Conlang fluency thread

[masako]

Yeah, how can they know how many people have it if they're only testing like this?

ima kua hasunko
At this point, it's all guesswork.

[jal]

I'm not badly sick.

Api fi lisn dis! An api fi luk yu a pos bak!
I'm glad to hear that! And glad you post again!


JAL

[masako]

I'm not badly sick.

Api fi lisn dis! An api fi luk yu a pos bak!
I'm glad to hear that! And glad you post again!

ma na
Me as well.

[quinterbeck]

I'm not badly sick.

Api fi lisn dis! An api fi luk yu a pos bak!
I'm glad to hear that! And glad you post again!

ma na
Me as well.

Mineme, nona ihon orya omeor weu inen
agree EXP-1s joy ABL see face GEN-2s
Yes, it is good to see your face

[Arzena]

I'm not badly sick.

Thuri saeleama!
I hope you feel better!

[jal]

Yey! Mi finis fehs draf a cata 3 a Obit ya (im a smol cata). Dis min olda woh tahn, oba it a olip pah-dem dem won a tencion.
Yay! I finished the first draft of chapter 3 of The Hobbit (it's a small chapter). This means all the words are translated, but there's a lot of parts that are in need of attention.


JAL

[masako]

Yay! I finished the first draft of chapter 3 of The Hobbit (it's a small chapter). This means all the words are translated, but there's a lot of parts that are in need of attention.

nya na ke naho te kalape kipehiku
Grammar is the least favorite part of language for me.

[Glass Half Baked]

Yey! Mi finis fehs draf a cata 3 a Obit ya (im a smol cata). Dis min olda woh tahn, oba it a olip pah-dem dem won a tencion.
Yay! I finished the first draft of chapter 3 of The Hobbit (it's a small chapter). This means all the words are translated, but there's a lot of parts that are in need of attention.

aa jal, aku nira sa nasaa ti hkoni yaamaa paa!
jal, translating a whole book sounds amazing!

[jal]

Grammar is the least favorite part of language for me.

Mi won grama, im u lojik pah a langwic. Woh geda u acip, im na go finis don no taym.
I love grammar, it's the logic part of a language. Vocabulary is difficult, it'll never be finished.

jal, translating a whole book sounds amazing!

Ye, mi won Obit Ya (mi af dobl-dem ina Ingles, Olandes, Jahman, Denmahk langwic, Spanyol, Italyan an Fwans langwic), an Sajiwan u nof isi fi tahn im wen oke taym.
Yeah, I love The Hobbit (I have copies in English, Dutch, German, Danish, Spanish, Italian and French), and Sajiwan is easy enough to translate it in a reasonable time.

JAL

[bradrn]

Grammar is the least favorite part of language for me.

Mi won grama, im u lojik pah a langwic. Woh geda u acip, im na go finis don no taym.
I love grammar, it's the logic part of a language. Vocabulary is difficult, it'll never be finished.

Yaazhsiimopeynem yaazol.
/jaːʒsiːmopejnem jaːzol/

I agree.


Gloss:

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yaa-zh-siimop-ey=nem

3s-1s-think-PRES.PFV=C

yaa-zo-l

3s-COP-ANTIP

[Glass Half Baked]

aa masako ta blog hahaayo ti taa mihaa skaako toonka
Masako's blog demonstrates that he loves making new words.

[masako]

na ke nahokala nomo ehe kipehiku
I do enjoy grammar, but the least...

[din]

Nor oigismochott amuassolott i thain
/noɹ ˈʊiʁ̞ɪsˌmoxʊt ˈamwɪsˌsolʊt i θɛa̯n/
also AUG-like-1s derive-1s CL word-PL
I also prefer deriving words



(But ironically I hadn't derived a word for 'to derive' yet. It literally means 'to follow down the hill')

[Imralu]

Ti kue nu zi malasenio xuas obaloe guni. Vaui tialika xi aia xa kuajo ko kuelio xe tija te ixu enio guni.
I've put up a greenhouse in my room for my plants. It keeps the humidity inside high like in a rainforest so that my plants will grow well.


Pronunciation and gloss:

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[tí kwé nú zí màlàsèɲó ʃwá sòbàlòé ŋùnî | vàwí t͡sàlìká ʃí àjá ʃá kwàʒó kó kwèʎó ʃé tìʒá té i̯xú èɲó ŋùnî]

ti

PRF

kue

create

nu

NOM.1S.ICS

zi

ACC.3S.SPEC.INAN

mala-enio

house-plant

xua

LOC.3S.DEF.INAN

oba-loe

room-sleep

g-uni

COP-GEN.1S.ICS

|

va‹u›i

stay‹CAUS›

ttia-lika

a.little-wet

xi

ACC.3S.DEF.INAN

aia

air;space

xa

inside

kuajo

BEN.C

ko

similar

kuelio

rainforest

xe

and

tija

grow.IMP

te

good

ixu

NOM.3P.DEF.INAN

enio

plant

guni

COP-GEN.1S.ICS

[Arzena]

I also prefer deriving words

Bisiu urdema cuomema gid ir lisom nauseu!

I make too many words and forget the language.

[jal]

I've put up a greenhouse in my room for my plants. It keeps the humidity inside high like in a rainforest so that my plants will grow well.

Mi gwo kaktas-dem so mi me kip dis way :).
I have cactusses so I can avoid this :).


JAL

[din]

Ti kue nu zi malasenio xuas obaloe guni. Vaui tialika xi aia xa kuajo ko kuelio xe tija te ixu enio guni.
I've put up a greenhouse in my room for my plants. It keeps the humidity inside high like in a rainforest so that my plants will grow well.

Sei si iri esnoun sosca mogsladd?
/səi si ˈiɹə ˈəsnʏʊn ˈsoska ˈmoʊslɪn/
NEG-2s Q see-2s problem from mold
Don’t you have issues with mold?

[bradrn]

Ti kue nu zi malasenio xuas obaloe guni. Vaui tialika xi aia xa kuajo ko kuelio xe tija te ixu enio guni.
I've put up a greenhouse in my room for my plants. It keeps the humidity inside high like in a rainforest so that my plants will grow well.

Sei si iri esnoun sosca mogsladd?
/səi si ˈiɹə ˈəsnʏʊn ˈsoska ˈmoʊslɪn/
NEG-2s Q see-2s problem from mold
Don’t you have issues with mold?

Woozhnaagin: ⟨add⟩ yaayewkwaay /ɪn/-ii diyeebe?
/woːʒnaːgin | ⟨add⟩ jaːjewkwaːj ɪn.iː dijeːbe/

Question: why do you pronounce ⟨add⟩ as /ɪn/?

Gloss:

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woo-zh-naagin:

3s.ABS-1s.ERG-ask

[gloss]⟨add⟩[/gloss]

yaa-ye-w-kwaa-y

3s.ABS-3s.DAT-2s.ERG-say-PRES.PFV

/ɪn/-ii

/ɪn/-DAT

diyeebe

why

[Imralu]

Mi gwo kaktas-dem so mi me kip dis way .
I have cactusses so I can avoid this .

Kka baia mulas eni ia koleio kalika. Mulas eni ias enio vani valo za mulias e munu.
I don't like cactuses that much. I like plants with interesting leaves that like water.

Sei si iri esnoun sosca mogsladd?
/səi si ˈiɹə ˈəsnʏʊn ˈsoska ˈmoʊslɪn/
NEG-2s Q see-2s problem from mold
Don’t you have issues with mold?

Kka. Lika xua xa malasenio lo kka xuas oba juo.
No. It's humid inside the greenhouse, not in the rest of the room.

Teuo kue malasenio nu au amie nu ivaui lika xi aia nxua va guxi oba guni kuaixi enio guni. Zo kka nasa.
Before I put up the greenhouse, I was trying to keep the humidity in my whole room up for the sake of my plants. Now I don't need to.

Tehi ka guizi xua xa malasenio, mie ha koie to mue kuizaxua lo hue tali lo nia xi oba.
Maybe there will be mould inside the greenhouse, but if so it will be easier to sterilise than the room would be.

[jal]

Mi ful taym tahn elf song ota cata 3 a Obit Ya ina raym. It in ja isi. Mi af olta difa pah, kos it neba ebl tahn im ray sem orijinal, kos nof kos.
I finally translated the elf song from chapter 3 of The Hobbit into rhyme. It wasn't easy. I had to change various parts, since it wasn't possible to translate it exactly like the original, for many reasons.


JAL