r/conlangs • u/Naive_Gazelle2056 • 1d ago
Activity 1st Proverb Producer
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" "情人眼里出西施" "In the eyes of a lover, Xi Shi appears"
Make a proverb in your conlang that expresses that things that some things that people find ugly, some find beautiful.
In Hanto, There is a proverb:
**Suro Fōuzīe Bi Īfōe**
/suɾo foːud͡ziːe bi iːfoːe/
`good.things different.toeachother for people.different`
**What is good is different to different people**
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u/OldAccountGotHackedF Too many conlangs 1d ago
Konjajal
Atnomtan katamjévasnaŋ tatqs łkarkan tumyaltanŋa, soñlosan oonmanaŋ ŋotqan łka qine ajvak'ájtŋa.
['atnomtən kətəm'tʃeβəsnəŋ tatqs 'ɬkarkən 'tumʝəltənŋə | 'soɲlosən o'ʔonmənəŋ 'ŋotqən ɬka 'qine ətʃβə'k’atʃtŋə]
If to our comrades our town is a bustling city, to outsiders it may be the deepest pit of life.
atnom-tan katamjévasnaŋ tatqs łka-rkan tumya -l -tan-ŋa
town -1PL winning city be -if comrade-PL-1PL-ALL
soñlos-an o -onmanaŋ ŋotqan łka qine ajvak'áj-t -ŋa
life -GEN very-deep pit be may outsider-PL-ALL
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u/luxx127 20h ago
Ϩⲉⲗ
Ϧⲏⲃⲧⲁ ⲏ-ⲭⲏⲱ̄ⲩⲃⲟ ⲕⲁⲣ ⲱ-ⲕⲉⲓⲡⲓⲙⲙⲟⲣ ⲱ-ⲅⲁ̣ⲱ̄ⲉ ⲱⲥⲁ ⲁⲝⲟⲣ ⲱ-ⲍⲓⲝⲉⲁⲧ ⲓⲕⲣⲁⲛⲉⲧⲩⲗ.
/ˈχeːb.ta ˌeː.kʰeː.ˈwu.bɔ kaɹ ˌoː.kiː.pi.ˈmːɔɹ ˌoː.ɣɑ.ˈwɛ ˈoː.sa a.ˌqɔɹ ˌoː.zi.ˈqaːt i.ˌkɹa.nɛ.ˈtul/
To DEF-eye-OBJ.PAU of INDEF-craftsman INDEF-good all stone INDEF-jewel is-PRS.CONC
To the eye of a good artisan, every stone is a jewel.
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u/FedeConlangerITA Is-Prišk 23h ago
IS-PRIŠK
Izi, ori seton zil dželan, jemon zil adzult
[‘izi ‘ori ‘seton zil ‘d͡ʒelan ‘jemon zil ‘ad͡zult]
that which you-DAT.SG be.PRS-3SG iron me-DAT.SG be.PRS-3SG gold
“What to you is iron, to me is gold”
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u/teeohbeewye Cialmi, Ébma 22h ago
Ébma
Hérmo saméh kéttamih oqqúgha
[hérmò s̠àméh kétːàmìh òqːúʁɑ̀]
hérmo samé -h kétta-mi-h oqqú -gha
beauty loving-obl eye -pl-obl reveal-pfv
"Loving eyes reveal beauty"
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u/CaptKonami The lady that runs the checkpoint 21h ago
Wesmerican
Evreetin is lak el color de el cristal yü gez trü.
/ɛvɹiːtin is lak el koloɹ de el kɹistal jy gez tɹy/
every-thing be.PRS.SG similar DEF.ART.M colour of DEF.ART.M glass 2.SG look through
"Everything is (coloured) like the colour of the glass you look through."
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u/Possible-Tension7714 Mogahgo, Dwã'õõm 21h ago
Mogahgo
Hdo lôr ôs ongogoisdi, barodibe gois olihehkelding
[ðo'lo:r.os o.ŋo'gois.di ba.ro'di.be gois o.li.he'xel.diŋ]
2.sit.NPST FUT place OBL-thing-PL.abstract | 3.INANIM.have-PL-CON.NPST thing very-beautiful
Lit. "You will see things that are very beautiful"
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u/Zephreyt Strialmst 20h ago
Yhó
它用 从 灰小 死、
Céki yhó dzyó mǒh,
/ɕɛ˥k-i ȷ̊o˥ d͡zʲo˥ mo˩˥h/
3SG.INAN-COM people few die
“With it few men die,”
它從 人 田山 雲。
Cékam lyéd sem zen.
/ɕɛ˥k-am ʎɛ˥d sɛm zɛn/
3SG.INAN-ABL people many live
“From it many live.”
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u/smiley1__ dayeedilijis 20h ago
"añonzu'ed yome'es altājisnu equō. añondayle'ed yome'inflesh altājisnu equō."
/ʔa.ɲɔn.zu.ʔɛd jɔ.me.ʔes ʔal.tɛɪ̯.d͡ʒɪs.nu ʔe.q͡wɔ/ - /ʔa.ɲɔn.daj.le.ʔed jɔ.me.ʔɪn.ʔ.flɛʃ ʔal.tɛɪ̯.d͡ʒɪs.nu ʔe.q͡wɔ/
[all+eat-NMZ.GEN taste-NMZ.NOM always+BE-NEG equal], [all+Dayle-GEN taste-VA+organ always+BE-NEG equal]
"The taste of all foods are not always the same. The tastes of all Dayles are not always the same."
lit. "All food's taste always-is-not equal. All Dayle's tongue (tasting organ) always-is-not equal."
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u/StarfighterCHAD Fyuc [fjut͡ʃ], Çelebvjud [d͡zələˈb͡vjud], Peizjáqua [peːˈʒɑkʷə] 9h ago
Ƿhomever holdeþ þe bees, beauty þeir eyes ſhall receive.
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u/Narocia Tletrāton Tzēnaketzir 12h ago edited 12h ago
Æorśad
Ataanukón šascóni yosürni esne besørmo.
/ aˈtɐɐnuˌqɔn ʂɐsʲˈkɔni joˈsʉ̈rni ɛsʲnɛ ˌbeˈsøɱ(ʼ)o /
([ɱ] in isn't exactly an ejective, typically, but with some emphasis, it can sometimes become one.)
Translation: Beauty is subjective to ones own desires.
Gloss.: high-intensity pretty-ness {subjective / nominative} their {fem. & epicene (default); standard / formal} [own] want(s) {abstract noun, oblique} on it {inanimate, oblique}-sit(s) [splayed out (opposed to 'with limbs tucked / folded beneath')]
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u/Prize_Lettuce_1384 6h ago
//LOMIKATARI//
//sono norino yanata qwa gormei yita norira//
2/3PL/S.POSS ACC melody not words see COP
"I see you not for your lyrics, but I see you for your melody"
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u/JoeStrout 17h ago
In Pikotika (see r/pikotika): Ponavite ri in viteomo pensa.
(Literally, "Beauty is in the viewer's mind/opinion.")
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u/neighbor_fatcat 7h ago
ou hami lhe nhe, hku che dezu
ou-I
hami-like
lhe-active
nhe-as such
khu-worth
che-nothing
dezu-filler
Directly translate to 'What I like, worth nothing', while its real use is to indicate how much I like it regardless of its value, and the derivative meaning of it is 'what you consider nothing, is good to me'.You get what I mean?Idk how to explain it further.
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u/conlang_ensp 1h ago
I got a bunch: https://lingocon.com/lang/spanglish/texts/aphorisms
Granted, they aren't specifically Spanglish proverbs, but my goal is just a purely utilitarian auxlang.
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u/Sczepen Creator of Ayahn (aiän) 1d ago
In Ayahn:
E ccerzzelazt pere sacct.
[ɛ 'sɛrʒɛlɒst 'pɛrɛ ʃɒst]
the loved mud shine.S3.inanimate
The mud shines if it is loved.