kiwikami wrote: ↑22 Dec 2017 23:38Khäth ang ke nën i a.
I adopted a cat.
ʔihmeù gesθui yaza nastaukæʔiθ ʕa žučœtšoŋgoabefæčiθ!
2SG.DAT offer<PRS>1SG CNJ genuflection<PL>ACC CNJ doffing<PL>ACC I offer you congratulations!
Nmiuh go Zilzë.
Her name is Aster.
؟ ʔeima ye nenvu ʕa ? Is she an Astraiad?
؟ ʕēχutswutronek quaʔočunau kleztammaunin?
<FUT>teach<MID>3SG martial.art.INST.SG jump<PRS.PTCP>=bird.GEN Will she be trained in the Arts of the Gaccabirdie?
The gaccabirdie is jerked, dragged, dandled, dangled, etc. in front of the cat to strengthen skills of ambush, pouncing, striking, foot-paw pommelling, dental strangulation and asphyxiation, in the event of a visit by a nasty rodentine mooshka.
etçe pẽso eio quia sui unũ noñ bonũ
CNJ think.PRS.1SG DEF.F.ACC.PL 1POSS.F.PL reason<PL> REL be<SBJV.3SG> INDEF.N.SG name.SG good.N.SG I also think it's a good name,
Vuecur tu pẽsas siçe?
CNJ=INTERR.ADV 2SG.NOM think<PRS>2SG ADV But why do you think so?
Ohe Kiwikamiçe, cur tu si dunaùs hu noñ?
EXCLAM <Kiwikami>=CNJ INTERR.ADV 2SG.NOM 3SG.DAT give<PFT>2SG PROX.N.ACC.SG name.SG And Kiwi, why'd you give her that name?
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Lambuzhao wrote: ↑24 Dec 2017 01:11Vuecur tu pẽsas siçe?
CNJ=INTERR.ADV 2SG.NOM think<PRS>2SG ADV But why do you think so?
Jou pàn ensì pa çou c'« Astre » li veu dî « ettele » e c'lou djàt son creyatû çæleste.
[ʑuˈpɑ̃n ɛ̃ˈsi pa.suˈka.stʁə vəˈdiː ɛˈte.lə e.kluˈʑat sɔ̃ŋ.kʁe.jəˈtyː sɛˈle.stə] I think so because "Aster" means "star" and cats are celestial creatures.
Lambuzhao wrote: ↑24 Dec 2017 01:23Quçe deja gaccavulugra?
INTERR.N.NOM=CNJ PRP=DEF.N.PL cack.N.PL=flying.N.PL And what of the gaccabirdie?
Astre sue quæ ÿuñore pour nenceudando al gesçeulìn
<Aster> be<PRS>3SG ADV young.COMPAR.SG PRP start<NMLZ> DEF.F.ACC.SG disicpline Aster is too young to begin training
Zil ngi kë, zëra nmiu kho, hum, ang ma ke ni ro iuër'en thua rui'l Zueminir'u a, ië. She is named for the stars, because I adopted her the day after the Geminid meteor shower.
(Ia, vol nmiu a ä uë, hu Zërae dah zë.) (Also because it makes "disaster" an appropriate nickname.)
Spoiler:
...I did not expect the Aster-Disaster pun to translate well. But Zëra is the corresponding article for nouns of class #14, with a plural suffix, referring back to zil "the stars"; Zërae is the verb tëra "to suffer" with a nominalizing (putting it in class #24) circumfix, meaning "great calamity". This is entirely unplanned and I shall consider it a good omen.
Edit: Substituted a string instrument for a French interjection.
kiwikami wrote: ↑24 Dec 2017 22:33Zil ngi kë, zëra nmiu kho, hum, ang ma ke ni ro iuër'en thua rui'l Zueminir'u a, ië. She is named for the stars, because I adopted her the day after the Geminid meteor shower.
(Ia, vol nmiu a ä uë, hu Zërae dah zë.) (Also because it makes "disaster" an appropriate nickname.)
Yaza tomōdohtren zoreiŋχikeglū gečanie kæšrirau ɂod gēsyateu.
CNJ ADV assure=investigation.INST bring<PLUP>1SG conveyance.INST PRP ameliorate<NMLZ>DAT Today I brought my car to the mechanic for inspection.
ʕa nef ɂoyiki ‘nèn dænæddū ktaʕziseu yeboneš ʕayebeu ʕajaŋfaramvau.
CNJ ADV PRP 1SG.LOC gift<PL>NOM pulse<NMLZ>.ADVZ become<PRS>3PL ADV <NMLZ><John From><NMLZ>INST Meanwhile at my house gifts rained down steadily like a Cargo Cult.
So, since my son isn't back home yet, this bass guitar is destined for him. So, instead of a son<SG>GEN {a true possessive construction}, I put it into a possessive DAT, with the idea that it is intended to be possessed, or about to be possessed.
Lambuzhao wrote: ↑27 Dec 2017 19:33So, since my son isn't back home yet, this bass guitar is destined for him. So, instead of a son<SG>GEN {a true possessive construction}, I put it into a possessive DAT, with the idea that it is intended to be possessed, or about to be possessed.
La possessò par tæ fiilli d'la guitarre viandrà en-aillenable can-t-li la possæde ?
[la.pɔs.sɛˈso paʁ.tɛˈfi.ʎi dla.giˈtaʁ.ʁə vjɑ̃ˈdʁa ẽ.a.ʎəˈna.blə kɑ̃n.tli.la.pɔˈsɛː.də] Will your son's possession of the guitar become inalienable once he's in possession of it?
Lambuzhao wrote: ↑28 Dec 2017 01:54La çiddar suesi sua, la sua usufrutd suesi nemprivauja. The guitar will be his, his use and enjoyment will be imprivable.
La guitarre basse, çettö avè en emprivabletæ ammeillououæ.
[la.giˈtaʁ.ʁə ˈbas.sə | sɛˈtœː əˈve ẽ.ɛ̃m.pri.va.bləˈtɛː ɑ̃m.mɛʎ.ʎuˈwɛː] The bass guitar, now with improved imprivability.
Nulo tar zer, ia iue ma u og an, ië. /nɯlɔ tʰäɾ t͡sɜɾ jä iwɜ mä wɔx än je/
na-ulo ta-ra zer ia iue ma u og a na ië
DEO-please c2-PL begin and dance CONC time circle.around IND DEO c4 Happy belated New Year to y'all.
Edit: Substituted a string instrument for a French interjection.