Re: Conlangea Multilingual Phrasebook, 2nd edition

Mia wrote:

>Some of you have been around long enough to remember the Conlang
>Traveler's Phrasebook. Well, it has been a while, and I think it
>is time to create the second edition.
        New to me.  Great idea.  I'd been considering doing something
similar.

This is
>Section 1. Section 2, about getting lodging and food, will be
>along in a few days.]>
        Nakayi!  Lawi, lawi!  (Absolutely.  More, more!)


A TRAVELER'S PHRASEBOOK (Kash version)
>
>Section 1:  Pleasantries
angunjo 1 (mesa):  ambasamash (lit.)/ andomosh greetings/ kota kambosh word
correct-pl.

>Hello!
formal:  endo te nurak (peace to you)
informal:  nurak,  or,  manomo (I greet)

>Goodbye!
formal: endo kinunji (may you and I meet)
informal:  kinunji;  kitikas (we see), (fam.) tiká

>Yes
hayi (pron. /haj/); emphatic nakayi

>No
tayi (/taj/), emph. nandayi

>Please
turole / (ma)turo (to beg / (I) beg)

>Thank You
(ma)kuwus  (I) give thanks

>Do you speak (English/Spanish/French/Dutch/<whatever>)?
xashindi(ka) sende (X)(ka)  you-speak(Q) language X(Q)

/ka/ is the yes/no particle, can be added in any question to either word, or
(colloq.) to both
(Ingeles, Sepañol,  Pranjes, Olandes)

>I don't speak (conlang) very well.
kundak mashindi sende kash
not-very  I-speak language k.
>or more colloq.
sende kash, shindimi kundak leng
lit., (as for) kash, speak-my  not-very good
or:  sende kashmi, ruwini kundak leng / hulung
(as for) kash-my, current/flow-its not-very good / fast

>My name is...
arambi ....  (aran-mi....)  (Racar (dim. Ranji), Miya, Can or Huwan (John),
Ropetro (Robert) (Pap Bob--ugh), Tañel (or Tani, natively Tanji), Osakar,
Patrik, Ramon (Reci or Ranji), Irina (Irinji) etc.  Generally, the Spanish
forms adapt best.  The voiceless stops are unaspirated and often
semi-voiced.  Those Kash who get around the galaxy tend to be able to
pronounce foreign names correctly.

>What is your name?
kari arandi(ka)?  (who name-your[Q])  or
arandi(ka) kari?

>How are you?
yuno te (ya)lenga(po)? (all  to-you (it's-)good-Q(just); "lenga" /leng-ka/)
more colloq.  yunoka lembo? (/leng-po/)

>I am well.
eya / na, malembo, or, na, lendembo, or    na, tramukopo
well,  I-good-just    or    well, good-good-just, or not bad / OK-just
(/leng-po/, /leng-leng-po/, /tra-/ 'un-' /muko/ 'bad'

>I am not well.
eya / na, kundak..., maybe:  na, tramuko, mo...
well, not very...,  or maybe:  well, not bad, but...
(you could get more specific, but no-one really wants to hear about your
ills)

>I am the walrus, coo coo ca choo.
male purapo, ku ku ka cu.
(The purapo doesn't look at all like a walrus, either a mammal or large
lizard of similar habitat, and so ugly and clumsy [on land] it's considered
funny.)