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Lambuzhao wrote:
Vigo begibai, yinarzabai vat cleiti. Tespak yinarzabai æ'cleivut dèr an"anoran" yiværcelokʻi æ'guvodlok.
if honest-COP.1SG, PST-really-like-1SG DEM movie. Especially PST-really-like-1SG DEF.CONC=scene REL.TEMP DEF.ANIM=expert-PL PST-CON-decrypt-3PL DEF.CONC=text-secret
If I can be honest, I really did like that movie. I especially enjoyed the scene when the "experts" tried to decrypt the "secret message".

Wdien NU seles done~χētæ kœhœ pugnu boi swutruezjil « ʕardaitura» ʕa ?
INTERR.ANIM.NOM.SG NEG want<PRS>3SG INF=know<NMLZ> REL.ADV cuneiform.INST PRP say<NMLZ> hydrogen.ACC CNJ
Who DOESN'T want to know how to say «hydrogen» in cuneiform?
Re vutret, re cîyityanartayai avit matay racauret resifáb... :roll:
1SG INT, 1SG NEG-PST-POT-really-recognize-1SG which word OPP-mean-3SG hydrogen
Well, I couldn't really determine which word should mean "Hydrogen"... :roll:
Spoiler:
Very clever usage of Yélian! [B)] What you couldn't know though: Although your sentence was grammatically correct, nar is normally not used with affirmative statements (albeit I propably disobeyed that in some translation challenges). pa- (totally) or begi- (honestly) would be the most natural choice:
Yipazabai vat cleiti. Yibegizabai vat cleiti.

For the second sentence, you could use tespak as incorporated classifier. It is one of the very few lexemes that can appear both as classifiers or independent words. I just didn't do it because I find words like ciyitespaknarzabai too long to be asthetically pleasing. Classical Yélian writers would disagree, though. :wat:

Yitespakzabai æ'cleivut.
Edit: Oh, and cleivut actually means "act", not "scene". I'm thinking of keeping it though.
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vasedmχe-tetwu « ÚḪ (AN) ÍD » sumerinu boi sveiyek.
{Yellow} Sulphur is called « ÚḪ (AN) ÍD » in Sumerian.
[:D]
Spoiler:
Forbes, R.J. (1964) Studies in Ancient Technology, Vol. 6 p 16

https://books.google.com/books?id=nc4UA ... ur&f=false


Ča ʕardaitur … ?
CNJ hydrogen
as for hydrogen …?
[:S]

Dang it, Iyionaku! Now you've got me thiking of Coptic Alchemy, Ancient Egyptian Periodic Table of Elements… so much to see and do under the sun, and the Sun ain't even up yet! Good on ya, mate!
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Lambuzhao wrote:Vigo begibai, yinarzabai vat cleiti. Tespak yinarzabai æ'cleivut dèr an"anoran" yiværcelokʻi æ'guvodlok.
if honest-COP.1SG, PST-really-like-1SG DEM movie. Especially PST-really-like-1SG DEF.CONC=scene REL.TEMP DEF.ANIM=expert-PL PST-CON-decrypt-3PL DEF.CONC=text-secret
If I can be honest, I really did like that movie. I especially enjoyed the scene when the "experts" tried to decrypt the "secret message".
[xD]

Kxa Dlıǐrhıtḳlal zaıḍúahar lalàıkùah ...
kxa du<lıì-r>h<ìt>ḳlal zıaḍúah<a>r lalàıka<ù>h
BEN consult<4.3PL-PL><NEG> scientific.accuracy<OBL.AUG> linguist<PAT>
They never consult linguists for scientific accuracy...

Dratrıırııá : kxa Daàhııllí Laǎlallxaía.
dı<ra>t<rıırı>ıá kxa du<aà>hııllí la<aà-la<á>l>l<x-a>ía
help<4.1><oh.god.please> OBJ no.longer.remember<1.3> be.able.to.speak<1.3-language<AUG>><NMLZ-OBL>
Oh god, help, I no longer remember how to speak this language.

Edit: Dlıǐrhıtḳlal, not Dlıǐrhıtlal; the latter is "they never speak eruditely to them", which frankly, is also true. :roll:
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Edit: Substituted a string instrument for a French interjection.

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Yaza rav swutrimpa svuglotru ʕavra;
CNJ ADV speak<PRS>2SG.IMPTV language.INST.SG other
So speak another language;

baum ʔoyeš ʔihmeù ʕado.
CNJ be<PRS>3PL 2SG.DAT many
for you have many,

ra swutrimpa ʔozau svuglotrin ʕinu;
CNJ speak<PRS>2SG.IMPTV NUM.INSTR language.GEN.PL 1SG.GEN
Or speak one of my languages;

baum ʔoyeš ʕiñeù ʕado.
CNJ be<PRS>3PL 1SG.DAT many
for I have many,

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Lambuzhao wrote:Yaza rav swutrimpa svuglotru ʕavra;
CNJ ADV speak<PRS>2SG.IMPTV language.INST.SG other
So speak another language;

baum ʔoyeš ʔihmeù ʕado.
CNJ be<PRS>3PL 2SG.DAT many
for you have many,
Hua Dıẓìtxıí luazuall Laâlaṭaıkḷ lṭuaaùl!
hua dı<ı>ẓìtxıí luaza<u>ll la<aà>làṭaı=ḷḷ lṭuaa<ù>l
because will.never.grow<3> INFR.this.language<PAT.AUG> HYP.speak<1.3>=CONT.FOC other.language<PAT>
But if I speak some other language, this one will never grow!

[ngoko kpetl {mu} heom mwa kp ngy ngalalh]
ngy oko kpetl mu ha eom mwa kp ngy ngy alal ha
ABST circle speech CONJ IND make TEL in.the.name.of.Rassilon's.unshaven.chest.hair ABST ABST Alál IND
Now how the hell did Alál do conditional clauses...
Spoiler:
I'm reasonably certain the nominal mood marking had something to do with it. [:S]
If only I'd, you know, written anything about that down anywhere... :roll:
Thank goodness for old Translation forum posts to re-teach me my own conlang. [:P]
Lambuzhao wrote: ra swutrimpa ʔozau svuglotrin ʕinu;
CNJ speak<PRS>2SG.IMPTV NUM.INSTR language.GEN.PL 1SG.GEN
Or speak one of my languages;

baum ʔoyeš ʕiñeù ʕado.
CNJ be<PRS>3PL 1SG.DAT many
for I have many,
Háá, tás Xýllte zobirorz ghintarerz!
háá ta-ed-s xýll-tu zobir-oirz ag khintar-oirz
INTJ 2\STAT-INFR-2 cosmos-PVRB perform.magic-AUG 1 behind-AUG
Alas, as we've seen, you are far better than I at such a thing!

[:D]
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Kai vigom boa vu yuʕēm!
CNJ word<SG>ABL PRP PROHIB be<OPT>2SG
But don't be silent!


ʕane swutuimpa!
ADV speak<INTRS.PRS>2SG.IMPTV
Just utter!
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Yaza boyima done~mrētræ Ɂōsviθue pteriθin,
CNJ be.able<PRS>2PL INF=use<NMLZ> pollen.INSTR fern.GEN
You can use pixie dust,
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Ra boyima done~mrētræ tō ʕaχaŋgvau,
Or you can use your imagination
https://media.giphy.com/media/xRJZH4Ajr973y/giphy.gif


Ra Ɂuntaloa~Ɂuntaloa ʕavoin.
CNJ little<NMLZ>ABL=little<NMLZ>ABL 3DU.GEN
Or a little of both.

… hen, koi tevere žerzuepa vægu θer sveitos anō ʕinu.
EXCLAM ADV new<ADVZ> weave<IMPTV> word<PL>INSTR old speak <PST.PTCP> INDEF<PL> 1SG.GEN
Oh, thus weave thou anew some old words I have used.
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hyata nayo ke nekohi nomok
grandfather 1s.GEN O cat-DIM like-NEG
My grandfather doesn’t like kittens.
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؟ čulmotrworfuyenæ yeklæš gōdeu ʔihmu dwaver ʕa ?
dog<PL>NOM please<PRS>3PL grandfather<SG>DAT 2SG.GEN much<COMPAR> CNJ
Does your grandfather prefer dogs?

؟ ʔoyeš gōdeu ʔihmu čiexrin woddwo? ?
Be<PRS>3PL grandfather<SG>DAT 2SG.GEN year<PL>GEN INTERR.ADV
How old is your grandfather??
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[ineolre i na dwxam ire o nah mu lweongy mwa tswers tse bir o nah]
j<neol>re i na ha dwxi mwa ire o na ha mu ha lweongy mwa tse wers tse ha bir o na ha
PLACE<plant> POSS 1 IND go.to TEL PLACE AGT 1 IND CONJ IND eat TEL GAS sun GAS IND see IND AGT 1 IND
I am going to go in the backyard and watch the sun get eaten...
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Yo mënźoł soleasu.
I will be eating the sun
Spoiler:
My minicity is [http://zyphrazia.myminicity.com/xml]Zyphrazia and [http://novland.myminicity.com/xml]Novland.

Minicity has fallen :(
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qwed117 wrote:Yo mënźoł soleasu.
I will be eating the sun
Öçek la chal gínsam agvédíanam hümímevöth.
Wear your special glasses.
道可道,非常道
名可名,非常名
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qwed117 wrote:Yo mënźoł soleasu.
I will be eating the sun
[ziv prulu li dav]
da tip pra ulu li da ba
2 tongue EVID please Q 2 EVID
Did it taste good?

[prasxym tivl doz dera heow kpaw as rav]
pra txym tip li do da da ha dera heow kpaw ha da ra ba
EVID smell tongue Q 2 2 2 IND suffer eye hole IND 2 PL EVID
Did it taste like damaged retinas?
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qwed117 wrote:Yo mënźoł soleasu.
I will be eating the sun
Са́ўнцэ азда́ не свіці́ці бэ́де ра́но.
Sáunce azdá nje svjicjícji bédje ráno.
sun probably NEG shine-INF be.FUT-3SG tomorrow

The sun probably won't be shining tomorrow. [:'(]
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Keqivi wa ʕēvorom zurwæyi .
hope<PRS>1SG ADV dawn.ABL see<SBJV>1SG

I hope that on the morrow I see.
[>_<] [:x]


Keqivi wa zurwæyi ʕēvorauθ!
I hope that I see tomorrow!
Lit. I hope that I see the dawn.
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ixals wrote:The sun probably won't be shining tomorrow.
kuama sama ua'e nam tatsi
always sun above 1pl stand
The sun always stands above us. ~ "The sun is always there."

uye nametla anyapak
sometimes 1pl-P.4sg see-ABIL-NEG
Sometimes we can't see it.
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Æn'uridsépatasal o'parcas væn Europacets romiaturuntet ars yanó ròlkatsbail adevalta. [:'(]
[ənʉɾɨdˈseːpɐˈtaːsɐl ɔˈpaɾkɐʃ vən ə.ʉˈɾoːpɐkət͡s rɔmɪ̯ɐtʉˈɾuntət aɾʃ ʃɐˈnoː ˈɾɔlkɐt͡sbaɪ̯l adəˈʋaltɐ]
DEF.CONC=elipse-total-next DEF.GEN=son in Europe-central FUT-only-occur-3SG as_soon_as 1PLIN-COL FUT-die-ADVZ-COP.1PLIN ever_since
The next total eclipse in Central Europe will only occur when everyone of us will be dead long since. [:'(]
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masako wrote:The sun always stands above us. ~ "The sun is always there."
Не сві́ці лi Qwed зядл-е е́го. [:P]
Nje svjícji lji Qwed zjadl-je jého.
NEG shine-3SG if Qwed PRF-ate-be.3SG.PRS N.SG.ACC

She's not shining if Qwed ate her.
Iyionaku wrote:The next total eclipse in Central Europe will only occur when everyone of us will be dead long since.
Коди́?
Kodí?
when

When?
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ixals wrote:She's not shining if Qwed ate her.
tla pakahi
That's silliness.

amak ke sama ina
The sun is never eaten.
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Але́ sі́ва вобстоя́!
Aljé dzjíva vobstojá!
but wonder-PL exist-3PL

But miracles exist!
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