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Re: Can you drive a car?

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:con: Otarantya

How to say 'Can you drive a car?' in Otarantya:

¿õ odugunεsyεs onǫtõ óéá? (very formal)

¿odugunεsyεs onǫtõ éá? (polite)

¿odugunty onǫtõ éá? (casual)

¿odugunty nǫtõn? (informal)

¿odugunty? (slang)
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Re: Can you drive a car?

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:ita: Italiano

Version 1:
Sai guidare una macchina?
/sai gwi'daːre 'una 'makkina/
know_how.2SG drive IND car

Version 2:
Sei capace di guidare una macchina?
/sεi ka'paːtʃe di gwi'daːre 'una 'makkina/
be.2SG able of drive IND.F car

(no flag [:(] ) Emilian (Romance "dialect")

Ě-t boun ed guidêr na vtûra? (masculine)
/eːt bɒ̃ʊ̃n‿ed̥ gʊ̯ɪ'dεːr nɐ‿v'tuːrɐ/
(be.2SG-2SG).INT good.M of drive IND.F car
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:deu: German
Kann-st du Auto fahr-en?
can-2SG 2SG.NOM car drive-INF
Can you drive a car?

Kann-st du autofahr-en?
can-2SG 2SG.NOM car-drive-INF
Can you drive a car?

The first one gets more Google results, but the second one feels better to me [:S]
As Skogvur noted: no article; interpreted here as a "generic" noun.
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:con: Arveyran - :ita: Latin script

Podî-t condore um auto?
Can-you drive(-inf) a car?
Are you able to drive a car?
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:con: Niijerj

Puit tu vharen õn auto(mobil)?
[wit ty far.ɛn ɔ̃n aʊ̯.to.mo.vil]
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:con: Basanawa:

ばさなわ字/Basanawa-dji: いすた汝かん駛あい駛あいう゚車?
古文/Oldwriting: is-it dat du kan drive kuruma?
[ista dat du kan draif kuruma]
Q 2.SG can.PRES drive.PRES car?
Can you drive cars?
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:con: Future English

Dyiŋžrèfé' dkhar? (focus on the object being driven)
[tjiŋʐʁʷeˈfeʔ tqχɑː]
d-yi-ŋ-žrèf-é' d=khar
Q-2SG.NOM-ability-drive-3SG.ACC ACC=car

Dyiŋkharžrèf? (focus on the act of driving)
[tjiɴqχɑːʐʁʷeˈfeʔ]
d-yi-ŋ-khar-žrèf
Q-2SG-ability-car-drive
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This will be a bit of a long post... I've just included everything I can think of, including pronunciation and gloss for each one except the first (Korean).

:kor: 운전 할 수 있습니까?
unjeon hal su isseumnikka?

:con:
Ddamychal
tan-strahòb ga-zeze? (informal)
[ˌtan.ˈstra.hœβ.ga.ˈzɛ.zɛ]
/can-drive.2s.PRES a-car/
Can you drive a car?

Temobé ma strahòt ga-zeze? (polite)
[ˈtɛ.mo.βʲɔ.ma.ˈstra.hœt.ga.ˈzɛ.zɛ]
/can.2s.PRES INF drive.INF a-car/
Are you able to drive a car?

Nómah
egsntémeatóg táh cveag ouh? (verb-central)
[ˈɛxs.(ə)n.ˈtɛ:wa:to:g.ˌta:x.ˈkwa:g.ˈɔʊx]
/drive.can.2s.PRES.OBJ 2s.NOM ACC.car INT/
Can you drive a car/Is it possible for you to drive a car?

Témeatg cegsor co (gveag ouh)? (noun-central)
[ˈtɛ:.wa:t.ˈkɛx.sɔr.cɔ.ˈgwa:g.ˈɔʊx]
/can.2s.PRES.OBJ ACC.drive.INF thing OBL.car INT/
Can you drive/Are you able to do driving?

Hemnälg (Usjytt dialect)
Skådå ëb/dy fest delpëc?
[skɒ.ˈdɒ.ˌɨb/dy.ˈfɛst.dɛl.ˈpɨk]
/able.2s.INT you(m/f) drive.INF car.ACC.m/

(Nöra dialect)
Skoadu festech delpic?
[ˌsko.a.ˈdu.fɛs.ˈtɛχ.dɛl.ˈpik]
/able.2s.INT drive.INF car.ACC.m/

(Burstänby dialect)
Skuu festeck delpeec?
[ˈsku:.fɛs.ˈʨɛc.ˈdɛl.pek]
/able.2s. drive.INF car.ACC.m/

Racel:
Glê jäfych (thli)?
[ˌgle:.ˈʥæ.fɪʃ.θli]
/can.PRES drive (you)/

Tadváradcel:
Lyrfï ä bië ssödvis bië sèsỳ?
[ˈlɪɾ.fə.æ.bjɪ.ˈʃœ:.dvis.bjɪ.ˈsʰɛ.sʌ]
/be-able.PRES you INF drive.INF ACC car/

Laśel:
Limw(s) croruð dí/tí?
[ˈlim.ɯ(s).ˈkrɔ.ruɣ.ˈdi:/θi:]
/be-able.PRES.2sf(2sm) steer.INF you(f/m)/
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:con: Pazmat

Iśtōya mēmadhot?
car-INDEF.SG-ACC POT-lead-2S

Not terribly complex.
Nūdenku waga honji ma naku honyasi ne ika-ika ichamase!
female-appearance=despite boy-voice=PAT hold boy-youth=TOP very be.cute-3PL
Honyasi zō honyasi ma naidasu.
boy-youth=AGT boy-youth=PAT love.romantically-3S
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:con: Tirina:

Tokeluwarn napa?
MASC-INTERR-drive car

Also not particularly tricky in Tirina!
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:con: Ardelian

Ardelian does not have a specialised verb for ‘be able, can’ so it has to use a rather roundabout strategy of putting the verb in the causative voice and conjugating it into its reflexive form. As the reflexive (in this case 2SG object) affix already takes up the object slot, ‘car’ cannot be incorporated into the verb.
  • Sírısknən kar?
    sír·ısk·Ø·Ø·ə̆n·ə̆n kar
    drive·CAUS·ACT·PRS·2SG2SG car
    Can you drive a car?
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:con: Seragradic
Опраїш самод?
Oprajiš samod?
(you) operate car? (can you drive a car?)

or

Коріш опраїт самод?
Koriš oprajit samod?
Can you drive a car?
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:con: Yélian

Barca (sa) tyatayai aélico?
[ˈbarka sa t͡ʃɐtaʃ͜aɪ aˈeːlɪkoː]
Q (2SG) can-drive-1SG car
Can you drive a car?

:con: Utseech

Nâns du fahrech narr?
[nɑnz duː ˈfaːhrɛç narː]
Can-2SG 2SG drive-INF car
Can you drive a car?
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:con: Mīrna

Vī cār navar tākkīl?
2s can drive car
[viː ʦaːr nɐvɐr taːkːiːl]
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君 oué tu ga 得rë 運転èrë un 車 au ca?
Quimi oué tu ga èrë unténèrë un courouma au ca?
[ˈkɪmi we t͡sy gɔ ˈæɛ̯ʁœ̈ ˌʌ̃ɹteˈnæɛ̯ʁœ̈ ɚ̃ ˈkuʁʊmɔ o kɔ]
2SG TOP 2SG NOM be.able-PRES drive INDEF.m car.m ACC Q
Can you drive a car?
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:zho: Mandarin

你会开车吗? (simplified)
你會開車嗎? (traditional)
Nǐ huì kāichē ma?
[ni˨˩ xweɪ̯˥˩ kʰaɪ̯˥ʈ͡ʂʰɤ˥ mä̆˨]
2[SG] can drive Q
Can you drive a car?

(开车/開車 "to drive" literally means "to start a car" or "to operate a car")

:esp: Spanish

In Spain:

¿Puedes conducir un coche?
[ˈpweð̞es konduˈθir uŋ ˈkot͡ʃe]~[ˈpweð̞es̻̪ konduˈs̻̪ir uŋ ˈkot͡ʃe]~[ˈpweð̞es konduˈsir uŋ ˈkot͡ʃe]
pued-es conduz-ir un coche-Ø
can-2SG.PRS.IND drive-INF INDF.M.SG car-SG
Can you drive a car?

In Latin America:

¿Puedes manejar un coche?
[ˈpweð̞es maneˈxar uŋ ˈkot͡ʃe]
pued-es manej-ar un coche-Ø
can-2SG.PRS.IND drive-INF INDF.M.SG car-SG
Can you drive a car?
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GrandPiano wrote::zho: Mandarin

你会开车吗? (simplified)
你會開車嗎? (traditional)
Nǐ huì kāichē ma?
[ni˨˩ xweɪ̯˥˩ kʰaɪ̯˥ʈ͡ʂʰɤ˥ mä̆˨]
2[SG] can drive Q
Can you drive a car?

(开车/開車 "to drive" literally means "to start a car" or "to operate a car")

:esp: Spanish

In Spain:

¿Puedes conducir un coche?
[ˈpweð̞es konduˈθir uŋ ˈkot͡ʃe]~[ˈpweð̞es konduˈsir uŋ ˈkot͡ʃe]
pued-es conduz-ir un coche-Ø
can-2SG.PRS.IND drive-INF INDF.M.SG car-SG
Can you drive a car?

In Latin America:

¿Puedes manejar un coche?
[ˈpweð̞es maneˈxar uŋ ˈkot͡ʃe]
pued-es manej-ar un coche-Ø
can-2SG.PRS.IND drive-INF INDF.M.SG car-SG
Can you drive a car?
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I included distinción because it's the most common pronunciation in Spain and seseo because it's the most common pronunciation everywhere else and is also used in some parts of Spain. Ceceo seems to be mainly limited to a few dialects in southern Spain, so there isn't really any reason to include it, unless you want me to also include things like s-debuccalization and d-deletion.
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GrandPiano wrote:I included distinción because it's the most common pronunciation in Spain and seseo because it's the most common pronunciation everywhere else and is also used in some parts of Spain. Ceceo seems to be mainly limited to a few dialects in southern Spain, so there isn't really any reason to include it, unless you want me to also include things like s-debuccalization and d-deletion.
Ceceo seems to be more common than seseo in spain tho. It's best to have ceceo and distincion for spain, and seseo for latin america
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Fair enough. Edited.
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