Conlang fluency thread

[masako]

ta anyon tatleuetsa'o ueku yo kuen satotli
If you look back at 2016 then you'll understand the similarity.

[bradrn]

ta anyon tatleuetsa'o ueku yo kuen satotli
If you look back at 2016 then you'll understand the similarity.

Pezhiingbe’ii wooyegzhoomelsoo?
/ˈpeˌʒiːŋbeˌ(ʔ)iː ˈwoːjeɡˌʒoːmelˌsoː/
who-DAT 2s.ABS-3s.DAT-say-ANTIP-PST.IMPF

Who were you talking to?

[masako]

nya tinko
To din.

[din]

ta anyon tatleuetsa'o ueku yo kuen satotli
If you look back at 2016 then you'll understand the similarity.

Dau stan lâuton porh iu Tanasmonostan î sen mair sautuadahar. Ino irir no Trump miagar sînir ma rodon nît î mair lâtto sautuadahar.
/doʊ̯ stɛn ˈloʊ̯tʊn poɹ ʏʊ̯ ˈtɛnɪsmʊˌnostɪn ɪi̯ sən mɛa̯ɹ ˈsoʊ̯twɪˌðahaɹ | ˈinʊ ˈiɹɪɹ no tɹomp ˈmjaːɹ ˈsɪi̯nɪɹ ma ˈɹoðʊn nɪi̯t ɪi̯ mɛa̯ɹ lɛa̯tːʊ ˈsoʊ̯twaˌðahaɹ/
many person.PL vote<PERF>-3p for CL Republican SUBJ.COMPL NEG be-3s be.surprising-3s. anyone see-3s OBJ.COMPL Trump be.good-3s be.sufficient-3s for ORD-two term SUBJ.COMPL be-3s fact be.surprising-3s.
I'm not surprised that many people voted Republican. I'm surprised that anyone felt like Trump was good enough for a second term.



(And in the meantime, the election was called)

[masako]

uala ka
Really?

kapa eha nye kina'on tamaye
Enough people thought he was good the first time...

nya ena uahuelimpa
That's the real surprise to me.

[Qwynegold]

¿Qua inesse parchrôno nen George W Bush prementè est selectuhur Qinge malignist exmnènospata via potènte?
Remember when George W Bush used to be the worst president?

[masako]

a, na moto
Yes, I remember.

ha malahaye
He was very bad.

amak na tlopa
I will never forget.

[jal]

Fo lis Trump neba sta woh.
At least Trump didn't start a war.


JAL

[bradrn]

Fo lis Trump neba sta woh.
At least Trump didn't start a war.

Nisiwe waq gilut fawetl, ‘Nimbu waq’… nisigek qaŋeth 200,000+ tlii fas sasay.
/niˈsiwə waʔ ˈɣilut ˈfawət͡ɬ | ˈniᵐbu waʔ ‖ niˈsiɣək ˈʔaŋətʰ 200,000+ t͡ɬiː fas ˈsasaj/
2s=have do argument say, ‘2s=DISCONF do’… 2s=kill person 200,000+ INDEF.PL be.at home

You could argue that he did… he killed 200,000+ people at home.

(I feel rather bad about translating ‘at home’ literally, but I can’t see any other easy way of translating it… luckily, the rest of it is nicely different from English.)

[jal]

You could argue that he did… he killed 200,000+ people at home.

No, im pas fi juti fi gah dem Merikan pipl, oba pasing in ray sem sta woh.
No, he neglected his duty to protect the American people, but negligence isn't the same as starting a war.


JAL

[bradrn]

You could argue that he did… he killed 200,000+ people at home.

No, im pas fi juti fi gah dem Merikan pipl, oba pasing in ray sem sta woh.
No, he neglected his duty to protect the American people, but negligence isn't the same as starting a war.

Befawetlmu, ndil ‘siwe waq’ tsek
/bəˈfawət͡ɬmu | ⁿdil ˈsiwə waʔ t͡sək/
1s=say=PST, 2s ‘have do’ that

I said, you could argue that

[jal]

I said, you could argue that

An mi tok yu in me mek dis :).
And I said you can't do that :).


JAL

[evmdbm]

Ni evlekat melavun ilbad. On ünat malenk melavel
One-nom-sg can-pres-masc-sg argue-inf that-acc. It-nom sg is-neg-masc-sg good masc-sg-nom argument-nom-sg

You can argue that; it's not a good argument

A denat bekat Trump kuxodas u 2016 be nideneknae ümogasamma Clintona xaq toklo qa oneb
I think-pres-masc sg that Trump-nom sg win-past-masc sg in 2016 because decider-pl masc nom like-neg-past-pl Clinton-acc more greatly than he-abl sg

I think Trump won in 2016 because voters (the Vedreki don't have a word for voting so had to use decide instead) disliked Clinton more than him

[masako]

nye hinan kyo'ampa ka
Why is it so quiet here?

[Ares Land]

Wilor nas yin mema wancha.

myself true exist too.much <DEON>write

Well, as for me, I have too much work.

[Pedant]

Ubakal vatrakanara nusi-śruharjhagjhaki jhunu-datokah. Naar!
Must-3x write-POT.REAL-1sE word-21x100x100 day-14-INS.S / 1s-ALL
I have to write 21,000 words in 14 days. Woe is me!
NOTE: naar is literally “to me (cometh disaster)”; the latter bits aren’t mentioned in polite conversation, generally out of taboo.

[Ares Land]

Co tadi NaNoWriMo? Nyasim an piyô qân xitamasso min wichotis.

co ta-di NaNoWriMo / nyasim an piyô qân xi-ta-mass-o min wich-otis

Q CT-for NaNoWriMo / trick that zero not 2-CT-think-SUBJ and IPRF\write-fall

'Is it for NaNoWriMo? The trick is not to think about it and just write.'

[jal]

NOTE: naar is literally “to me (cometh disaster)”

Dis a foni! Ina Olandes, "naar" min "twoh" :).
Funny! In Dutch, "naar" means "to" :).


JAL

[evmdbm]

dakleqna me tiqidem da toghodne üdurfam bekat a sutut naak grilo spelut sa ilau mel martökhaxat ilim
twins-dual-nom sg I-gen age-gen-sg two years-gen dual allow-neg-pres-dual that I-nom do-pres-masc sg much except play-pres-masc sg with them-abl and feed-pres-masc-sg they-acc

My two-year old twins don't let me do much other than play with them and feed them

[Ares Land]

Minân sabayam.

minân sa-ba-yam

and.not my-kid-DUAL

'Neither do my kids.'