Conlang fluency thread

[masako]

ayan lanwa yiba
have-1sg work-ACC be.new-3sg
I have a new job.

[Imralu]

ayan lanwa yiba
have-1sg work-ACC be.new-3sg
I have a new job.

ho

good

i

COP

wo

GEN.2S

Congratulations!

[Rounin Ryuuji]

雨書：往時、花ろう 語れり。斯語ろう 大多しい 花らの名 言葉ら 在り。
凬書：いねとうこ、さけろう いふれり。い𛀁゙いふろう えふしい さけらのな ことうはら あり。
狼間書：Inĕtoko, sakĕro iyurĕri. Iyiyuro shin'yôshi sakĕra no nâ kotowara ari.
音書：[í.n̪ɘ̆̀.t̪͉ó̞ᵝˑ.kò̞ᵝ | s̪ɐ̞́.kɘ̆̀.ɾ̪ó̞ᵝˑ í.jỳᵝ.ɾ̪ɘ̆̀.ɾ̪ʲì || ì.jí.jýᵝˑ.ɾ̪ò̞ᵝ ɕḭ̀ɴ.jó̞ó̞̞ᵝ.ɕì̥ s̪ɐ̞́.kɘ̆̀.ɾ̪ɐ̞́ˑ n̪ò̞ᵝ n̪ɐ̞́ɐ̞̀ kó̞ᵝ.tò̞ᵝ.ʋɐ̞́ˑ.ɾ̪ɐ̞̀ ɐ̞́ˑɾ̪ʲì.]
訓り書：past.time flower.LOCATIVE talk-about.INFINITIVE.IMPERFECT || proximal-demonstrative.LANGUAGE great.many.ATTRIBUTIVE-ADJECTIVE flower GENITIVE name.ACCUSATIVE talk.about.PREDICATIVE/ADNOMINAL word.DEFINITE-PLURAL COPULA.PREDICATIVE
Earlier, people were talking of flowers. This language has a great many words that are flower names. (lit. "In this language are a great many flower-name words".)

雨書：群葩の名 言葉ら のくろう、「夏葩」や「蒼白」や「葩花」在り。
凬書：むらしひめいのな こうとはら のくろう、「なつしいめい」や「さをじら」や「いひめいざけ」あり。
狼間書：Murashîme no nâ kotowara nokuro, "natsushîme" e "sôjĕra" e "îmezaki" ari.
音書：[mʉ́ᵝ.ɾ̪ɐ̞̀.ɕíí.mè̞ n̪ò̞ᵝ n̪ɐ̞́ɐ̞̀ kó̞ᵝ.tò̞ᵝ.ʋɐ̞́ˑ.ɾ̪ɐ̞̀ n̪ó̞ᵝˑ.kʉ̀ᵝ.ɾ̪ò̞ᵝ | n̪ɐ̞́.t̪͡s̪ʲỳᵝ.ɕíí.mè̞ è̞ s̪ó̞ó̞ᵝ.ʒɘ̆̀.ɾ̪ɐ̞́ˑ è íí.mè̞.z̪ɐ̞̀.c͡çì̥ ɐ̞́ˑɾ̪ʲì.]
訓り書：cluster.blossom(=hydrangea) GENITIVE name word among, summer-blossom(=hydrangea) AND splendid.white(=hydrangea) AND blossom.flower(=hydrangea) COPULA.PREDICATIVE
Among the words for "murashîme" (hydrangea) are "natsushîme", "sôjĕra", and "îmezaki".

雨書：其意より、斯語の名 「咲葩」 在り。
凬書：け𛀁゙いゑより、い𛀁゙いふのな 「いねしひめい」 あり。
狼間書：Kyoyiwe-yori, iyiyu no nâ "Inĕshîme" ari.
音書：[c͡çi̯ò̞ᵝ.jíˑ.ʋè̞ jò̞ᵝ.ɾ̪ʲì | ì.jíˑ.jỳᵝ n̪ò̞ᵝ n̪ɐ̞́ɐ̞̀ í.n̪ɘ̆̀.ɕíí.mè̞ ɐ̞́ˑɾ̪ʲì.]
訓り書：MESIAL.thought.ABLATIVE PROXIMAL.language GENITIVE name open(ing).blossom(=Ineshîmé) COPULA.PREDICATIVE
On that note, its name is (literally) the Language of Opening Blossoms. (somewhat more literally, "From that thought, the name of the language is "Opening Blossoms")

[bradrn]

Ēthamāniɲāt, wiꞵīmeāmuchi wɨyē yeŋ rəthānaŋīɲəŋəzīshəsrīcechē.
/ˈeːɹaˌmaːniˌɲaːt | wiˈβiːmeˌaːmuˌɰi wɨˈjeː jeŋ rəˈɹaːnaŋˌiːɲəŋəˌziːɕəˌʂiːceɰeː/

|əʷ-e-tha-maⁿ-iɲat,

3s.O-NP-INCH-PF-ill,

wi-ꞵiⁿ-weʷ-pamu-kɨ

1ns.O-PL-HAB-control-AGT

ˡ=wɨye

1s.POSS=house

yeŋ

outside

rəʷ-tha-naŋ-iɲ-ŋəzi-səsri-teche|

3s.A-AND-just-TERM-PF-tree-cut

The local council has come and cut down the tree outside my house, because it was infected.

[Imralu]

natsushîme

Na i zi vwegyo zyi hi wi go yu i Nasturtium.

na

1S

i

COP

zi

PSTₑ

vwegyo

readₐ

zyi

GEN.DEF

hi

DEMₑ

w-i

ADV-COP

go

similarₑ

yu

C

i

COP

Nasturtium

Nasturtium

I read that as "nasturtium".

Ēthamāniɲāt, wiꞵīmeāmuchi wɨyē yeŋ rəthānaŋīɲəŋəzīshəsrīcechē.
/ˈeːɹaˌmaːniˌɲaːt | wiˈβiːmeˌaːmuˌɰi wɨˈjeː jeŋ rəˈɹaːnaŋˌiːɲəŋəˌziːɕəˌʂiːceɰeː/

|əʷ-e-tha-maⁿ-iɲat,

3s.O-NP-INCH-PF-ill,

wi-ꞵiⁿ-weʷ-pamu-kɨ

1ns.O-PL-HAB-control-AGT

ˡ=wɨye

1s.POSS=house

yeŋ

outside

rəʷ-tha-naŋ-iɲ-ŋəzi-səsri-teche|

3s.A-AND-just-TERM-PF-tree-cut

The local council has come and cut down the tree outside my house, because it was infected.

Kqal heel magaz hikkausil.

kqal

use.axe

h-

JUSS-

e=

DEF(d)=

l

2S

magaz

fall.over

h-

JUSS-

i=

DEF(e)=

kausil

council

Cut the council down!

I just decided to mark the jussive on the subject instead of the verb, but I might regret this and reverse it later. Who knows.

[jal]

Mi in af olip fi tok, oba mi won yunu mekop langwic-dem.
I don't have much to say, but I love your [plural] languages.


JAL

[bradrn]

Ēthamāniɲāt, wiꞵīmeāmuchi wɨyē yeŋ rəthānaŋīɲəŋəzīshəsrīcechē.
/ˈeːɹaˌmaːniˌɲaːt | wiˈβiːmeˌaːmuˌɰi wɨˈjeː jeŋ rəˈɹaːnaŋˌiːɲəŋəˌziːɕəˌʂiːceɰeː/

|əʷ-e-tha-maⁿ-iɲat,

3s.O-NP-INCH-PF-ill,

wi-ꞵiⁿ-weʷ-pamu-kɨ

1ns.O-PL-HAB-control-AGT

ˡ=wɨye

1s.POSS=house

yeŋ

outside

rəʷ-tha-naŋ-iɲ-ŋəzi-səsri-teche|

3s.A-AND-just-TERM-PF-tree-cut

The local council has come and cut down the tree outside my house, because it was infected.

Kqal heel magaz hikkausil.

kqal

use.axe

h-

JUSS-

e=

DEF(d)=

l

2S

magaz

fall.over

h-

JUSS-

i=

DEF(e)=

kausil

council

Cut the council down!

I just decided to mark the jussive on the subject instead of the verb, but I might regret this and reverse it later. Who knows.

Chrazəsrīcechē wīmantīshu, tɨꞵīmɨyōnɨŋkɨ yēchizīcətrēma. Chāꞵəkrasəsrēwə īwiŋkīzəm.
/ˈɰrazəˌʂiːceˌɰeː ˈwiːmaˌntiːɕu | tɨˈβiːmɨˌjoːnɨŋkɨ ˈjeːɰiˌziːcəˌʈeːma ‖ ˈɰaːβəˌkrasəˌʂeːwə ˈiːwiˌŋkiːzəm/

|iʷ-krə-səsri-teche

3ns.A-IRR-tree-cut

əʷ-wi-e-maⁿ-tīshu,

3s.O-1ns.A-NP-PF-ask,

tɨ-ꞵiⁿ-wɨye-unɨn-kɨ

1ns.O-PL-house-surround-AGT

əʷ-rəʷ-e-ŋəzi-icə-trema.

3s.O-3s.A-NP-PF-CAUS-crack.

iʷ-chaꞵə-krə-səsri-awə

3ns.A-CONT-IRR-tree-place

əʷ-iʷ-ꞵiⁿ-kizəm|

3s.O-3ns.A-NP-say

We asked them to cut it down, because it had cracked our wall. They say they will plant a new tree.

[Rounin Ryuuji]

natsushîme

Na i zi vwegyo zyi hi wi go yu i Nasturtium.

na

1S

i

COP

zi

PSTₑ

vwegyo

readₐ

zyi

GEN.DEF

hi

DEMₑ

w-i

ADV-COP

go

similarₑ

yu

C

i

COP

Nasturtium

Nasturtium

I read that as "nasturtium".

雨書：は~あ、いは、斯語ろう 其葉菜の名「洸苣」、「苣尕」、か「辣」、在り。
凬書：は~あ、いは、い𛀁゙いふろう け𛀁゙ふわなのな「すい𛀁゙これせ」、「これせをん」、か「かろざ」、あり。
狼間書：Hâ-a, iya, iyiyuro kyoppana no nâ "suîkres", "kresson", ka "karza" ari.
音書：[xɐ̞́ɐ̞́.ɐ̞̀ | íˑ.jɐ̞̀ | ì.jí.jýᵝˑ.ɾ̪ò̞ᵝ c͡çi̯ò̞ᵝp.pɐ̞́ˑ.n̪ɐ̞̀ n̪ò̞ᵝ n̪ɐ̞́ɐ̞̀ s̪ɥíí.kɾ̪è̞s̪ | kɾ̪é̞ˑs̪.s̪ò̞ᵝɴ | kɐ̞̀ kɐ̞́ˑɾ̪.z̪ɐ̞̀ | ɐ̞́ˑɾ̪ʲì.]
訓り書：EXCLAMATORY-PARTICLE | NEGATIVE-EXCLAMATION | PROXIMAL.language.LOCATIVE MESIAL.leaf.vegetable GENITIVE name water.cress | watercress | OR watercress | COPULA.PREDICATIVE
Oh, no, in this language, the word for that plant is "suîkres", "kresson", or "karza".

Notes:

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[*] 洸苣 (suîkres) is more-or-less a calque of "watercress", abstracting the element 苣 (kres) from 苣尕 (kresson), a substatum borrowing; the diminutive suffix 尕 (-on) is also borrowed from the same substratum;
[*] 辣 (karza), a much less-common word, is etymologically connected to the above, but shows contamination from 辛しい、辛さ (garashí, garasa) "spicy; spice, spices", likely owing to its pungent smell;
[*] 葉菜 (fana) "leafy greens" may be etymologically identical to Japanese 花 (hana) "flower";

Ēthamāniɲāt, wiꞵīmeāmuchi wɨyē yeŋ rəthānaŋīɲəŋəzīshəsrīcechē.
/ˈeːɹaˌmaːniˌɲaːt | wiˈβiːmeˌaːmuˌɰi wɨˈjeː jeŋ rəˈɹaːnaŋˌiːɲəŋəˌziːɕəˌʂiːceɰeː/

|əʷ-e-tha-maⁿ-iɲat,

3s.O-NP-INCH-PF-ill,

wi-ꞵiⁿ-weʷ-pamu-kɨ

1ns.O-PL-HAB-control-AGT

ˡ=wɨye

1s.POSS=house

yeŋ

outside

rəʷ-tha-naŋ-iɲ-ŋəzi-səsri-teche|

3s.A-AND-just-TERM-PF-tree-cut

The local council has come and cut down the tree outside my house, because it was infected.

Kqal heel magaz hikkausil.

kqal

use.axe

h-

JUSS-

e=

DEF(d)=

l

2S

magaz

fall.over

h-

JUSS-

i=

DEF(e)=

kausil

council

Cut the council down!

I just decided to mark the jussive on the subject instead of the verb, but I might regret this and reverse it later. Who knows.

雨書：其れもう、彼木 病みかけ。病か木が 危かり 存ふ。
凬書：けれもう、さ𛀁゙け やまみかけ。やまかけが をやかり ねふ。
狼間書：Kyoremo, sakkyo emamikake. Emakakyo ga woekari nyō.
音書：[c͡çi̯óᵝ.ɾ̪é̞ˑ.mò̞ᵝ | s̪ɐ̞̀c.c͡çi̯óᵝˑ è̞.mɐ̞́.mᶣì.kɐ̞́ˑ.cè̞ || è̞.mɐ̞́.kɐ̞̀.c͡çi̯óᵝˑ gɐ̞̀ wó̞ᵝè̞.kɐ̞́ˑɾ̪ʲì ɲi̯ò̞ò̞ᵝ]
訓り書：MESIAL.IN-SPITE-OF | distal.TREE diseased.INFINITIVE.PAST || diseased.ADJECTIVE.tree INDEFINITE-ARTICLE dangerous.PREDICATIVE COPULA.PREDUCATIVE
But that tree was diseased. Diseased trees are dangerous.

[bradrn]

Ēthamāniɲāt, wiꞵīmeāmuchi wɨyē yeŋ rəthānaŋīɲəŋəzīshəsrīcechē.
/ˈeːɹaˌmaːniˌɲaːt | wiˈβiːmeˌaːmuˌɰi wɨˈjeː jeŋ rəˈɹaːnaŋˌiːɲəŋəˌziːɕəˌʂiːceɰeː/

|əʷ-e-tha-maⁿ-iɲat,

3s.O-NP-INCH-PF-ill,

wi-ꞵiⁿ-weʷ-pamu-kɨ

1ns.O-PL-HAB-control-AGT

ˡ=wɨye

1s.POSS=house

yeŋ

outside

rəʷ-tha-naŋ-iɲ-ŋəzi-səsri-teche|

3s.A-AND-just-TERM-PF-tree-cut

The local council has come and cut down the tree outside my house, because it was infected.

Kqal heel magaz hikkausil.

kqal

use.axe

h-

JUSS-

e=

DEF(d)=

l

2S

magaz

fall.over

h-

JUSS-

i=

DEF(e)=

kausil

council

Cut the council down!

I just decided to mark the jussive on the subject instead of the verb, but I might regret this and reverse it later. Who knows.

雨書：其れもう、彼木 病みかけ。病か木が 危かり 存ふ。
凬書：けれもう、さ𛀁゙け やまみかけ。やまかけが をやかり ねふ。
狼間書：Kyoremo, sakkyo emamikake. Emakakyo ga woekari nyō.
音書：[c͡çi̯óᵝ.ɾ̪é̞ˑ.mò̞ᵝ | s̪ɐ̞̀c.c͡çi̯óᵝˑ è̞.mɐ̞́.mᶣì.kɐ̞́ˑ.cè̞ || è̞.mɐ̞́.kɐ̞̀.c͡çi̯óᵝˑ gɐ̞̀ wó̞ᵝè̞.kɐ̞́ˑɾ̪ʲì ɲi̯ò̞ò̞ᵝ]
訓り書：MESIAL.IN-SPITE-OF | distal.TREE diseased.INFINITIVE.PAST || diseased.ADJECTIVE.tree INDEFINITE-ARTICLE dangerous.PREDICATIVE COPULA.PREDUCATIVE
But that tree was diseased. Diseased trees are dangerous.

Krəmpīɲatkaŋ Wotrēthiyā īyesamathō. Ērachaꞵūŋnəmpāwɨtkaŋ krəmpīɲatkaŋ wīnanāyuntacha.
/krəˈmpiːɲatˌkaŋ woˈʈeːɹiˌjaː ˈiːjeˌsamaˌɹoː ‖ ˈeːraɰaˌβuːŋnəˌmpaːwɨtˌkaŋ krəˈmpiːɲatˌkaŋ ˈwiːnaˌnaːjuˌntaɰa/

|krə-mpə-iɲat-kəŋ

IRR-NEG-ill-OBJ

wotrethiya

Australia

əʷ-iʷ-e-riaʷ-sə-matho.

3s.O-3ns.A-NP-INT-ABL-LOC-dangerous

əʷ-e-riaʷ-chaꞵuŋ-nə-mpawɨt-kəŋ

3s.O-NP-INT-fruit-MID-cover-OBJ

krə-mpə-iɲat-kəŋ

IRR-NEG-ill-OBJ

ɨʷ-ꞵiⁿ-naⁿ-ayuŋ-təcha|

3ns.O-PL-DIST-limb-fall

In Australia even healthy trees are dangerous. Eucalyptus trees drop their branches all over the place.

(NB. Eucalyptus is etymologically eu+calyptus ‘well-covered’; ērachaꞵūŋnəmpāwɨtkaŋ is a calque. For context, Eucalyptus branches can easily be 20 cm thick and are extremely dense. There is a reason why Australians don’t stand under Eucalyptus trees.)

[Travis B.]

Nùun yõ hí maak khakhlàm hí nĩu auk ũ mãiun blá kakhãem ju bã kâ.
/nùun jo̰ hí mɑ̄ɑk kʰɐkʰlɑ̀m hí nɨ̰ ʔɑ̄uk ʔṵ mɑ̰ɨn blɑ́ kɐkʰæ̰m ɟū bɑ̰ kɑ̤/
living.thing every REL even COLL-tree REL be.in country POSS.3S south want CAUS-dead DIST.P HUMAN DED
Everything (lit. every living thing), even the trees, in Australia wants to kill you.

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Krəmpīɲatkaŋ Wotrēthiyā īyesamathō. Ērachaꞵūŋnəmpāwɨtkaŋ krəmpīɲatkaŋ wīnanāyuntacha.
/krəˈmpiːɲatˌkaŋ woˈʈeːɹiˌjaː ˈiːjeˌsamaˌɹoː ‖ ˈeːraɰaˌβuːŋnəˌmpaːwɨtˌkaŋ krəˈmpiːɲatˌkaŋ ˈwiːnaˌnaːjuˌntaɰa/

|krə-mpə-iɲat-kəŋ

IRR-NEG-ill-OBJ

wotrethiya

Australia

əʷ-iʷ-e-riaʷ-sə-matho.

3s.O-3ns.A-NP-INT-ABL-LOC-dangerous

əʷ-e-riaʷ-chaꞵuŋ-nə-mpawɨt-kəŋ

3s.O-NP-INT-fruit-MID-cover-OBJ

krə-mpə-iɲat-kəŋ

IRR-NEG-ill-OBJ

ɨʷ-ꞵiⁿ-naⁿ-ayuŋ-təcha|

3ns.O-PL-DIST-limb-fall

In Australia even healthy trees are dangerous. Eucalyptus trees drop their branches all over the place.

(NB. Eucalyptus is etymologically eu+calyptus ‘well-covered’; ērachaꞵūŋnəmpāwɨtkaŋ is a calque. For context, Eucalyptus branches can easily be 20 cm thick and are extremely dense. There is a reason why Australians don’t stand under Eucalyptus trees.)

雨書：胶木が 危かり 存ふ を 悊ろうぜけ。
凬書：やんげが をやかりねふ を さつをろうずぜけ。
狼間書：Enkyo-ga woegari nyō wo satorozeki.
音書：[é̞̰ˑɴ.c͡çi̯ò̞ᵝ.gɐ̞̀ wó̞ᵝè̞.kɐ̞́ˑɾ̪ʲì ɲi̯ò̞ò̞ᵝ wò̞ᵝ s̪ɐ̞̀.t̪ó̞ᵝ.ɾ̪ò̞ᵝ.z̪é̞ˑ.c͡çì̥]
訓り書：gum.tree.INDEFINITE-ARTICLE dangerous.PREDICATIVE copula.PREDICATIVE ACCUSATIVE know.NEGATIVE.INFLECTIONAL.PAST
I didn't know that eucalyptus was dangerous.

Rather than the scientific name, 胶木 (enkyo) calques the common name "gum tree", forming a very natural-sounding word.

Nùun yõ hí maak khakhlàm hí nĩu auk ũ mãiun blá kakhãem ju bã kâ.
/nùun jo̰ hí mɑ̄ɑk kʰɐkʰlɑ̀m hí nɨ̰ ʔɑ̄uk ʔṵ mɑ̰ɨn blɑ́ kɐkʰæ̰m ɟū bɑ̰ kɑ̤/
living.thing every REL even COLL-tree REL be.in country POSS.3S south want CAUS-dead DIST.P HUMAN DED
Everything (lit. every living thing), even the trees, in Australia wants to kill you.

雨書：どり、 全 帯圷虎者刃 斯しか 在り を 悊れり より、 狂しめぜひ。
凬書：どり、 すべてい おびちとらりは い𛀁゙しか あり を さつをれり より ころうしめぜひ。
狼間書：Dori, subete Ōstorariya isshika ari wo satorĕri yori, kroschemijō.
音書：[d̪ó̞ᵝ.ɾ̪ʲì | s̪ʉ́ᵝˑ.bè̞.t̪è̞ ó̞ó̞ᵝs̪.t̪ò̞ᵝ.ɾ̪ɐ̞́ˑ.ɾ̪ʲì.jɐ̞̀ íˑɕ.ɕì̥.kɐ̞̀ ɐ̞́ˑ.ɾ̪ʲì wò̞ᵝ s̪ɐ̞́ˑ.t̪ò̞ᵝ.ɾ̪ɘ̀.ɾ̪ʲì jò̞.ɾ̪ʲì | kɾ̪ó̞ó̞.ʃɘ̆̀.mᶣíˑ.z̪è̞è̞]
訓り書：however | all Australia this.manner COPULA.PREDICATIVE ACCUSATIVE know.CONJUGATIONAL.IMPERFECT ABLATIVE | surprising.ADJ.INFINITIVE.NEGATIVE.MILD-EMPHATIC-PREDICATIVE
However, I did know that all of Australia was dangerous, so that isn't really a surprise.

[Imralu]

Nùun yõ hí maak khakhlàm hí nĩu auk ũ mãiun blá kakhãem ju bã kâ.
/nùun jo̰ hí mɑ̄ɑk kʰɐkʰlɑ̀m hí nɨ̰ ʔɑ̄uk ʔṵ mɑ̰ɨn blɑ́ kɐkʰæ̰m ɟū bɑ̰ kɑ̤/
living.thing every REL even COLL-tree REL be.in country POSS.3S south want CAUS-dead DIST.P HUMAN DED
Everything (lit. every living thing), even the trees, in Australia wants to kill you.

I ze ngo ye linwo u zye i nwanwa u lu Oselya u nyoli e 1979. Lu Amedika do i go wendo u nyo i nyodye.
No one has died because of a spider in Australia since 1979. In the US, there are about four a year.

Bu ya Oselya i ze bo ngu ngo. De i nwagi buda ye nggwe vwobyebu ye nye. I ba giwe lobuzo u bawa i lu va bya buda. U zu do de i nwagi buda ye nggwe mbi da ye bo nggu ngo. De i nggwe mbimbada gwe mbingoda.
The ground isn't trying to kill anyone in Australia. It's the only continent without active volcanoes. There are far fewer earthquakes than on any other continent. It's also the only continent that lacks large land animals that hunt people. There are no big cats or bears.

[bradrn]

Nùun yõ hí maak khakhlàm hí nĩu auk ũ mãiun blá kakhãem ju bã kâ.
/nùun jo̰ hí mɑ̄ɑk kʰɐkʰlɑ̀m hí nɨ̰ ʔɑ̄uk ʔṵ mɑ̰ɨn blɑ́ kɐkʰæ̰m ɟū bɑ̰ kɑ̤/
living.thing every REL even COLL-tree REL be.in country POSS.3S south want CAUS-dead DIST.P HUMAN DED
Everything (lit. every living thing), even the trees, in Australia wants to kill you.

I ze ngo ye linwo u zye i nwanwa u lu Oselya u nyoli e 1979. Lu Amedika do i go wendo u nyo i nyodye.
No one has died because of a spider in Australia since 1979. In the US, there are about four a year.

Yamēricā wē ayerāmtham, Wotrēthiyā ayekrəmpāmtham.
/jaˈmeːriˌcaː weː ˈajeˌraːmɹam | woˈʈeːɹiˌjaː ˈajekrəˌmpaːmɹam/

|yamerica

America

wē

that.MED

əʷ-əʷ-rəʷ-e-riaʷ-am-tham,

3s.O-3s.O-3s.A-NP-INT-BEN-is,

wotrethiya

Australia

əʷ-əʷ-rəʷ-e-krə-mpə-am-tham|

3s.O-3s.O-3s.A-IRR-NEG-BEN-is.

That says more about America than it does about Australia. (lit. ‘There really is that about America, there is not that about Australia’)

Bu ya Oselya i ze bo ngu ngo. De i nwagi buda ye nggwe vwobyebu ye nye. I ba giwe lobuzo u bawa i lu va bya buda.
The ground isn't trying to kill anyone in Australia. It's the only continent without active volcanoes. There are far fewer earthquakes than on any other continent.

Tɨrawiɲumātham: | But we have other things instead: https://www.smh.com.au/environment/weat ... 53nld.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%8 ... ire_season https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/flo ... 1uqtt.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Newcastle_earthquake

U zu do de i nwagi buda ye nggwe mbi da ye bo nggu ngo. De i nggwe mbimbada gwe mbingoda.
It's also the only continent that lacks large land animals that hunt people. There are no big cats or bears.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus https://australian.museum/learn/animals ... drop-bear/

[Travis B.]

https://australian.museum/learn/animals ... drop-bear/

Líu som ngá napài d'ot ẽe nipêeu gì khlàm hí nĩu auk ũ mãiun kâ.
/lɨ́ sɔ̄m ŋɑ́ nɐpɑ̀i ɗɔ̄t ʔɛ̰ɛ nɪpɘ̤ɘ gì kʰlɑ̀m hí nɨ̰ ʔɑ̄uk ʔṵ mɑ̰ɨn kɑ̤/
DIST.S REASON EQU reason be.good DAT ACTION-walk be.under tree REL be.in country POSS.3S south DED
Good reason to not walk under trees in Australia.

[Travis B.]

Ék mõk acháu ũ miukhãem ũ khuwala d'aiu màe.
/ʔɛ́k mɔ̰k ʔɐcʰɑ́u ʔṵ mɨkʰæ̰m ʔṵ kʰʊwɐlɑ̄ ɗɑ̄ɨ mæ̀/
1S wonder count POSS.3S PAT-dead POSS.3S koala fall EGO
I wonder about the drop bear body count.

[Imralu]

Ék mõk acháu ũ miukhãem ũ khuwala d'aiu màe.
/ʔɛ́k mɔ̰k ʔɐcʰɑ́u ʔṵ mɨkʰæ̰m ʔṵ kʰʊwɐlɑ̄ ɗɑ̄ɨ mæ̀/
1S wonder count POSS.3S PAT-dead POSS.3S koala fall EGO
I wonder about the drop bear body count.

Va ya wendo ngozye ngozye nga gwe la u nana i zi vwendwa zyu de i zi lazye lazye nga u ze ndwa i zi nengu vye mbivyalindumongo.
All four of my grandparents plus the woman who we incorrectly believed was my maternal grandmother were killed by dropbears.

[xxx]

nothing protects from imaginary animals...

[masako]

ha nekun ue'o anyapua
3sg winter-ACC ten see-PFV
She has seen ten winters. >> She's ten years old.

[Travis B.]

Ék díu hâe khuwala d'aiu kakhãem hium b'õuk so màe.
/ʔɛ́k dɨ́ hæ̤ kʰʊwɐlɑ̄ ɗɑ̄ɨ kɐkʰæ̰m hɨ̄m ɓo̰k sɔ́ɔ mæ̀/
1S PST.IPFV believe koala fall CAUS-dead one human go EGO
I thought drop bears mostly killed tourists.

[bradrn]

Ék díu hâe khuwala d'aiu kakhãem hium b'õuk so màe.
/ʔɛ́k dɨ́ hæ̤ kʰʊwɐlɑ̄ ɗɑ̄ɨ kɐkʰæ̰m hɨ̄m ɓo̰k sɔ́ɔ mæ̀/
1S PST.IPFV believe koala fall CAUS-dead one human go EGO
I thought drop bears mostly killed tourists.

Rəsīꞵaŋkizaŋkɨ īwimōthem.
/rəˈsiːβaŋkiˌzaŋki ˈiːwiˌmoːɹem/

|rəʷ-tiꞵi-am-kizəm-kɨ

3s.A-tv-BEN-speak-AGT

ɨʷ-iʷ-ꞵiⁿ-ꞵo-othem|

3ns.O-3ns.A-PL-also-eat

They also eat TV reporters.