<!>Speak in Your Premodern Conlang Thread (2014-06-13 23:06:59)
Speak in Your Premodern Conlang Thread
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? Travis B. posts: 603
, Crystallogen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Bù-te zì-k-na thé mí júng dùk.
[bùtè zìʔk̚nà tʰé mí dʑúŋ dùʔk̚]
head-te=DEF smallk-PST-na=IMPL thé3S finally júnghappen dùk.need

It needs to finally happen because the head was small.

Dè mù-k dà thé tshàng ma-wu-khèn-ga.
[dè mùʔk̚ dà tʰé tsʰàŋ màwùkʰèngà]
DIST work-k-PST  but thé3S tshàngexactly ma-NEG-wu-INV-khènunderstand-ga.-PST

That worked even though it did not exactly make sense.