Conlang Conversation Thread [2010–2019]

[Lambuzhao]

Ko ete a mai ta leppwe Xingoxa(?)
PFT think ERG 1SG DEF leopard <Xing>
I thought Xing was a leopard (?)

[Xing]

Mai lepp’e p’eip’eilu.
mai lepp’e p’ei p’eilu
1s leopard vbz tusk

I'm a leopard with tusks.

Ta lepp’ep’eilu.
ta lepp’e p’eilu
SG leopard tusk

A tusk-leopard.

[Dormouse559]

Rîjaşaj rijuparatami.
[ˈriːjæʃeː ˈrejopɑrɑtɑ̃mi]
explain-IMP leopard-ACC
What is a leopard?

Kumpa hati rijurijuparatatta wajta?
[ˈkõmpɑ ˈhɑti ˈrejorejopɑrɑtɑtːɑ ˈvæi̯tæ]
long tooth all~leopard-LAT INT
Do all leopards have tusks?

[Xing]

Kumpa hati rijurijuparatatta wajta?
[ˈkõmpɑ ˈhɑti ˈrejorejopɑrɑtɑtːɑ ˈvæi̯tæ]
long tooth all~leopard-LAT INT
Do all leopards have tusks?

Nea o m’ere kulu tepu.
be GEN animal cool only
Only the cool ones.

[Dormouse559]

Şumâtiqqa paj kumkumpahatirijuparatami kûluşikîqqa.
[ˈʃõmɑːteqːæ ˈpæi̯ ˈkõmkõmpɑhɑterejopɑrɑtɑ̃mi ˈkũːloʃekiːqːæ]
exceed-EPI 2SG.NOM all~long-tooth-leopard-ACC coolness-ADV
You must be the coolest tusk-leopard ever.


Cal lassa-lemba!
[ˈkal ˈlasa ˈlɛmba]
What a mouthful!

[taylorS]

Yèsbi khwèž éf yidèn dá' deyhàfàm mèy łábùrd dmèy tsák.
[ˈjespi kʍeʒ efˈjesten datːejˈçafam mejˈɫabət tmejˈtsakʰ]
yès-bi khwèž éf=yès-dèn dey-hàf-àm mèy=łábùrd d=mèy=tsák
2PL-COP crazy if=2PL-think SUB=3PL-have-3PL PL=leopard ACC=PL=tusk
You guys are crazy if you think leopards have tusks.

[Dormouse559]

Rîjaşa jâmkatulawatta kumpa hati.
[ˈriːjæʃæ ˈʒæ̃ːmkætõlɑwɑtːɑ ˈkõmpɑ ˈhɑti]
explain-IMP be-ACC-INF-NEG-3PL-LAT long tooth
Why wouldn't they have tusks?

[Lao Kou]

Yèsbi khwèž éf yidèn dá' deyhàfàm mèy łábùrd dmèy tsák.
You guys are crazy if you think leopards have tusks.

Ngurebnöiksüm, fídelínöiksüm. Makhlama lí íkföl, fü vídhs gateredh.
[ˌŋuɾɛˈbnøjksym, fiˌdɛliˈnøjksym. maxˈlama li iˈkføl, fu ˈviðs gaˈtɛɾɛð]
fang-ACC.DUAL, tusk-ACC.DUAL / 1PL-NOM AUX.FUT talk, INDEF.NEG thing-NOM.NEG big-NOM.NEG
Fangs, tusks. We'll talk, no big whoop.

[Arveyres]

Arveyran/Sarahi
Comptare le orange nunc esc amusant.
To count the oranges not is amusing.
Counting oranges is not fun.

[Dormouse559]

Hajwi haw tinnuwâmiki daranşami.
[ˈhæi̯wi ˈhɑu̯ ˈtẽnːowɑ̃ːmeki ˈdæræ̃nʃæ̃mi]
like 1SG.NOM count-ACC-INF orange-ACC
I like counting oranges.

Sols els folls nen aman contar lis arangis.
[ˈsɔls əls ˈfɔls nə‿ˈnaman kɔnˈtaɾ lɪs aˈɾandʑɪs]
Only crazy people don't like counting oranges.

Mais sî nen amas contar lis bommalis, son egnniró.
[ˈmaɪ̯s ˈse nə‿ˈnamas kɔnˈtaɾ lɪs bɔmˈmalɪs sə‿nɛɲɲɪˈɾɔ]
But if you don't like counting apples, I'll get it.

Daranşami hajwi paj wajta?
[ˈdæræ̃nʃæ̃mi ˈhæi̯wi ˈpæi̯ ˈvæi̯tæ]
orange-ACC like 2SG.NOM INT
Do you like oranges?

[Täzari]

Hvär lözusöteli seknujajeś, ekelbada ärnæ bipulet. Ne hvadakætzujajeś bilśeka mebbada!
[rel.pron. lözusöteli-NOMsg speak.pres.-PASS-3sg, orange-NOMpl-DET be3pl-NEG common-NOMpl. avv. prefer.pres.-PASS-3sg, count.infin. berry-ACCpl-DET]

Where Lözusöteli is spoken oranges are not common. There they prefer to count berries!

[clawgrip]

Nadutay whe whirwa nhun eruun-yumu per kuwasdarey barey upurmu-san?
Is there anyone who is interested in learning about Naduta?


Duool beym lian jong pngom Himmaswa deu?
Do you want to learn about Himmaswa?


Twarng ork kangwau doy huoo kleh'ut cheung yoan kangmua jer dang chai.
I haven't made threads here yet, but if you would like me to I will do it.

[Dormouse559]

Te vèi-ess c'ens andass?
[tə ˈvaɪ̯ ˈɛs kəns anˈdas]
Do you even need to ask?

Bien scur ca vorrêns meglor cagnustre li naduta et himmaswa.
[ˈbin ˈskoɾ ka vɔˈrɛns mɛˈɪ̯ɔɾ kaˈɲostɾə lɪ naˈdota ɛ‿ɾɪmˈmasʊ̯a]
Of course we'd like to learn about Naduta and Himmaswa.

[Lambuzhao]

Nadutay whe whirwa nhun eruun-yumu per kuwasdarey barey upurmu-san?
Is there anyone who is interested in learning about Naduta?


Duool beym lian jong pngom Himmaswa deu?
Do you want to learn about Himmaswa?


Twarng ork kangwau doy huoo kleh'ut cheung yoan kangmua jer dang chai.
I haven't made threads here yet, but if you would like me to I will do it.

Logeuuga yang beym lian jong huoo pngom Himmaswa nek Naduta lokhuoo?
INDEF.ANIM EMPH learn want NEG language <Himmaswa> CNJ <Naduta> Q-NEG
Who doesn't want to learn Himmaswa and Naduta?

[zyma]

Nadutay whe whirwa nhun eruun-yumu per kuwasdarey barey upurmu-san?
Is there anyone who is interested in learning about Naduta?


Duool beym lian jong pngom Himmaswa deu?
Do you want to learn about Himmaswa?


Twarng ork kangwau doy huoo kleh'ut cheung yoan kangmua jer dang chai.
I haven't made threads here yet, but if you would like me to I will do it.

Logeuuga yang beym lian jong huoo pngom Himmaswa nek Naduta lokhuoo?
INDEF.ANIM EMPH learn want NEG language <Himmaswa> CNJ <Naduta> Q-NEG
Who doesn't want to learn Himmaswa and Naduta?

I look forward to hearing more about them.

[taylorS]

Alatxut zitze hraf, paz jouma. Anibanc ixi aroilac ongeuvajar.
[laˈtʃut θiˈtse xraf pað dʒɔuˈma niˈɓaŋk iʃi rɔiˈlak oŋgɛuvaˈdʒar]

a-lac-xut zitze hraf paz jouma
3SG-COP-here cold very this night
"It is here very cold, tonight."

a-n-ibanc ixi a-roi-lac ongeuvajar
3SG.NOM-1SG.ACC-touch as.if 3SG-SUBJ-COP autumn
"It touches me as if it were Fall"

It's very cold here, tonight. It feels like Fall.

[Lao Kou]

Alatxut zitze hraf, paz jouma. Anibanc ixi aroilac ongeuvajar.
It's very cold here, tonight. It feels like Fall.

Sí la sau vöthalörsaut chau neskersauv síníe ba lomazhdazh zçefüth.
[si ˌla sɔ ˌvøθaˈløɾsɔt tʃɔ nɛˈskɛɾsɔv ˈsinjɛ ba ˌlomaˈʒdaʒ ʑɛˈfyθ]
1SG-NOM AUX.PRES INDEF autumn.portents-ACC DEF sky-LOC myself-ADV PTCL up.look.for find.oneself
I myself find myself looking skyward for portents of autumn.

[Lambuzhao]

Šučieʕūyusvæθiti zorhreloneš
Tail.grain<PL>COLL.NOM CAUS-gold<INCHOAT>PRS.3PL
The ears of millet grow golden

ʔōyusvæθiti kneobθičolman zorkelwoneš
Fruit<PL>COLL.NOM blood.twig-GEN CAUS-red<INCHOAT>PRS.3PL
The berries of Dogwood blush

Sa Satrēqedum to ʔunit qeqšonek;
CNJ cold<NMLZ> DEF.NOM.SG little<SUPER> fill<INCHOAT>PRS.3SG
But the Coldness has ceased;

ča čeχr tovir toin ʔōŋχin kešruek.
CNJ year-NOM.SG new DEF.GEN.PL < Ānkhian >GEN.PL open-PRS.3SG
the Ānkhian New Year begins

ʔaisa ʕeuvger tovru to vasal χores.
CNJ=CNJ ADV<COMPAR> new<ADVZ> DEF.NOM.SG hot<NMLZ>NOM come<PROX>PRS.3SG
Yet again we shall have Indian Summer instead.

Spoiler:

Not a fan of Indian Summer at all - burns the heck out of otherwise beautiful Fall foliage; but it looks like we're getting it this year.

Spoiler:

I used to have 3 seasons on Tirga: Pleni (late Spring + Summer) , Lesser Hustniçe (Early Autumn) Quinqox (Late Autumn + Winter) and Greater Hustniçe (Early Spring).
The Hustniçe was, to the Tirgan folk, the same basic "fresh, cool, intercalary season of change" whether before or after Pleni.

Lately, in my own real-world micro-clime, there has been this increasing trend. I do not know whether to chalk it up to global warming or not. Nonetheless, we have been experiencing a kind of "donut-hole" in a good chunk of July, wherein the weather is unseasonably cool. July is traditionally a month of increasing heat and explosive, long torrential downpours, but with HEAT, traditionally. Over the past few years, there seems to be a steadying Indian Summer anchoring into the calendar. In previous years, Indian Summer may occur, as a continuation of August's "dog days" of miserable hazy, hot and humid (but chiefly rainless) weather, or else evaporate into a strong & precocious Autumn frost. At any rate, I am toying with the idea of making these weird recent "mini-seasons" a part of maybe a (Hindu-like) 6 seasonal calendar for (at least part of) my Conworld Tirga (?)

[Ethanxman]

Ku Clawgrip.
NAME.ACC clawgrip
To Clawgrip.

La mu pikt oc qui Himmaswa kit o?
You.NOM us.DAT picture.ACC exchange.QUESTION NAME.ACC Himmaswa writing, pen.ACC o.QUESTION
Can you show us a picture of written Himmaswa characters?

[Iyionaku]

Hâgo CBB! D'i be deu "noschweren" prak. I haen dol nä dam ud i âetil dur a passprak, d'il bien Sound Change Applier us dem deušk atwickelen hav. Âgadigs gefälen bir d'Reultaen üverraed guen, daha hav il besho a prak darus šu gealen. Wi fideen ihr i?

Hello CBB. DEM-be-3PS.SG 1PS.SG.POSS new konstructed-FEM language. 3PS.SG.FEM have-3PS.SG yet no-FEM name and be-3PS.SG actually just a-FEM funlang-ACC, that 1PS.SG with Sound Change Applier outof ART.MASC.DAT german-DAT develop-PART.PERF have-2PS.SG. However like-1PS.SG 1PS.SG-DAT NEUT-result surprising-GER good, so have-1PS.SG 1PS.SG decide-PART.PERF a-FEM language outofthat to make-INF. How find-2PS.PL 2PS.PL 3PS.SG.FEM

Hi there CBB! This is my new "constructed" language. It doesn't have a name yet and was actually just a funlang, which I developed out of German with Sound Change Applier. However, I like the result so much that I decided to make a language out of it. What do you think about it?

Grammar is just a relex of German, but I want to develop some own features.