Re: conlang greetings? (was Re: Let me introduce myself)

--- Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> wrote:
> Okay, anyone else?  I'll collect greetings in
> people's conlangs and
> compile them onto my website (with permission, of
> course).  If you'd also
> like to send in a link to your own conlang webpages
> as accompaniment, I can include those as well.
Here are some greetings/phrases in Vyh. (Vya:a:h).
Sorry, but the Enclave (ie, Vya:a:hn People) still do
not understand the concept of parting - so there's no
"goodbye"...

vo - hi
hyyva:aze - good morning
hyyva:voa - good day
hyyva:noxdj - good evening
hyyva:voaazenoxdj - hello (anytime)
hyyva:noxdjoo - may you have a good evening
hyyva:voaa:a: - may you have a good day
hyyva:azeoo - may you have a good morning
glhL - thanks
glhox - no, thanks
hy'yyglhL - many thanks
glhLczosh - thank you
hy'yyglhLczosh - thank you so much
mitox kuuld? - how are you?
mitox kuult? - how are you? (plural)
kuuln hyve - I'm doing fine
kuuln pahuu - I'm doing so well
miLuusL tauxld? - where do you come from?
tauxln oerthuusL - I'm from earth
tauxlnaf Vaa:vy'yyuusL - I'm not from Vaa:vy'yy
miLuusd olm? - where are we now?
olm Vaa:vy'yyuusd - we're in Vaa:vy'yy
myymoo - lit. "may you kiss" - regards (colloq.)
wa - bland, stabilized
hy'yy - [honorific]
hy'yywa - peace
hy'yywaa:a:! - (may you have) peace!
Vya:a:h puhd? - do you speak Vya:a:h?
OErthuusda:a:h puhd? - do you speak an earth language?
puhnaf - I don't (speak)
a:a:h yygsn - I love language(s)
sa:m yygsn - I adore you (*but not "I love you")
rrhaux'yyitauxlnaf oerthuusL -
       - I didn't arrive from earth
misox ooeoll shenloe? -
       - why do beings lurking about in existence?
ooeollaf shenloe, yyioll! -
       - being don't (lurking about), they exist!
hauskk'tuloa Vaa:vy'yy L! - welcome to Vaa:vy'yy!

YYiiila:a:L, hauskk'tuloa Vaa:vy'yy L iila:a:L, tauxlv
voe'theiLdj L voe'rrhauxLdj L.
(YYiilääL, hauskk'tuloa Vaävy'yy L iilääL, tauxlv
shenloedj voe'theiLdj L voe'rrhauxLdj L.)
The men and women of the Vyäähn People come to bestow
greetings and say "Welcome to Vaävy'yy".

Matt33

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