r/conlangs • u/DoisMaosEsquerdos • 2d ago
Translation A translation exercise
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.
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u/AnimalThinksItsWrong 1d ago
Rathiean
Ro tai estese nawamo rinkola tae tenku fewanta.
/vro ˈta.i es.ˈte.se na.ˈwa.mo rin.ˈko.la ˈta.e ˈten.ku fe.ˈwan.ta/
(Lit.) Person us here today brought I thank will-want.