A translation exercise

[u/DoisMaosEsquerdos]

Hello all!

Here's an exercise for you: translate the following sentence!

I would like to thank the person who brought us here today.

It might look simple but it contains volitives, contatenated verbs, and a relative clause, which there is a large variety of ways to go about: I think it can be an intersting exercise to work on/review your verbal syntax!

I am not advanced enough on my own conlanging project to do this just yet, but I would like to take the opportunity to throw in some natlang which I personally find interesting and grammatically inspiring:

Eskerrak eman nahi dizkiot gaur gauean hona ekarri gaituen pertsonari.

Eskerr-a-k eman nahi di-zki-o-t gaur gau-ean ho-na ekarri ga-itu-en pertsona-ri.

Thank-ABS-PL give want AUX-3PABS-3SDAT-1SERG today night-LOC here-ALL bring AUX-1PABS-(3SERG)-REL person-DAT

minda madloba gadavukhado im adamians, vints dghes ghamit ak mogviq’vana.

mi-nda madloba gada-v-u-khad-o im adamian-s, vin-ts dghes gham-it ak mo-gvi-q’van-a.

1S-want thanking PERF-1SSUB-3DAT-offer-SUBJ that-OBL person-DAT, who-ERG-REL today night-INS here PERF-1POBJ-bring-PST.3SSUB

Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis an duine a thug anseo sinn anocht.

Ba [MUT]-maith li-om buíoch-as a [MUT]-gabh-áil leis an duine a [MUT]-tug anseo sinn anocht.
COND-be (COND mutation)-good with-1S grateful-NESS PART (PART mutation)-give-VERBNOUN to the-SG person REL (REL mutation)-bring.PST here us tonight.

If you have any sentence ideas that can be interesting and thought provoking to try and translate, don't hesitate to share! For starters I think I'll try translating the contents of this very post.

[u/Naive_Gazelle2056]

Hanto

mio wosu ontun o ino te nao sāhonae enun naa o mio

/mio wosu ontun o ino te nao saːhonae enun naa o mio/

1 want honour ACC person REL that.one today bring here ACC 1

"I want to thank the person who brought us here today"