Conlang fluency thread

[bradrn]

Booladjirra:
Baalhoombar dhundhitjal gundjaadj diduja wemba djindjam wingirr.
day-IMP.CONV fall-INST.CONV lightning-INST end-TERM.REAL life tree-OBJ 1de.INS-POSS
Our tree was struck by lightning and died today.

Naak thaŋ nii bey gadiqŋu ŋa-qangat thaŋ?

what the FOC Q absorb-STAT [=have.as.member] that-tree DEF

What kind of tree?

[Ares Land]

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Ayin simri wawichis!

ayin

now

simri

Simbri

wa-wich-is

1-IPRF\write-FUT

'I can write in Simbri now!'

[masako]

eya uatla kue telatamya mue poton tse'eniha
That might look better scanned rather than as a photo.

[Ares Land]

Nas jebba an poto!

nas

true

jebba

clumsy

an

that

poto

photo

Yes, it's a terrible photo!

[jal]

what the FOC

Indeed :D


JAL

[Emily]

ayinsimbri.JPG
Ayin simri wawichis!

ayin

now

simri

Simbri

wa-wich-is

1-IPRF\write-FUT

'I can write in Simbri now!'

Lo scripto simbrieso semble la stenografia „Gregg“.
the simbri script looks like gregg shorthand

[Travis B.]

Lo scripto simbrieso semble la stenografia „Gregg“.
the simbri script looks like gregg shorthand

Tsá háir romåwo håm jerejinezi?
[tsʰaːꜜ xaːrʲꜜ rʷomɒwo xʷɒm jerejiɲeʑi]
/tsʰáː xáːrʲ rʷəma=wə xʷam jərə-jɨ-ɲə-ʑɨ/
WH DIST.S.B Rome=GEN tongue.B EQU-3.S.B-3.S.B-WH
What Romance language is that?

[Rounin Ryuuji]

命杶葉語？
いたい゙はいふ？
Ital'ya iyu?
[ì.t̪ʰɐ̞́ʎ.jɐ̞̖̀ í.jýᵝˑ]
vital.varnish.leaf(=Italy).language
"Italian?"

[Travis B.]

命杶葉語？
いたい゙はいふ？
Ital'ya iyu?
[ì.t̪ʰɐ̞́ʎ.jɐ̞̖̀ í.jýᵝˑ]
vital.varnish.leaf(=Italy).language
"Italian?"

Háir itállüwo håm jerejinerä.
[xaːrʲꜜ itɕʰaːꜜʎywo xɒm jerejiɲerʲæ]
/xáːrʲ ɨtɕʰáːʎɨ=wə xʷam jərə-jɨ-ɲə-rʲa/
DIST.S.B Italy=GEN tongue.B EQU-3.S.B-3.S.B-POSSIBLE
That could be an Italian language.

[Ares Land]

ayinsimbri.JPG
Ayin simri wawichis!

ayin

now

simri

Simbri

wa-wich-is

1-IPRF\write-FUT

'I can write in Simbri now!'

Lo scripto simbrieso semble la stenografia „Gregg“.
the simbri script looks like gregg shorthand

Gregg shorthand nas hān watkarom poči. Iči haris wecha an simri; hān dopa ilis.

Gregg shorthand

Gregg shorthand

nas

true

hān

not

wa-t-karom

1-CL.8

poči

never

/

iči

still

har-is

PRF\change-FUT

wecha

write

an

that

simri

Simbri

/

hān

not

dopa

enough

ilis

pretty

'I'd never heard of Gregg shorthand. Simbri writing may still change; it's not pretty enough.'

[bradrn]

Gregg shorthand nas hān watkarom poči. Iči haris wecha an simri; hān dopa ilis.

Gregg shorthand

Gregg shorthand

nas

true

hān

not

wa-t-karom

1-CL.8

poči

never

/

iči

still

har-is

PRF\change-FUT

wecha

write

an

that

simri

Simbri

/

hān

not

dopa

enough

ilis

pretty

'I'd never heard of Gregg shorthand. Simbri writing may still change; it's not pretty enough.'

Wēthawat təyērasənīɲem.
/ˈweːɹawat təˈjeːrasəˌniːɲem/
|əʷ-wə-e-tha-wat təy=əʷ-e-riaʷ-sə-nə-iɲem|
3s.O-1s.A-NP-INCH-do COMP=3s.O-NP-INT-can-MED-like

I think it’s very pretty.

[Pedant]

Naak thaŋ nii bey gadiqŋu ŋa-qangat thaŋ?

what the FOC Q absorb-STAT [=have.as.member] that-tree DEF

What kind of tree?

Qoldishtari:

Mosala jar-i-dihreyakh.
1p-GEN tree-CONJ-apple-past.SIMP.MED
"It was our apple tree."

Yal-i-padr selelayakh.
7-CONJ-10 year-PL-GEN-past.SIMP.MED
"It was seventeen years old."

[Ares Land]

Wēthawat təyērasənīɲem.
/ˈweːɹawat təˈjeːrasəˌniːɲem/
|əʷ-wə-e-tha-wat təy=əʷ-e-riaʷ-sə-nə-iɲem|
3s.O-1s.A-NP-INCH-do COMP=3s.O-NP-INT-can-MED-like

I think it’s very pretty.

šiamma an šittowor

ši-amma

2-pleasant

an

that

ši-t-towor

2-CL.8-say

It's kind of you to say so!

[Travis B.]

Qoldishtari:

Mosala jar-i-dihreyakh.
1p-GEN tree-CONJ-apple-past.SIMP.MED
"It was our apple tree."

Yal-i-padr selelayakh.
7-CONJ-10 year-PL-GEN-past.SIMP.MED
"It was seventeen years old."

Háir ġáisji håmna fûṙṙâjijenenälå?
[xaːrʲꜜ ɣaːɕꜜji xʷɒmna ɸɯꜜʁɑjijeɲeɲæɫɒ]
/xáːrʲ ɣáːɕ-jɨ xʷam=na ɸɨ́ʁa-jɨ-jə-ɲə-ɲa-ɫa/
DIST.S.B be.natural-3.S.B tongue.B=AGT inspire-3.S.B-PAST.PFV-3.S.B-INV-Q
Was that inspired by a natlang?

[Pedant]

Háir ġáisji håmna fûṙṙâjijenenälå?
[xaːrʲꜜ ɣaːɕꜜji xʷɒmna ɸɯꜜʁɑjijeɲeɲæɫɒ]
/xáːrʲ ɣáːɕ-jɨ xʷam=na ɸɨ́ʁa-jɨ-jə-ɲə-ɲa-ɫa/
DIST.S.B be.natural-3.S.B tongue.B=AGT inspire-3.S.B-PAST.PFV-3.S.B-INV-Q
Was that inspired by a natlang?

Salvian:

Echembit' osnavat Osmaniyaha tu-Mongoliyaha. Aajaatita.
inspire.PERF.IRR-3sAn language-ABL.PL Ottoman.Empire-GEN.SING and-Mongolia-GEN.SING / happen.PERF.IRR-3sAn
"It might have been inspired by Ottoman Turkish and Mongolian. Just possibly."

[Emily]

Lo scripto simbrieso semble la stenografia „Gregg“.
the simbri script looks like gregg shorthand

Tsá háir romåwo håm jerejinezi?
[tsʰaːꜜ xaːrʲꜜ rʷomɒwo xʷɒm jerejiɲeʑi]
/tsʰáː xáːrʲ rʷəma=wə xʷam jərə-jɨ-ɲə-ʑɨ/
WH DIST.S.B Rome=GEN tongue.B EQU-3.S.B-3.S.B-WH
What Romance language is that?

La lingua ruritaniesa, naturalamente!
Ruritanian, of course!

[jal]

Ruritanian, of course!

Im swit mi!
I like it!

On the phonology page a possible typo:

Compound words follow the same stress patterns of the original morphemes (/ˌakwaˌmeˈlona/ “watermelon”, from /ˈakwa/ “water” and /ˌmeˈlona/ “melon”).

Shouldn't that be /ˈakwaˌmeˈlona/?


JAL

[Emily]

Ruritanian, of course!

Im swit mi!
I like it!

Grate!
Thank you!

On the phonology page a possible typo:

Compound words follow the same stress patterns of the original morphemes (/ˌakwaˌmeˈlona/ “watermelon”, from /ˈakwa/ “water” and /ˌmeˈlona/ “melon”).

Shouldn't that be /ˈakwaˌmeˈlona/?
JAL

Una quès'ciona capisciabila!
An understandable question!

Meno ha lo alo verbo una sola silábula met lo accento primario, ergo háven li elementi nonultimi en verbi compositi li accenti secondarii en las silábulas quèlas li accenti primarii háven se sono elas verbi independenti.
But each word only has one syllable with primary stress, so in compounds the non-final elements take secondary stress on the syllables that would have primary stress if they were independent.

Probabilamente scioldo ya dat en lo texto magioro claro scribir.
I should probably make that clearer in the text.

[Rounin Ryuuji]

桃瓜を木乃む。
いみめをりをくゐよのむ。
Imimeworiyo kyonomu.
[í.mᶣí.mè̞.wó̞ᵝˑ.ɾ̪ʲì.jò̞ᵝ c͡çʰi̯ó̞ᵝˑ.n̪ò̞ᵝ.mʉ̀ᵝ]
peach.melon.INDEF-ACC like.PREDICATIVE
"I like watermelons."

朕の 木乃しい実ら 桃らとお 李ら 在り しか。
いめの くゐよのしいむい いみめらとお むめら あり しか。
Ime no kyonoshi mura imimera to mumera ari shika.
[íˑ.mè̞ n̪ò̞ᵝ c͡çʰi̯ó̞ᵝˑ.n̪ò̞ᵝ.ɕʰì mʉ́ᵝˑ.ɾ̪ɐ̞̀ í.mᶣíˑ.mè̞.ɾ̪ɐ̞̀ t̪ʰò̞ᵝ mʉ́ᵝˑ.mè̞.ɾ̪ɐ̞̀ ɐ̞́ˑ.ɾ̪ʲì ɕʰì.kʰɐ̞̀]
1sg.GEN like.ADJ.ADN fruit.PLURAL peach.PLURAL.COMITATIVE plum.PLURAL COPULA.PREDICATIVE but
"But my favourite fruits are peaches and plums."

爾らが 木乃しい実ら 何り ほっい？
みやらが くゐよのしいむら えかり ほっい？
Myaraga kyonoshi mura ekari hoi?
[mᶣi̯ɐ̞́ˑ.ɾ̪ɐ̞̀.(ᵑ)gɐ̞̀ c͡çʰi̯ó̞ᵝˑ.n̪ò̞ᵝ.ɕʰì mʉ́ᵝˑ.ɾ̪ɐ̞̀ è̞.kʰɐ̞́ˑ.ɾ̪ʲì xò̞ᵝ.(w)íˑ]
2pl.GEN like.ADJ-ADN fruit.PLURAL INTERROGATIVE-COPULA.PREDICATIVE INTERROGATIVE-PARTICLE
"What's everybody's favourite fruit?"

[foxcatdog]

a·ne·nedi·ty kagi·ijumeski nazadapuŋa·
a·ne·+nedí·ty kagi·+ijum(n)+/b/(p)e/ki/si nazada+puŋ(m)/us/k/a·
water+melon kagi+sweet+possumapple dragon+fruit
“Watermelon, Mango and Strawberries”

ni·dipuŋa· abi naka kumidamtikx·ka·s adónasabo·da tal najgan sada anjá·majo· tujtu
ni·di+puŋa· abi naka kumidam+tikx(u)·-ka·s adónas+abò·da tal na/·/+j/a/gan sada anjá·-maj+o· tujtu
DEM.prox+fruit over for metal+possess-with.hand=buy west+possumapple and PRED+only open year+discontinuous+ADJ but
“They cost more than apples and are only available seasonally however”

Notes
a) dragonfruit and westapple for strawberry and apple derive from the fact both are native to dragon empire in universe
b) the standard way of expressing something costs something is via to construction “buy for” or in this case “for buy” due to head initialism
c) the predicate almost exclusively appears before the phrase it modifies and can also combine with other prepositions
d) open as in available see “this shop is open”
e) more derivation through morphology this time with adjectival suffix