Conlang fluency thread

[bradrn]

Suqeg 2021! Siwe ŋanas daw!
/ˈsuʔəɣ 2021 ‖ ˈsiwə ˈŋanas ˈdaw/
like 2021! have year good!

Happy 2021! Have a good year!

[Pedant]

Vranayalluh gaidit!
New-year-2sPOS-NOM.SING good.INT-3s

Cayath sa la wayr!
Be-SUBJ-PROX.SING bright 2s+.POSS year

Happy New Year!

[quinterbeck]

Laa ad genne naum ergendane ehwai deanau!
May 2021 be a better year!

[quinterbeck]

Wainiga leo araug houhai rugde yoer geollim edanhun.
We haven't conversed on this thread in nearly two months.

Gen dig mahyaha moudumha rug gaude?
What have you cooked or eaten recently?

[Emily]

Чэмӭшэ кра катэрсаргдэмве іншункакя, хаха
/'tʃɛmjɛʃɛ kra katɛrsar'gdɛmβe iɲ'ʃunkaca xaxa/
make-PFV-PAST I INDEF.ART-butter-bread-ACC MASS.INDEF.ART-ham-COM haha
i made a ham sandwich lol

Пяртісан глар кра мон тэінӭшэ брозгі кал жнэ стоуміршэ кра эітрансэмілдаве. Тіхӭм глар кра каклахомзунве эіграматіказдінь эіямеінюр.
/pjar'tisan glar kra mon 'tɛiɲɛʃɛ bro'zgi kal ʒnɛ 'stoumirʃɛ kra ɛitransɛ'mildaβe. ti'çɛm glar kra kakla'xomzunβe ɛigrama'tikazdiɲ ɛija'meiɲur/
can-believe barely I that pass-PFV-PAST this-time large since use-HAB-PAST I DEF.ART-Transemilian-ACC. remember barely I INDEF.ART-rule-SG-ACC DEF.ART-grammar-PART DEF.ART-language-GEN
i can't believe how long it's been since i've done anything in transemilian, i can barely remember anything about it

[quinterbeck]

Yada dum oeno welmau nuhem nudum anyoina rug ramman!
HAB-1s eat bread meat RF-REL.ID ABST-eat noon LOC day-all
I have a ham sandwich for lunch everyday!

Oem elne yada iglo emig mougugyeg moumehha naad weo weador girmidoineu.
but often HAB-1s add cheese or-pickle or-leaf so.that COND INC-PROP-plt.sg interesting-more
But I often add cheese or pickle or salad to make it more interesting.

[bradrn]

Wainiga leo araug houhai rugde yoer geollim edanhun.
We haven't conversed on this thread in nearly two months.

Gosh yaareebemen! Yaaygibeeshimyeken meshyaaʔeezoh gmoowe yem.
/ɡoʃ ˈjaːˌreːbeˌmen ‖ ˈjaːjɡiˌbeːʃimˌjeken meʃˈjaːˌʔeːzoh ˈɡmoːwe jem/
gosh-∅ yaa-reebem-en! yaa-ygi-beeshim-yek-en mesh=[yaa-ʔeezoh gmoowe yem]
this-ABS 3s.ABS-good-NEG! 3s.ABS-3p.ERG-allow-PERM-NEG COMP=[3s.ABS-happen like.this again]

This isn’t good! We shouldn’t let this happen again.

[jal]

Mi di bisi bisi af oda pastaym dis de-dem. Mi les tahn bak twoh mekop langwic, oba it na go apn folong, mi fiya.
I've been busy with other hobbies lately. I should go back to conlanging, but that won't happen soon, I'm afraid.


JAL

[Pedant]

Lewidzian:
Wenyt sobry smobo.
Day-ERG friend-ABS 1s-lose-PERFECTIVE.POT.SING
I may have lost a friend today.

[jal]

I may have lost a friend today.

Mi fil sori fi dis.
I'm sorry to hear that.


JAL

[quinterbeck]

Ada araug yoerun elreo nurug nearde
I have so little to talk about these days

[jal]

Playing with my fake-germanic conlang. Here's something a chieftain could've said as inpirational speech just before a battle:

Wareda fore mynen! Dagen her fyendem wy strydan! Mahtiga fyenda! Toh dys fyenda ni unseren gidahtanas! Wy synar barner Brunweres! Unses niskales biwaldan!

(<y> = [iː],others are the usual germanic values, aspiration cf. English/German)

war-era

man(M)-PL.M.VOC

fore

in_front

mynen

1SG.M.LOC

dag-en

day(M)-1SG.M.LOC

her

mighty

fyend-em

enemy(M)-1SG.M.ACC

wy

1PL.NOM

stryd-an

battle-1PL.PRS.IPFV

maht-iga-∅

power-ADJZ-M.SG.NOM

fyenda-∅

enemy(M)-M.SG.NOM

toh

however

dys-∅

DEM-M.SG.NOM

fyenda-∅

enemy(M)-M.SG.NOM

ni

NEG

unsen

1PL.LOC

gidaht-anas

think_of-3S.PST.PFV

wy

1PL.NOM

syn

be.1PL.PRS.IPFV

barn-er

child(N)-N.PL.NOM

Brunwer-es

Brunwer-M.SG.GEN

unses

1PL.ACC

ni=skal-es

NEG=will-3S.PRS.IPFV

biwald-an

defeat=INF

"Men before me! Today we are facing a great enemy! A mighty enemy! But this enemy did not reckon with us! We are te children of Brunwer! We cannot be defeated!"

EDIT: changed -eda to -era, -eda is the surface form.


JAL

[Esneirra973]

Playing with my fake-germanic conlang. Here's something a chieftain could've said as inpirational speech just before a battle:

Wareda fore mynen! Dagen her fyendem wy strydan! Mahtiga fyenda! Toh dys fyenda ni unseren gidahtanas! Wy synar barner Brunweres! Unses niskales biwaldan!

(<y> = [iː],others are the usual germanic values, aspiration cf. English/German)

war-eda

man(M)-PL.M.VOC

fore

in_front

mynen

1SG.M.LOC

dag-en

day(M)-1SG.M.LOC

her

mighty

fyend-em

enemy(M)-1SG.M.ACC

wy

1PL.NOM

stryd-an

battle-1PL.PRS.IPFV

maht-iga-∅

power-ADJZ-M.SG.NOM

fyenda-∅

enemy(M)-M.SG.NOM

toh

however

dys-∅

DEM-M.SG.NOM

fyenda-∅

enemy(M)-M.SG.NOM

ni

NEG

unsen

1PL.LOC

gidaht-anas

think_of-3S.PST.PFV

wy

1PL.NOM

syn

be.1PL.PRS.IPFV

barn-er

child(N)-N.PL.NOM

Brunwer-es

Brunwer-M.SG.GEN

unses

1PL.ACC

ni=skal-es

NEG=will-3S.PRS.IPFV

biwald-an

defeat=INF

"Men before me! Today we are facing a great enemy! A mighty enemy! But this enemy did not reckon with us! We are te children of Brunwer! We cannot be defeated!"


JAL

Múy shín! Tumidée intentáy.
/múj ʃín tʰùmìtéː ìntʰèntʰáj/
very cool 2S.NOM-1S.OBL-let try-INF
Really cool! Let me try.


Lazomén ghant demi! Oy nuzhleyafruntan punaneñu gran! Naneñu pojhóy! Pén eeti neñu nu áannookonta! Nuzhson prazikh jhaBrunwer! Nu nuzóylipuysi benséy.
/làzòmén ɣàntʰ tèmì òj nùʒlèjàfrùntʰàn pùnànèɲù gràn nànèɲù pʰòt͡ʃój pʰén èːtʰì nèɲù nù áːnːòːkʰòntʰà nùʒsòn pʰràzìx t͡ʃàprùnwèr nù nùzójlìpʰùjsì pènséj/
DEF.NOM.ANIM.PL-man in.front 1S.GEN today 1P.NOM-3AS.OBL-face-PRES.IND.PL INDEF.OBL.ANIM.SG-enemy great INDEF.NOM.ANIM.SG-enemy mighty but PROX.NOM.ANIM.SG enemy NEG 3AS.NOM-1P.OBL-reckon.with-PST.IND.SG 1P.NOM-be.PL DEF.OBL.ANIM.PL-child DEF.GEN.ANIM.SG-Brunwer NEG 1P.NOM-3AS.OBL-can-PRES.IND.SG-PASS defeat-INF
Men before me! Today we are facing a great enemy! A mighty enemy! But this enemy did not reckon with us! We are te children of Brunwer! We cannot be defeated!

[masako]

Ada araug yoerun elreo nurug nearde
I have so little to talk about these days

bugunim yeshan shukú niyek íla tamuba muda
These days I have much to say, but it is better (said) elsewhere.

[Emily]

ɢʁɛl domus nilɔq jakɔq tɴowɔq. kɻɔ kɛndih ɻodɔq ɻaltɴowɔq.
I.FEM create-IND.PROG.PRES.1SG one-NEUT.ACC.SG new-NEUT.ACC.SG || it.NEUT.NOM.SG have.IND.PROG.FUT.3SG many.NEUT.ACC.PL daughter-language-NEUT.ACC.PL
I am making a new language. It will have many daughter languages.

[jal]

Ek mosete fleskar medi skarpter sahi snidan.

Ek mos-ete flesk-ar medi skarp-ter sah-i snid-an.
1s PST\must-PST.SBJV meat(F)-3fs.ACC with sharp-CMP-∅ knife-INS cut-INF

"I should've cut the meat with a sharper knife"


JAL

[masako]

𝒘𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒚𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒘𝒂 𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒂𝒌
cut-OBL-PST-1SG flesh-ACC be.sharp-COMP-COM
"I should've cut the meat with a sharper knife"

[quinterbeck]

Weo wain onyam gei oi da goen welmau gum ihnin rihou
COND STA right do SBJ PST.ACT.1s cut meat INST knife sharp-more
I should have cut the meat with a sharper knife

[Nortaneous]

ha mèru ra ne shqủ qásht oung untah idi
[χəmæ̀ʁənʲʃqʰʌ̌ qʰáʃtʰɯŋʌntʲəχʲəʝ]
INDEF sharp be_above this knife 1SG.M-divide=meat=INST-C7=OPT
I should have cut the meat with a sharper knife.

(pan-swampish phonetic orthography: hmxrjrvniyqvf qauytwñvntivhivg)

[Pedant]

Salvian:

Nyuśśur sunmas dhārasas t' yosāuthirnaru Hutha-Salaviha!
Only sixty more words until I've remade Salvian Mk. 7!