Conlang fluency thread

[jal]

I should probably make that clearer in the text.

Yes, that was my main concern, it says "follow the same stress patterns of the original morphemes", which is not too clear, since one of the "orginal morphemes" of "akwa" has primary stress...


JAL

[Petrichor]

Okokoni tlo si pkilji-pkilji!
watermelon TOP be tasty-INTENS
"Watermelon's very tasty!"

Mgo tlo si pkenji oley yiwo.
3p TOP be good summer 3p-LOC
"It's good in the summer."

Poyoy ep okokoni yepketji ma.
fruit.salad GEN=watermelon 1p.OBJ-3p.SUBJ-please-NEG however
"I don't like fruit salad with watermelon though."

[Ares Land]

Wamin hayo hān wadominder; wamasse doktanoh wa harhō

wam-in

watermelon-PL

hayo

PART

hān

not

wa-do-minder

1-CL.6-like

/

wa-masse

1-think

do-k-tanoh

CL.6-CL.2-taste.like

wa

water

harh-ō

dirty-CL.2

I don't like watermelon. I think it tastes like dirty water.

[jal]

A mi wota melm swel in swit. Mi in won fwut fo olde.
I don't like water melon either. I don't like fruit in general.


JAL

[Ares Land]

Āyō wakamner lillo

āy-ō

fermented-CL.2

wa-k-amner

1-CL.2-ELA\like

lillo

fruit

'I prefer fruit when it's fermented. '

[masako]

'I prefer fruit when it's fermented. '

na ponkapan kipenko
I prefer (apple) cider.

[foxcatdog]

Wamin hayo hān wadominder; wamasse doktanoh wa harhō

wam-in

watermelon-PL

hayo

PART

hān

not

wa-do-minder

1-CL.6-like

/

wa-masse

1-think

do-k-tanoh

CL.6-CL.2-taste.like

wa

water

harh-ō

dirty-CL.2

I don't like watermelon. I think it tastes like dirty water.

a·ne·nedi·ty di·n tatagujbajdin kanuma·jx
a·ne·+nedí·ty di·n tatag()uj-b(p)aj-di/·/n ka-numa·jx/·/
water+melon INT be.dirty-ATTR-INT not+true-EXCL
“Watermelon? Dirty? Preposterous!”
a) The interrogative can be used after a noun as a particle it preserves its low graded initial but doesn’t apply gradation itself
b) an attributive can be used as a clause without other verbs in certain moods, through note the interrogative occupies the aspect slot

[masako]

na naye yoma ta'o tsue muemeta hata'o akapuaye
1s during day two approximate 10K.meter 32 drive-PFV-PST

[Znex]

na naye yoma ta'o tsue muemeta hata'o akapuaye
1s during day two approximate 10K.meter 32 drive-PFV-PST

.سی طریحریسی کیلومترساقس اپیسس؟ جین پلی قل
si trihar isi kilometr sagas apesas | ǰin pali kal
2SG.DIR three-hundred twenty kilometre drive-PST do.PST-2SG | DEM.DIST very good
You drove 320km? That's pretty good!

[masako]

ta ye'on yonkapua
You've missed a zero.

(it was ~3200km over 2 days)

[quinterbeck]

Lugde yeudene. Wain anli ina mondimaag rug elde em erini ouh amne.

Lug-de

LOC-PROX

yeude-ne.

hot-very

Wain

STA

anli

room

in-a

GEN-1s

mo-n-dimaag

three-ten-mark

rug

LOC

elde

now

em

ID

erini

hour

ouh

night

am-ne.

four-ORD

It's so hot here. My room is 30C now, at 10pm.

[Travis B.]

Siá nuáttë ṙât'atë vilä saddavëmijetänäsät.
[ɕaːꜜ nʷaːꜜtʰə ʁɑtʼatʰə βiʎæ saꜜdaβəmijetʰæɲæɕætʰ]
/ɕáː nʷáː=tʰə ʁatʼa=tʰə βɨʎa sáda-βə-mɨ-jə-tʰa-ɲa-ɕa-tʰ/
PROX.SG.A place.A=INE today.B=INE very hot-APPL-3.SG.E-PST.PFV-1.SG.EXCL-INV-NEG-DIR
It was not very hot here today (as I felt it).

[Travis B.]

Siá nuáttë ġeläjjit jök'omtë nán saddavëmijetänät.
[ɕaːꜜ nʷaːꜜtʰə ɣeʎæꜜjitʰ jøkʷʼomꜜtʰə naːnꜜ saꜜdaβəmijetʰæɲætʰ]
/ɕáː nʷáː=tʰə ɣəʎá-jɨ-tʰ jəkʷʼə́m=tʰə náːn sáda-βə-mɨ-jə-tʰa-ɲa-tʰ/
PROX.SG.A place.A=INE previous-3.SG.B-DIR yesterday.B=INE quite hot-APPL-3.SG.E-PST.PFV-1.SG.EXCL-INV-DIR
It was quite hot here the day before yesterday (as I felt it).

[Travis B.]

Qámsiâxûtë lören fôṙåsären xûits'iámmë qámsiâxûtë lören dzinemren xûits'iámmëha ñant'äriôxû förmytat.
[qʰaːmꜜɕɑχɯtʰə ɫʷørʲen ɸɤʁɒsʷærʲen χɯtɕʼaːꜜmə qʰaːmꜜɕɑχɯtʰə ɫʷørʲen dziɲemrʲen χɯtɕʼaːꜜməxa ŋantʼærʲɤχɯ fʲørʷmɨtʰatʰ]
/qʰáːm-ɕa-χɨ=tʰə ɫʷə-rʲə-n ɸəʁa-sʷa-rʲə-n χɨtɕʼáː-mə qʰáːm-ɕa-χɨ=tʰə ɫʷə-rʲə-n dzɨɲəm-rʲə-n χɨtɕʼáː-mə=xa ŋantʼa-rʲə-χɨ fʲərʷ-mɨ-tʰa-tʰ/
be.direct-NEG-GER=INE stand-3.PL.D-INDIR depend-PASS-3.PL.D-INDIR clause.D-PL be.direct-NEG-GER=INE stand-3.PL.D-INDIR be.main-3.PL.D-INDIR clause.D-PL=INST function-3.PL.D-GER be.interested-3.SG.E-1.SG.EXCL-DIR
I find the how indirectivity in subordinate and relative clauses interacts with indirectivity in main clauses interesting.

[jal]

Travis a tok pon imsef :D.
Travis is talking to himself :D.


JAL

[Ares Land]

Ea he ta haṭme ðeg!

ea

we.PL

he

that

ta

excess

haṭmeh

1INCL.SBJ-ELA-quiet\PL.PRF

ðeg

but

Or we're too quiet!

[hwhatting]

Nu cailai filosofus ennun wolmis.
PRTC all-M.PL.NOM philosopher-PL:ACC be-INF want-PRES.ACT.1PL
We all just want to be philosophers.

[Travis B.]

Gámmyläjet'ëġyt.
[ɡaːꜜmɨlæjetʼəɣɨtʰ]
/ɡáːmɨ-la-jə-tʼəɣ-ɨtʰ/
be.bored-1.SG.EXCL-PST-IPFV-DIR
I was bored.

[Travis B.]

Siá nuá ñinä horuámmäjet.
[ɕaːꜜ nʷaːꜜ ŋiɲæ xorʷaːꜜmæjetʰ]
/ɕáː nʷáː ŋɨɲa xərʷáː-ma-jə-tʰ/
PROX.SG.A place.A rather be.quiet-3.SG.A-PST.PFV
It was pretty quiet here.

[Travis B.]

Håmwo väh dats'jitåġåt.
[xʷɒmwo vʲæx datsʼjitʰɒɣʷɒtʰ]
/xʷam=wə vʲax datsʼ-jɨ-tʰa-ɣʷa-tʰ/
people.A=GEN tongue.B practice-3.SG.B-1.SG.EXCL-DESIRE-DIR
I want to practice Håmwo Väh.