Conlang fluency thread

[quinterbeck]

Ndyolya ngai nye ze vabi.
My book is not yet finished.

Senya neshaki pinsei?
How much is left to write?

[Pedant]

Ndyolya ngai nye ze vabi.
My book is not yet finished.

Ta soura neilaka ailiri, zyr hyra kheroder tisar aseua?
this question stupid see-3s.FUT.IND.PASS / nevertheless Q book-SUBJ thy-SUBJ aseua
"This is going to seem like a stupid question, but what's your book about?"

[Imralu]

Senya neshaki pinsei?
How much is left to write?

Nwagi mwemwe nwa vu wege u zyii vabi, mye ze vabii ne ndwidzu
Only about one third is finished, but what's not finished is mapped out.

Nivii yui ba dawe dyinge.
The problem is that it's very long.

I litifiki u vyui nggwa ba dawe dyinge, mye wi vabi do, doro nai he zyeu dei diwe dyinge.
It's literary fiction, which tends to be very long, but when it's finished, then the next thing I should do is shorten it.

U haze do, nai gwo mwe zyedwa zyi wi vu do vu wi qindaneti.
Otherwise, I could release it as a serial online or something.

Ta soura neilaka ailiri, zyr hyra kheroder tisar aseua?
this question stupid see-3s.FUT.IND.PASS / nevertheless Q book-SUBJ thy-SUBJ aseua
"This is going to seem like a stupid question, but what's your book about?"

Zyeu wai zyu wai ngegyu u dizyoi ma?
Why do you think that's a stupid question?

Byoi gohu ye qekolodyisi ye byunggyu ye ngulo mbo zami zyu zui zebya lela u ye zo Hibu u lu lyu ya dzo ngwandi wi ngi gunu, u ndze li mwe zyeu mwenye u ye zami zyu zui bahe dzwi zyu bawei li nwo u nggwe zyamo u zui ze mu ndo. Mye bawe u dei zamu zywei vindwa.
It's about an anxious, closeted ecologist who, out of a sense of obligation, travels to Hibu in place of someone injured in an accident, without having had the chance to prepare himself, believing he has to prevent a famine somehow. But many of his assumptions are wrong.

Myeroi kureta do dei li nggwendwi me zebya zyi hu u dei nggyu zyi u bandzwo va. Dei bahe limwe zyi ndwinge do bi byungwe ni zyizu.
But then there's a coup and he finds himself off the grid, without a safety net, alone with the man he's most afraid of. He has to learn the language and stop running away from who he is.

[/ˌnɐˈɾɛndɚduːd/]

Byoi gohu ye qekolodyisi ye byunggyu ye ngulo mbo zami zyu zui zebya lela u ye zo Hibu u lu lyu ya dzo ngwandi wi ngi gunu, u ndze li mwe zyeu mwenye u ye zami zyu zui bahe dzwi zyu bawei li nwo u nggwe zyamo u zui ze mu ndo. Mye bawe u dei zamu zywei vindwa.
It's about an anxious, closeted ecologist who, out of a sense of obligation, travels to Hibu in place of someone injured in an accident, without having had the chance to prepare himself, believing he has to prevent a famine somehow. But many of his assumptions are wrong.

Myeroi kureta do dei li nggwendwi me zebya zyi hu u dei nggyu zyi u bandzwo va. Dei bahe limwe zyi ndwinge do bi byungwe ni zyizu.
But then there's a coup and he finds himself off the grid, without a safety net, alone with the man he's most afraid of. He has to learn the language and stop running away from who he is.

ryci hutos fâseˀn col?
[ˈryki ˈhutɒs ˈfæseʔn̩ kɒl]
what be.called 2s.GEN.DEF.SG book

what is your book called?

[Imralu]

ryci hutos fâseˀn col?
[ˈryki ˈhutɒs ˈfæseʔn̩ kɒl]
what be.called 2s.GEN.DEF.SG book
what is your book called?

Dyii ze ndwabi.
The name is not finalised.

Bawei mwemwe dyi.
There are many possible names.

[quinterbeck]

Dyii ze ndwabi.
The name is not finalised.

Bawei mwemwe dyi.
There are many possible names.

Dzuier kimi, hmyruti neshakattoui reng attou fei zo
Giving the title after finishing writing the story is best

More: show

zo ptcl. appears with general knowledge or widely held opinion and expresses agreement or support of interlocuter's statement or intention

[Pedant]

Rheukos-i kheroda lazir pena-ka, la-dreudala akala gonan kon ana akeua akas kyliaiar-ka.
Write-CONST book-OBJ always want-1s-RETR.IN.ACT-on.the.one.hand / NEG-story-SUBJ mine-MASC.SUBJ continuation-OBJ except-FEM.OBJ me ever really satisfy-3s-RETR.IND.ACT-on.the.other.hand
“I’ve always wanted to write a book, but no story of mine (except some fanfiction) has ever really satisfied me.”

[Imralu]

I nye de vu ya nyodye u dyavwi ngai li dangga u zwai limi zyi.
It's now that time of year where my toilet makes a loud noise as it's filling up.

Nai ze mu zyu mai zyeu i ngi u nyoi Qogasi gwe Sepitemba.
I don't know why it happens in August and September.

Dzuier kimi, hmyruti neshakattoui reng attou fei zo
Giving the title after finishing writing the story is best

More: show

zo ptcl. appears with general knowledge or widely held opinion and expresses agreement or support of interlocuter's statement or intention

Nai gozyo.
I agree.

Rheukos-i kheroda lazir pena-ka, la-dreudala akala gonan kon ana akeua akas kyliaiar-ka.
Write-CONST book-OBJ always want-1s-RETR.IN.ACT-on.the.one.hand / NEG-story-SUBJ mine-MASC.SUBJ continuation-OBJ except-FEM.OBJ me ever really satisfy-3s-RETR.IND.ACT-on.the.other.hand
“I’ve always wanted to write a book, but no story of mine (except some fanfiction) has ever really satisfied me.”

Ha wai ze mwe myegi zyebya zywe ngo ngingi gwe lyu?
Can't you just change the characters and the setting?

Wai ze nyu zywe ngo ngingi gwe lyu, mye wi fanifiki do, wai ndwa nyu zyi ngingi.
You don't own the characters or the world, but with fanfiction, you do own the story.

[Pedant]

Ha wai ze mwe myegi zyebya zywe ngo ngingi gwe lyu?
Can't you just change the characters and the setting?

Wai ze nyu zywe ngo ngingi gwe lyu, mye wi fanifiki do, wai ndwa nyu zyi ngingi.
You don't own the characters or the world, but with fanfiction, you do own the story.

Kshamakaraktha:
…unevnathisiman.
PERF-NEG-wholly-guide.OBJ-think-1sE
"…I hadn't really thought about that."

[Travis B.]

Immer find ik besonders, wen ik stimlose obstruenten in de kunstspraak fan Imralu see.
I always find it special when I see voiceless obstruents in Imralu's conlang.

[WeepingElf]

Immer find ik besonders, wen ik stimlose obstruenten in de kunstspraak fan Imralu see.
I always find it special when I see voiceless obstruents in Imralu's conlang.

Prepti jam t'a3 hainas hend°m ghastánám wardám hesei.
appear-3SG:A REL-OBJ INAN-OBJ.PL one-GEN inside-OBJ.SG foreign-INAN-GEN.PL word-GEN.PL exist-3SG:P
'It appears as if they only occur in foreign words.'

[Travis B.]

Immer find ik besonders, wen ik stimlose obstruenten in de kunstspraak fan Imralu see.
I always find it special when I see voiceless obstruents in Imralu's conlang.

Prepti jam t'a3 hainas hend°m ghastánám wardám hesei.
appear-3SG:A REL-OBJ INAN-OBJ.PL one-GEN inside-OBJ.SG foreign-INAN-GEN.PL word-GEN.PL exist-3SG:P
'It appears as if they only occur in foreign words.'

Dat is, wat ik dacht hadde.
That is what I had thought.

[hwhatting]

Prepti jam t'a3 hainas hend°m ghastánám wardám hesei.
appear-3SG:A REL-OBJ INAN-OBJ.PL one-GEN inside-OBJ.SG foreign-INAN-GEN.PL word-GEN.PL exist-3SG:P
'It appears as if they only occur in foreign words.'

Các duchu Indo-Europisca funnér.
PROX-F.SG.NOM language-SG.NOM Indo-European-F.SG.NOM seem-3.SG.PRES.ACT
That language looks Indo-European.

[WeepingElf]

Prepti jam t'a3 hainas hend°m ghastánám wardám hesei.
appear-3SG:A REL-OBJ INAN-OBJ.PL one-GEN inside-OBJ.SG foreign-INAN-GEN.PL word-GEN.PL exist-3SG:P
'It appears as if they only occur in foreign words.'

Các duchu Indo-Europisca funnér.
PROX-F.SG.NOM language-SG.NOM Indo-European-F.SG.NOM seem-3.SG.PRES.ACT
That language looks Indo-European.

3isi.
'It is.'

Prijahesperikam 3isi.
'It is Proto-Hesperic.'

[Imralu]

Immer find ik besonders, wen ik stimlose obstruenten in de kunstspraak fan Imralu see.
I always find it special when I see voiceless obstruents in Imralu's conlang.

Prepti jam t'a3 hainas hend°m ghastánám wardám hesei.
appear-3SG:A REL-OBJ INAN-OBJ.PL one-GEN inside-OBJ.SG foreign-INAN-GEN.PL word-GEN.PL exist-3SG:P
'It appears as if they only occur in foreign words.'

Dat is, wat ik dacht hadde.
That is what I had thought.

Zyei yu nai hu.
Sieqi qiu naqi hu.
It's because I'm a man.

Qi nie te fu qia niotie qu tiafui ngaqi li tanikā qu suaqi limi siyi.
It's now that time of year where my toilet makes a loud noise as it's filling up.

Naqi se mu siu maqi siequ qi ngi qu nioqi Qogasi kue Sepitemba.
I don't know why it happens in August and September.

[...]

Naqi kosio.
I agree.

[...]

Ha quaqi se mue mieki siepia siwe ngo ngingi kue liu?
Can't you just change the characters and the setting?

Quaqi se niu siwe ngo ngingi kue liu, mie quiri fanifiki to, quaqi nituā niu siyi ngingi.
You don't own the characters or the world, but with fanfiction, you do own the story.

[WeepingElf]

Prepti jam t'a3 hainas hend°m ghastánám wardám hesei.
appear-3SG:A REL-OBJ INAN-OBJ.PL one-GEN inside-OBJ.SG foreign-INAN-GEN.PL word-GEN.PL exist-3SG:P
'It appears as if they only occur in foreign words.'

Các duchu Indo-Europisca funnér.
PROX-F.SG.NOM language-SG.NOM Indo-European-F.SG.NOM seem-3.SG.PRES.ACT
That language looks Indo-European.

3isi.
'It is.'

Prijahesperikam 3isi.
'It is Proto-Hesperic.'

Sorry for not explaining this in the conlang itself, but it is simply not sufficiently developed for that yet (nor will probably ever be, because it is intrafictionally merely a reconstructed protolanguage). The idea is that Proto-Hesperic was the language of the Bell Beaker culture, which spread across much of Western Europe around 2500 BC by immigration of people from the Eastern European steppe, and therefore most likely spoke an IE language. One of the descendants of Proto-Hesperic is (or rather, will be) Old Albic, the language of the ancient Elven civilization - the Elves descend from the Bell Beaker people. That language thus will be an IE language, too. These people are called "Elves" because they are meant to be the "true" Elves underlying the Germanic and Celtic traditions of Elves, and also the Greek tradition of Hyperborea and contributing to the Atlantis story (though only the geography of the island; while the catastrophe was the Santorini eruption and the war against Egypt and Greece the "Sea Peoples" incursions - i.e., three different stories were rolled into one here).

[jal]

idea is that Proto-Hesperic was the language of the Bell Beaker culture

Mi ste mi go af taym fi ple ot Sajiwa istari, oba fo sat mi nahf non, dis di-dem.
I wish I had time to expand Sajiwa's backstory, but unfortunately I don't have any these days.


JAL

[KamareKitsune]

Mi ste mi go af taym fi ple ot Sajiwa istari, oba fo sat mi nahf non, dis di-dem.
I wish I had time to expand Sajiwa's backstory, but unfortunately I don't have any these days.

þḫa ke nu ruśən iś na mu na mi miya

þḫ-

seem\PFV

-a

-VBZ

ke

like

nu=

NEG

ruśən

time

=iś

=SUB

na

for

m-

any

-u

SG.C

na

for

m-

any

-i

SG.N

m-

any

-iya

when

It seems nobody has time for anything anymore.

[Travis B.]

KamareKitsune, wilk naam wurde du befoor nand?
KamareKitsune, what name were you called before?

[bradrn]

KamareKitsune, wilk naam wurde du befoor nand?
KamareKitsune, what name were you called before?

Tis to-u fes:
His Her signature says:

Previously KathTheDragon, if you remember me.

On which note, welcome back! Ndawisoŋye!