Conlang fluency thread

[foxcatdog]

mema na ne tewi jandu toomaua to tenwi pandata
mother LNK 1.sg make-Npst day-DEM.1 chicken+sauce DEM.1 COP.Npst bad+taste
“My mum made chicken curry today, it was disgusting”

[foxcatdog]

mikí na· kikx ma· kapalamajna nidiekazena kisi·naŋazena nukí·banakazena naɬagi·kazena
mikí na· kikx ma· kapala-maj-na· nidie-ka-zena kisi·nan-ka-zena nukí·bana-ka-zena naɬagi·-ka-zena
AFF 1.sg.m even only like-discontinuous-continuous fox-pl-ESS cat-pl-ESS dog-pl-ESS wolf-pl-ESS
“Yes, i even only really like foxes, cats, dogs and wolves”

Do mai zyeu dyizwe woi ze nelu mbingu hwa?
then what-COP cause-SIT user.name GEN.2S-COP NEG_E PASS.LOC^E dog source
Then why doesn't your user name have wolves in it?

Dwei mwemwe nwi ne bimu.
DEF.PL^E-COP possible^E feel^A undergo^A forget^A
They might feel forgotten.

ake mee tu ame tu pakʷi mee memi teïs ni susimaa ma lawa memi ame tu ne oki
race DEM.1.Spec GEN world GEN language DEM.1.Spec COP.IMPF make-PERF DAT wolf-pl but NEG.IMPF COP.IMPF world GEN 1.sg other
“A race of this language’s world is based on wolves but not in my other world”

śimimbaina memi papi kʷuun neuna
bush+wood+dog COP.IMPF also animal nice
“The shiba inu is also a nice animal”

[xxx]

mema na ne tewi jandu toomaua to tenwi pandata
mother LNK 1.sg make-Npst day-DEM.1 chicken+sauce DEM.1 COP.Npst bad+taste
“My mum made chicken curry today, it was disgusting”

d·D?½rª¨«eª¸Ne¨JNàµNᯨLeª¸

(your grimace given by animal maybe and maybe liquid maybe having heat this animal...)
you disliking animal or curry...

[Travis B.]

Hraw na law bźas dyaŋ qha!
[r̥ɑw na lɑw bʑɛh djɑɴ qʰa]
sauce REL COM chicken good DED
Curry chicken sounds good!

[bradrn]

Jireb dûŋaŋ dûmhinak.
/d͡ʒireb dúŋaŋ dúvinak/
ji-reb dû-ŋaŋ dûᴵᴵ=mínak
1s-like III-chicken III.LNK=spice

I enjoy curry chicken.

[jal]

Mi feba kori got pas kori fol.
I prefer curry goat over curry chicken.


JAL

[hwhatting]

Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt.
Wit ta nessa néc tan daurin maitayuntis pai par mor feborai.
So ART-N.PL.ACC sky-PL.ACC not-but ART-F.SG.ACC soul-SG.ACC change-3PL.PRES.ACT REL-M.PL.NOM across sea-SG.ACC run-3PL.PRES.ACT
So the sky, but not the soul change they who run across the sea.

[xxx]

g»3¬À3®p¬3NÚ
(me not eating food scratching mouth and stomach...)
I avoid food that is too spicy...

śimimpaina memi papi kʷuun neuna

h»~½g»v¬¯3®N[¬i®¼i¬
(you thinking as me feeding this animal...)
I think the same, and my dog with me...

[masako]

Mi feba kori got pas kori fol.
I prefer curry goat over curry chicken.

ma na ehe potiuesomuempe
As do I, but only boneless goat.

[Rounin Ryuuji]

俺い 煒汁を 頃 食ふと 重ほにす。
いみよい にイしゆゆを とこく くふと おもほにす。
Imyoi niyishuyu wo tokoku kū to omōnisu.
[ì.mᶣi̯ó̞ᵝˑ(w)ì ɲí.jì.ɕýᵝˑ.jỳ wò̞ᵝ t̪ó̞ᵝˑ.kʰò̞ᵝ.kʰʉ̀ᵝ kʰʉ̂ːˑ tʰò̞ᵝ ò̞ᵝ.mó̞ᵝː.ɲì.s̪ʉ̀ᵝ]
1sg.NOM orange.sauce.ACC ever eat.PREDICATIVE QUOTATIVE weigh.IRREALIS.STRONG-NEGATIVE
"I don't think I've ever eaten curry."

[xxx]

hV4ï÷NjñĆjW
(me not having eaten this animal...)
I have never eaten a goat...

[Travis B.]

hV4ï÷NjñĆjW
(me not having eaten this animal...)
I have never eaten a goat...

Ńaŋ ńok mah ra thyan nu hrâŋ.
[ɲɑɴ ɲoʔ mah ɻa tʰjɛɴ nu ɻ̥ɑˤɴ]
people be.many eat.PFV DUB goat one be.whole
I doubt many people have eaten a whole goat.

[xxx]

hV4ï÷NajñĆjW
(me not having eaten one of this animal...)
I have never eaten one goat...

[Travis B.]

hV4ï÷ajñĆjW
(me not having eaten one of this animal...)
I have never eaten one goat...

Thyan nu pśieŋ qha thyan nu hrâŋ phyor kyan iŋgyis.
[tʰjɛɴ nu pɕɯɤɴ qʰa tʰjɛɴ nu ɻ̥ɑˤɴ pʰjøɻ kjɛɴ iŋɡjih]
goat one mean.IPFV DED goat one be.whole in.language language English
One goat means one whole goat in English.

[xxx]

h¼h¾i¼
(me saying as you...)
I say the same as you...

[Travis B.]

h¼h¾i¼
(me saying as you...)
I say the same as you...

Okay, because I don't know how to say this in Old Zlang:

IIRC, you're a non-native English speaker. When speaking of types of meat in English as eaten by humans, they are normally mass nouns. When using the noun (unless it is from a noun pair such as "pork" versus "pig") with a number they become count nouns, which refer to N number of animals of that type. So saying "I have never eaten one goat..." is essentially saying "I have never eaten an entire goat", as, say, a wolf would "eat a goat", which is a strange thing to say as a human, because humans typically do not eat entire large animals (even though they may eat prepared whole fish or even birds such as chickens) in the first place. The normal thing to say would be "I have never had goat" or, slighly less idiomatically, "I have never eaten goat", where "goat" is a mass noun referring to goat meat.

[xxx]

h¼
¯j±h¾j±
¯i¼
(my land men speaking as men land yours...)
people in my country also speak this way...

[Man in Space]

Point of order: “I have never eaten one goat” is licit for me as a unilateral, unequivocal denial in the sense that I assume xxx is going for.

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Really? I find that a very odd and non-native-sounding phrasing.

[Man in Space]

Really? I find that a very odd and non-native-sounding phrasing.

Example:

“Ha-ha, John likes eating goats.”
“I’ll have you know I’ve never eaten one goat!”