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Re: Conlang fluency thread

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2019 3:46 pm
by jal
It mata bo de wo pah yu de - di mo yu swabl nohs, di mo kwas dem a, di mo yu swabl sos, di mo kayn dem a (fo lis dis a mi esperians).
It depends on where you are - the more northern you get, the ruder they are, the more southern you get, the friendlier they are (at least, that's my experience).


JAL

Re: Conlang fluency thread

Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 5:50 am
by masako
Qwynegold wrote: Sun Apr 28, 2019 2:29 pm ¿Qo?
Why?
shun tangum, alúkum, ta ranum mishak
Because they shove, yell, and drive crazy.
jal wrote: Sun Apr 28, 2019 3:46 pm It mata bo de wo pah yu de - di mo yu swabl nohs, di mo kwas dem a, di mo yu swabl sos, di mo kayn dem a (fo lis dis a mi esperians).
It depends on where you are - the more northern you get, the ruder they are, the more southern you get, the friendlier they are (at least, that's my experience).
abhanla
I disagree.

Italyinim burámum yumak tunda
Italians are generally very rude everywhere.

Re: Conlang fluency thread

Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 8:00 am
by jal
masako wrote: Mon Apr 29, 2019 5:50 amItalians are generally very rude everywhere.
Yu ja de Itali?
Have you been to Italy?


JAL

Re: Conlang fluency thread

Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 8:28 am
by masako
jal wrote: Mon Apr 29, 2019 8:00 am Have you been to Italy?
shuk arim
Many times...

kayeshan sheda biqesbuwa kádu
I was there for last week.

שך ארם...כישאן שדא ביקסבוא כאדו


(trying out Hebrew adapted for Amal)

Re: Conlang fluency thread

Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 10:20 am
by jal
masako wrote: Mon Apr 29, 2019 8:28 amMany times... I was there for last week.
An yu ja de an nos an sos? Wen mi ja de Toskani, dem man ja nof kwas pas wen mi ja de Nepals. De Nepals, olda man u lesi, no ori ori, an nof kayn.
And you've been to both the North and South? When I was in Tuscany, people were much ruder than when I was in Napels. In Napels, everyone was relaxed, not so hurried, and very friendly.


JAL

Re: Conlang fluency thread

Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 11:42 am
by masako
jal wrote: Mon Apr 29, 2019 10:20 am And you've been to both the North and South?
ilha
Yes.

I've been to Rome (twice), Vicenza, Naples (half dozen times, or so), and Sicily (3 times).

Naples is where I was last week. Was there twice last year. It's dirty, crime-ridden, and very few of the people were even halfway concerned with politeness or niceties. You and obviously have had different experiences, which is fine. Perhaps I'm too obviously an American, and that disrupts their normally sunny demeanor.

Re: Conlang fluency thread

Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 2:29 pm
by jal
masako wrote: Mon Apr 29, 2019 11:42 amYes.
Ina dis kes, mi piti yu kos yu bat esperiyans-dem!
In that case, I'm sorry for your bad experiences!


JAL

Re: Conlang fluency thread

Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 3:41 pm
by mèþru
masako wrote:שך ארם...כישאן שדא ביקסבוא כאדו
Typically a final /e/ or /a/ will be written with hei. Also, you using yud for /i/ inconsistently - it is omitted in ארם but not in ביקסבוא. IMO, if there is supposed an inconsistency omitting it in the prefix seems more intuitive for me as a Hebrew speaker.

Re: Conlang fluency thread

Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 5:09 pm
by Pedant
masako wrote: Mon Apr 29, 2019 5:50 am Italyinim burámum yumak tunda
Italians are generally very rude everywhere.
Ihgorti dakar, angortaṭ suḍṛuh.
2sERG-see-IMP.REAL-3sABS night / 1sERG-see-IMP.REAL-4sABS dawn
We'll have to agree to disagree, methinks.

Re: Conlang fluency thread

Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 6:31 pm
by masako
mèþru wrote: Wed May 08, 2019 3:41 pm Typically a final /e/ or /a/ will be written with hei. Also, you using yud for /i/ inconsistently - it is omitted in ארם but not in ביקסבוא. IMO, if there is supposed an inconsistency omitting it in the prefix seems more intuitive for me as a Hebrew speaker.
mo ke kalamya tayo ka
Where is your conlang?

It's just an adaptation, and not one I intend on using much, if at all. But thanks.
Pedant wrote: Wed May 08, 2019 5:09 pm We'll have to agree to disagree, methinks.
ke nyetle pakaha
A very silly quip.

The idea that we need to agree on my experience or perception of anything is nonsensical. Stop that shit.

Re: Conlang fluency thread

Posted: Mon May 13, 2019 5:38 pm
by Pabappa
Pweppopos, vontaftamembi twofas pilži.
march-in.the.woods-1P-GEN, trunk-pick-agent-PL-LOC-1P.past pine-ACC-FINAL-3p-GEN towards-walk-1P.past
While I was hiking, I ran into some loggers working with pines.

the FINAL morpheme is a modifier that changes the accusative ending from /p/ to /f/ when it appears in the last word in a clause. this was intended to be a longer story but its been a long time since Ive worked with Poswa and Im out of practice.


Lately I write in Poswa first and then translate, which is why I have words like /twofas/ "(while they were) working with pine trees" that have no direct english translation.

Re: Conlang fluency thread

Posted: Sat May 18, 2019 8:03 am
by Pedant
Proto-Icemannic:
*ʁainduʁitsuquaʁaul-ula-ʁitsuʁikiłaul?
AOR-NPast-pine-cut.down-3p-Q or pine-ABL-make-3p-Q
Were they cutting pines down, or making things from them?

Re: Conlang fluency thread

Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 9:10 am
by masako
na ke kotlem kipeha
1sg O pine-PL favor-AUG
Pines are my favorite.

Re: Conlang fluency thread

Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 6:14 pm
by Pabappa
masako wrote: Sun May 19, 2019 9:10 am na ke kotlem kipeha
1sg O pine-PL favor-AUG
Pines are my favorite.
Pipiabo šavo.
have.a.favorite-TR-1P also-1P
Mine too!
More: show
This is distinguished from "I have a favorite, too!" by adding a transitivity marker, even though the transitivity marker does not explicitly specify the object. And there is no way to simply say "Mine too" ... there must be a noun for there to be a possession marker.
Pedant wrote: Sat May 18, 2019 8:03 am Proto-Icemannic:
*ʁainduʁitsuquaʁaul-ula-ʁitsuʁikiłaul?
AOR-NPast-pine-cut.down-3p-Q or pine-ABL-make-3p-Q
Were they cutting pines down, or making things from them?
Bompwop, pappažiebel. Veppepemevi, mappupeži.
know-1P<CAUS>-ACC, uproot-TR-3P.past. till-vehicle-PL-Ø-I.saw surround.by.three-TR-1P.PASS.past
Definitely cutting them down. I saw tillers around me on three sides.

(apparently these are just called bulldozers, not tillers)

Re: Conlang fluency thread

Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 1:33 pm
by quinterbeck
Gu gen weayeam duma anha? Idyarne oh arirged? N'oi yeamora edougoer moureuruhyo moumodonegaar moumanri?
INF Q INC-FUT.ID tree NZI-what | wood PART PAT-build | POL:SBJ FUT.ID-plt.pl and-door or-gate or-furniture or-NZP-other
What do you suppose the pines will become? Structural timber? Might it be doors, gates, furniture, or something else?

Re: Conlang fluency thread

Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 12:19 pm
by masako
tlok enupak
nobody predict-ABIL-NEG
"Who knows..."

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Image
ne segra duyú budunai
NEG follow.INF emotion-ACC PROX-world-GEN
Don’t follow the sentiment of the world.

Re: Conlang fluency thread

Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 6:13 pm
by Pabappa
quinterbeck wrote: Tue May 21, 2019 1:33 pm Gu gen weayeam duma anha? Idyarne oh arirged? N'oi yeamora edougoer moureuruhyo moumodonegaar moumanri?
INF Q INC-FUT.ID tree NZI-what | wood PART PAT-build | POL:SBJ FUT.ID-plt.pl and-door or-gate or-furniture or-NZP-other
What do you suppose the pines will become? Structural timber? Might it be doors, gates, furniture, or something else?
Bwitšavos fumbel, pupi fašwom boswumba. Pi nišapovas mapabo.
house-see-1P-GEN new-3P.past, trail entrance-LOC nearby-LOC-3p. but random-event-3P-GEN believe-1P
I saw a new house by the trailhead. But I think it's a coincidence.

There are no transitive verbs in the Poswa sentences here .... "I saw X" is simply an evidential, and while "I think" can also be, it's also possible to write it with a separate intransitive verb.

Re: Conlang fluency thread

Posted: Sat May 25, 2019 9:48 am
by masako
otlatsa ke tsayohue nayo kunaye
bird-damned O vehicle-LOC 1s.GEN defecate-PST
A damn bird shat on my car.

Re: Conlang fluency thread

Posted: Sat May 25, 2019 5:58 pm
by Lambuzhao
masako wrote: Sat May 25, 2019 9:48 am otlatsa ke tsayohue nayo kunaye
bird-damned O vehicle-LOC 1s.GEN defecate-PST
A damn bird shat on my car.
Fu la siaj?
be<PFT>3SG DEF.F.NOM.SG <bluebird>SG

Was it a bluebird?
:?:

Re: Conlang fluency thread

Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 7:28 am
by masako
na uamahueyek po unyak
I wasn't there at the time, so I don't know.