O Kanã
This gives another nice opportunity to show off some of clause-initial particles O Kanã is so blessed with. (Note that since the speaker in the original sketch is a male the masculine suffix is present on the verb).
eteaapa‘ariki osi droopobaa ii wosoiboa.
[eteaː↓paʔaɽiki osi ⁿɖʳoː↓poⁿbaː iː wo↓soɪ̯ⁿbaː]
ete-aapa-‘a-ri-ki o-si droo-opo-baa ii wosoi-boa
CAUS-full-MASC-PL-3.ERG N-PROX swamp-above-1.ERG PL fish-snake
My hovercraft is full of eels.
This is a neutral delivery, as in the original sketch.
ãõ eteaapa‘ariki osi droopobaa ii wosoiboa!
[ãʊ̯̃ eteaː↓paʔaɽiki osi ⁿɖʳoː↓poⁿbaː iː wo↓soɪ̯ⁿbaː]
ãõ ete-aapa-‘a-ri-ki o-si droo-opo-baa ii wosoi-boa
MIR CAUS-full-MASC-PL-3.ERG N-PROX swamp-above-1.ERG PL fish-snake
My hovercraft is full of eels!
This is the mirative form, denoting a surprised reaction.
wacã eteaapa‘ariki osi droopobaa ii wosoiboa!
[wat͡sã eteaː↓paʔaɽiki osi ⁿɖʳoː↓poⁿbaː iː wo↓soɪ̯ⁿbaː]
wacã ete-aapa-‘a-ri-ki o-si droo-opo-baa ii wosoi-boa
for.sure CAUS-full-MASC-PL-3.ERG N-PROX swamp-above-1.ERG PL fish-snake
My hovercraft is full of eels!
And this is the form using the discourse particle
wacã, which is quite difficult to translate, but generally carries a sense of forcefulness or absolute confidence on the part of the speaker (so perhaps like "for sure"), or perhaps correcting an false assertion.
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conlang summary | 
griushkoent thread
My hovercraft is full of eels.
: mother tongue | 
: room for improvement | 
: 2nd foreign lang in school | 
: poor
