lo nge dyiyu bya i zyenda zyi ni mu
Saying the word different was for emphasis.

[jal]

*yohwn* Mi a api it a mos wik don.
*yawn* I'm happy it's almost weekend.


JAL

[masako]

*yohwn* Mi a api it a mos wik don.
*yawn* I'm happy it's almost weekend.

ma yoma ta'o montayo
And Monday is in two days!

[jal]

Mi les ray ting de June 2016, meklang mi sta mek im pwaya soma. Ova mi in wohk pon im afta nof mons, an mi in af no taym fi kac im op. Dis a tu saml sentans:
I should write something in June 2016, a conlang that I started last summer. But I haven't worked on it for many months, and I don't have time to pick it up again. These are two sample sentences:

Ιβανο να πεις Μαρια δα πολαιo πιανο
[ˈi.vɐ.nu ˈnɐ.pɛis ˈmɐ.ri.ja dɐ ˈpo.lɐ.ju ˈpi.jɐ.nu]

Ιβαν-ο

Ivan-ERG

να

3s.ABS

πεις-∅

ask-PFV.3s

Μαρια-∅

Maria-ABS

δα

SUBJ

πολαι-∅-o

play-PFV-IRR.3s

πιανο-∅

piano-ABS

"Ivan asked Maria to play the piano"

Ιβαν ναλε πειςιβα Μαριαλε δα πολαιo πιανο
[ˈi.vɐn ˈnɐ.le ˈpɛi.ʃi.vɐ ˈmɐ.ri.ja.le dɐ ˈpo.lɐ.ju ˈpi.jɐ.nu]

Ιβαν-∅

Ivan-NOM

ναλε

3s.ACC

πεις-ιβα

ask-IPFV.3s

Μαρια-λε

Maria-ACC

δα

SUBJ

πολαι-∅-o

play-PFV-IRR.3s

πιανο-∅

piano-ABS

"Ivan is asking Maria to play the piano"

EDIT: word-final /o/ is , not [o].


JAL

[masako]

kayeshan Nuyersida segunitwa...neshan lanek bidilim nai
COP-PFV-1s New Jersey-LOC week-DUR-ACC...need-1s work-INF DAT-language-PL 1s.POSS
I was in New Jersey for a week...I need to work on my languages.

[Znex]

Dis a tu saml sentans:
These are two sample sentences:

Ивани ба Марıє да лєко сє плıєна.
ivani bā marje da lɛ̄kō se pljena
Ivan-DIR bid.PST.SG Mary-DIR INF-play.INF with piano-DAT
Ivan asked Mary to play the piano.

Ивани бижє Марıє да лєко сє плıєна.
ivani biže marje da lɛ̄kō se pljena
Ivan-DIR bid-PRS.SG Mary-DIR INF-play.INF with piano-DAT
Ivan asks/is asking Mary to play the piano.

Єли, ива сроулıє иг фрихно, фа вроуши "рєлашо тихполаки" сата да гарıє шика?
jeli | jiva srūljē jig frīnō | fā vruśi relašō tīpolaki sada da garjē šika
Jal-DIR | if may-PRS.SUBJ.1SG 1SG.NOM ask.INF | WH-M.SG.NOM cause-PRS.SG morphosyntactic_alignment DEF-N.DIR INF-change.INF REL-ACC
Jal, if I can ask, what's causing the morphosyntactic alignment to change? (In your June 2016 sentences, I mean)

[jal]

Jal, if I can ask, what's causing the morphosyntactic alignment to change? (In your June 2016 sentences, I mean)

Past tense has erg/abs, present tense nom/acc.

Mi a wohk nes taym pon dis langwic. Im afta swit mi!
I'm working again on this language. I like it again!


JAL

[Travis B.]

Eg ót én brún hund.
I ate a brown dog.

[jal]

I ate a brown dog.

A wo ting yu it?? Yu du Caynis o Koriyan??
You ate what?? Are you Chinese or Korean??


JAL

[Travis B.]

Scilde eg éta én gró fisc?
Should I eat a gray fish?

[spanick]

Scilde eg eta én gró fisc?
Should I eat a gray fish?

Xoнa мaтѧc мaцꙛѳ ѳoc posaжoc Иpcкc?
What foods do the speakers of Irsk eat?

[Travis B.]

Té étar fisc og ost.
They eat fish and cheese.

[Travis B.]

My... I think I have created a random Scandolang, just with some case-marking and subjunctive mood and Irish-style palatalization for flavor (but in these examples the case-marking has not been obvious, and in general it is less apparent than in, say, Icelandic).

[spanick]

Фиcкc ьax cюp cѧд кoжлик. Ѳy cкyлc ѥнaн мaцan, нe бpyнꙛc xѫдꙛc.
Fish and cheese are tasty. You should eat those, not brown dogs.

[masako]

manda niyuk?
Q-OBL speak-1pl
What are we talking about?

[Travis B.]

Ué tálar um brúnar hundar.
We are talking about brown dogs.

[jal]

Bwon on? Wo fo?
[bʷɔ̃ː ɔ̃ː β̝ʷoˈfo]
Brown dogs? Why?


JAL

[jal]

Jal, if I can ask, what's causing the morphosyntactic alignment to change? (In your June 2016 sentences, I mean)

Past tense has erg/abs, present tense nom/acc.

This is not true per se, but true for the example sentences. It's the perfective that triggers erg/abs alignment, while the imperfective has nom/acc.


JAL

[Frislander]

Sibanik mänikaamukräteyä ikunämiwañ sire!
Sibanik mä-ni-kaamuk-r=t=yä ikun-miwañ si-re!
Spanick 1-CAUS-happy-INV=DIR=PROX.INA picture-new 2-POSS.ALIE
I love your new picture, Spanick!