I had a dream last night...

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I had a dream last night...

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:eng: I had a dream last night that a monster was chasing me.

:chn: Mandarin

我昨晚梦到一个怪兽在追我。 (simplified)
我昨晚夢到一個怪獸在追我。 (traditional)
Wǒ zuówǎn mèngdào yī ge guàishòu zài zhuī wǒ.
[wɔ˨˩ t͡swɔ˧˥wan˨˩ mɤŋ˥˧tɑʊ̯˥˩ i˧˥ kɤ̆˨ kwaɪ̯˥˧ʂoʊ̯˥˧ t͡saɪ̯˥˩ ʈ͡ʂweɪ̯˥ wɔ˨˩˦]
1[SG] last.night dream one CL monster PROG chase 1[SG]

(Really, 梦 mèng alone is the verb meaning "to dream", and 到 dào, which literally means "to arrive", functions as an indicator that the action indicated by the verb has succeeded. I'm not sure how to gloss that, though, so I just glossed 梦到 as a single morpheme.)
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:con: griuskant (without the conscript)

aesk xosha vozh deggaushuig zhaed noits curkat aesk.
/'esk 'ɣɔʃa vɔʒ 'dəggauʃuig ʒed 'nɔits 'tʃurkat 'esk/
1SG dream-V during back.day.night COMP monster chase-V-PST 1SG
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:con: Silvish

J'ä hù on cogghì cecca nuèu c'on manstro me men-ò.
/ʑəˈho õ.kuˈge ɕek.kaˈnwœ kũˈmɑ̃.stʁu me.mə̃ˈɔ/
1SG.NOM=have.1SG have.PST_PTCP INDEF dream DEM-ACC.F night SBRD=INDEF monster-NOM 1SG.ACC chase-IPF.3SG

I had a dream last night that a monster was chasing me.
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Image Géarthnuns

Chau hereçkemíarsauv sí lé, gü sü tírvöks lé sít höishfíkaz sho, öpul.
DEF last.night-LOC 1SG-NOM AUX.PAST, CONJ INDEF monster AUX.PAST 1SG-ACC chase-DISC PTCL, dream
I had a dream last night that a monster was chasing me.

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私 oué j'ga 夢見ta 昨晩 qu'un 怪物 ga m'au 追ï掛quététa.
Ouétachi oué j'ga youmémita saqueban qu'un caïboutsë ga m'au auïcaquététa.
[weˈtæʃi we ʒgɔ jʊˈmemɪtɔ ˈsakœ̈ˌbã k‿ɚ̃ ˈkæɪ̯bʊt͡sœ̈ gɔ moʊ̯ ˌo.iˈkakeˌtetɔ]
1SG TOP 1SG=NOM dream-PAST last.night CONJ=INDEF monster NOM 1SG=ACC chase-PAST.PROG
I had a dream last night that a monster was chasing me.
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I just read "monster" as "mother." Was that a Freudian slip, or am I just losing it?

Anyway:

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ռիադամագ ոզիարրի վարճ ւտոկիխրելեվոր թագաթայ վարւմ։
Rhiadamag oziarri varch utokihrelevor thagathay varum.

[r̥ijɑdɑˈmɑg ɔzijɑˈrːi vɑrtʃ utɔkiχrɛlɛˈvɔr θɑgɑˈθɑi̯ vɑˈrum]

dream-3SG.PST-REFL night-INST 1SG.DAT pursue-3SG.PST=that monster 1SG.ACC

I had a dream last night that a monster was chasing me.
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:tan: Swahili

Jana usiku niliota ndoto ya kwamba hayawani alinikimbiza.
jana usiku ni-li-ot-a ndoto ya kwamba hayawani a-li-ni-kimbiz-a
yesterday night 1s-PST-dream-Ø dream(CL9) CL9.GEN C beast 3s.ANIM-PST-1s-pursue-Ø
Glossing Abbreviations: COMP = comparative, C = complementiser, ACS / ICS = accessible / inaccessible, GDV = gerundive, SPEC / NSPC = specific / non-specific, AG = agent, E = entity (person, animal, thing)
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Kala:

요후여 나 거 브즈 어나 야건고 소냐
/johʷaːjɛ na kɛ puːt͡su eːna jakeːᵑko soːɲa/
yohuaye na ke putsu ena yakenko sonya
night-PST 1s O goblin P.1s pursue-CONT dream
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:con: Xingish

Mi did sir drim late nat.
[miː dɪd siːɾ drɪm lɑːtə nat]
1s PFV see dream yesterday night
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:con: Yélian

Yibai novai u paruabato, punat zolor rat yikaret.
[ˈɕiːbaɪ̯ ˈnoːʋaɪ̯ u ˈpaːɾʉ.ɐˈbaːto, ˈpunɐt ˈcoːlɔd̟ ɾɐt ɕɨˈkaːɾət]
PST-COP.1SG dream TEMP night-last, in-REL monster 1SG.OBL PST-follow-3SG
I had a dream last night that a monster was chasing me.
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So, what is it? A monster? A werewolf? A goblin? A kaiju? Any monster we wish?
Any monster we've had nightmare's about?

About 3 or 4 years ago, I had this doozie of a nightmare where I dreamt my siblings, some of our children and I were at this amusement park down the Shore at night. We were riding on this big roller-coaster (old-fashioned up-and-down kind; no twirlies). We got stuck at the top for some reason, and then we heard all this screaming. Turns out Godzilla was behind us. He came towards us, grabbed the coaster-cars off the track, and shook us all to our deaths. I recall scarily and helplessly watching my son and siblings falling into the darkness, with only the cold hard ground to crush on by one, and stupid roundabout music playing awkwardy in the immediate distance. Godzilla, I [<3] U but I :mrred: U.
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GrandPiano wrote::eng: I had a dream last night that a monster was chasing me.
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Asu pin urlu Sippa peski gu kosur lomi pukru (asu).
Sg1 have.EXPERIENCER last night.DEF dream REL chase.PLACE scary creature (SG1)

Lit. I have last night a dream which a creature chases (me) in.
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:con: Shurturian

Ih troumita gestru naht das scuohsal mir farfolgeta.
[iç ˈtrou̯mita ˈgestru naxt das ˈskuo̯xsal mir farˈfolgeta]
1SG dream-1SG.PST last-INST night-DAT that demon 1SG.DAT chase-3SG.PST
I dreamt last night that a monster was chasing me.
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The sea does not dream of you.

How do you know of what Jūratė dreams?
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:epo: Hieraŭ nokte mi sonĝis, ke monstro ĉaskuras min.
/hiˈeɾau̯ ˈnokte mi ˈsond͡ʒis ke ˈmonstɾo t͡ʃasˈkuɾas min/
hieraŭ nokt-e mi sonĝ-is ke monstr-o ĉas-kur-as mi-n
yesterday night-ADV PRO.1SG dream-PST C hunt-run-PRSNT PRO.1SG-ACC

Yesterday at night I dreamt that a monster was huntrunning me.

:con: Ganur Lon

Popek ke'par pentau me elpete keno nakipsn.
/ˈpopek keˈpar ˈpentaʊ me elˈpete ˈkeno naˈkipsn̩/
pop-ek ke=par pent-au me elp-e-te ken-o nak-ips-n
dream-1SG.POS ADES=night most.recent-ADJ TOP chase-1SG.OBJ-REC PRO.ADES-3SG.TOP beast-be.afraid-CAUS

My dream last night, an intimidating beast chased me in it.
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