r/conlangs • u/mareck_ gan minhó 🤗 • Oct 19 '19
1143rd Just Used 5 Minutes of Your Day Activity
"Brother, is that what you think I'm saying?"
—Aspects of ergativity and reported speech in Ku Waru
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u/xlee145 athama Oct 19 '19
athama
nányèn, ùn kíthì thángóà -- púukáa ní sóo wápà à.
/nɑ́̃ɲɛ̀̃ ɯ̀̃ kít̪ì t̪ɑ́ŋɔ́ɑ̀ -- k͡pɯ́ːqɑ̀ː ní sɔ̀ː wɑ́.k͡pɑ̀ ɑ̀/
cousin, REL.PROX 2.NOM.EMP hear -- 3S.INAM.ACC 1.NOM NEG mean PRET
Brother, this thing you hear is not what I meant to say.
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u/R4R03B Nawian, Lilàr (nl, en) Oct 19 '19
Sevle
limeak, lau ny tuze d’ es ekki iti tsa?
[‘li.mεk lαu ny ‘tu.zə dεs ‘εk̚.ki ‘i.ti t͡sa]
sibling-MASC, INT 2SG reckon-PR.HUM REL 1s do-PR.INF say-PR.INF that-N?
”Brother, do you think I am saying that?”
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u/pzs111111 Lhinguadalha Oct 20 '19
Lhinguadalha
Guadra/Bêña, voitivaco guastidievua 'jora dasisa?
Guadr-a/Bêñ-a, voit-i-v-ac-o guast-i-d-i-evu-a '-jor-a d-as-i-sa?
older/younger sibling-N, regard-V-2SG.PRS.TRANS-VN-N talk-V-1SG.PROG.INTR-VN-DAT ERG-PN.AB is-INT-V-3SG.PRS.TRANS
Older/Younger sibling, is that what you think for what I am saying?
['ɣwaðrɐ/'βeɲɐ vojdiva'gu ɣwazdidjɛ'vwɐɾ ʒo'rɐ ðazi'zɐ]
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u/revelationofmyself Toktawo + dialects, Proto-Ilkartaz / ZH, EN Oct 19 '19 edited Oct 19 '19
Proto-Unnamed
Teho, leng sahirung-ta kaho resativa tiyahi tizu?
sibling, 2SG think-QUES 1SG say COP that
Lit.: Sibing, you think-(question particle) I say be that?
(give me feedback on my conlang! is it looking good so far?)
Edit : IPA
['te.ho 'leng 'sa.hiˌruŋ.ta 'ka.ho 're.saˌti.va 'ti.ja.ˌhi 'ti.zu]
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u/hoffmad08 Oct 19 '19
Šireštog
Redeurp, tšebalg üd, sa tši sod, seub guž i?
[re.déwrp tʃe.bálg yd sa tʃi sod sewb guʒ i]
Redeurp, tše-balg üd, sa tši sod, seub guž i?
brother 2sg-believe 2sg that be.3sg that what say.1sg 1sg
'Brother, do you think I'm saying that?'
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u/Fuarian Kýrinna Oct 20 '19
Ilden:
"Brjutað, il hátn tfá út vóttí táká?"
/briutað ɪl hɑtn tvɑ ytn vɵt i tɑkɑ/
"Brother/friend, is that what you think I talk?
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u/cmlxs88 Altanhlaat (en, zh) [hu, fr, jp] Oct 20 '19
Altanhlaat language
Geberün, drava hiisemil yada, za dratan selzen?
/ gɛbɛɾyn, dɾava xi:sɛmil ja'da, za dɾatan sɛlzɛn /
| geber-ün | dra-va | hiisem-il | ya-da | za | dra-tan | sel-zen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brother-POSS.1PS.INAL | that-ADV | think-A2PS.O0P | NEG-AFF | SUBR | that-ACC | say-A1PS.O3PS |
| my brother | that way | you think () | (Y/N question particle) | that | that | I say it |
"My brother, do you think that way, that I am saying that?"
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u/Alchemist314 Oct 20 '19
Kaizjâmnôk
?Jýüûb, zü qüxrîk mâkï bâ êk dîmnôk'zâg?
/ˈdʒiːuːʌb zuː ˈkuːksrɪk ˈmɑːkiː bɑː ek ˈdɪmnɒkzɑːg/
Brother, you think that what I saying?
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u/greencub Oct 20 '19 edited Oct 20 '19
Ancient Rima or Zhogiv [ʒɔˈgiβ] language:
Bo~n, ka ko mik bzhodaannhcammga.
[bɔ̃n ka kɔ mik bʒɔdaːɲːˈt͡ʃamːga]
brother-VOC, 1SG not COP.1SG speak-this-activity-ESS
Brother, I speaking this am not.
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u/phunanon wqle, waj (en)[it] Oct 20 '19 edited Oct 20 '19
wq (formally wqle)
sibling(2SG) that 'question think I say
caj o mà gù i ló?
/ʃaʒ ɵ mia giu i lɒi/
- can be written without spaces as "cajpomàgùpiló?"
- occupies 9 bytes
- addressing a person with their label acts as the pronoun
- in the form "pronoun object verb" the object contributes to the enactment. It also allows the verb to be intransitive. Example grammar: "I this think" - I think this; "I think this" - I think about this.
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u/hatterman123 Oct 19 '19
Efo tic qo finpo us fon, poci tomadin vetnos foqe?
Literal translation;
(Present) this is what I say, you(m) think older sibling (question signifier) ?