u/CaptKonami

Detoo! You've Been Selected For A Random Linguistic Search!

Welcome to the r/conlangs Official Checkpoint. You have been selected for a random check of your language. Please translate one or more of the following phrases and sentences:

"Not everyone gets out of the car."

"Whack! You've been whacked by a wet trout!"

"We can trip or take a trip."

"You can't push it that hard, it's not a moon rocket."

"Fist my bump."

"There is a race of red-haired barbarian giants who live in the desert and mountains to the west of the Middle Kingdom."

"Stop!"


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u/CaptKonami — 1 day ago

Kiış! You've Been Selected For A Random Linguistic Search!

Welcome to the r/conlangs Official Checkpoint. You have been selected for a random check of your language. Please translate one or more of the following phrases and sentences:

"It's about a British man with an extensive fork collection who reviews tinned fish with his dog named King Arthur."

"I am feeling very ill and can not move."

"She ate a sardine-only diet for seventy days."

"The captain of the fishing boat caught a shark!"

"The dinner is a sausage on a bun that has been covered with cream cheese and topped with caramelised onions."

"Stop!"


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u/CaptKonami — 4 days ago

Н! You've Been Selected For A Random Linguistic Search!

Welcome to the r/conlangs Official Checkpoint. You have been selected for a random check of your language. Please translate one or more of the following phrases and sentences:

"I'm forbidden to produce milk In Cyber land, we only drink diet coke."

“In 525,600 minutes - how do you measure a year in the life?”

“We're not gonna pay last year's rent, this year's rent, next year's rent.”

“I'll forego your rent and on paper guarantee.”

“The Tango Maureen, it's a dark, dizzy merry-go-round”

"Stop!"


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u/CaptKonami — 9 days ago

qhaet! You've Been Selected For A Random Linguistic Search!

Welcome to the r/conlangs Official Checkpoint. You have been selected for a random check of your language. Please translate one or more of the following phrases and sentences:

"I'm so grateful for science."

"As the priestess, I am but a servant of the gods."

"Rats are a good source of protein, but we're not here for a meal."

"My husband may roar like a lion, but inside he is a kitten."

"I'm a huge fan of yours!"

"Stop!"


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u/CaptKonami — 11 days ago

Somo! You've Been Selected For A Random Linguistic Search!

Welcome to the r/conlangs Official Checkpoint. You have been selected for a random check of your language. Please translate one or more of the following phrases and sentences:

"No, I'm not saying that to be your friend, I'm saying it to have sex with you."

"I got a plush beaver on the way home from my appointment."

"I'm very drunk."

"The tongue is mightier than the sword."

"8 oz of sweet Mexican black tar heroin"

"Stop!"


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u/CaptKonami — 16 days ago

Welcome to the r/conlangs Official Checkpoint. You have been selected for a random check of your language. Please translate one or more of the following phrases and sentences:

"All we will be doing today is repeatedly washing and draining our crawfish in regular old water."

"Mama, I love you, but you've got to stop doing things like this."

"Really?! You had to join my school?! What is wrong with you?!"

"Stop staring at me with those big bug eyes, you creepy little bastards."

"I was handmade by some weirdo in his bedroom."

"Stop!"


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u/CaptKonami — 18 days ago

All letters are pronounced as ipa, but y = /j/ , ' is a glottal stop, and macron = long vowel

Neto kapa

(lit. net hat) is a fishing net-like piece of headwear that is traditionally made of the same material as their fishing nets: fibres from kokobabai (coconut fronds).

Mimi peneto

(lit. ear flag) is an earring traditionally worn by people without a koi (lover) or sima koi (platonic life partner). It is made from the feathers (fezāi) of the tipikatoli (Tipika parrot).

Kusafi

(lit. crucifix) is a religious symbol worn by many Hololans. Most Hololans practice Iesu-wako (Christianity) or Kokali-wako (Kokaliism), a local syncretic Christian-based religion.

Lupu-kēpu

(lit. wrap-silk) is a garment worn to indicate kizoku (high status). It is traditionally made of imported kēpu (silk). It is wrapped around the upper torso, either across the chest or over the shoulder. Those who can not afford one typically have a mohokē (bare chest).

Bodi hisui

(lit. body jade) is a piece of zūli (jewellery) worn on the belly button and occasionally the nipples. It is made of bone or gold and has a piece jade inlaid.

Obi

(lit. sash/belt) is a belt, plain and simple. It is traditionally made of cloth or leather brought to the islands by merchants from Niho (Japan) and Amelika (The United States).

Takalagai zūli

(lit. cowrie-shell jewellery) is an accessory worn on the wrists or ankles. Designs vary wildly, but they always include takalagai'i (cowrie shells), which are thought to be a ward against evil spirits and monsters.

Sukato

(lit. skirt) is, surprising nobody, a skirt. It is traditionally made of hemabali (bark cloth), but more recently, American and Japanese cloth became common materials.

Futu lōbā

(lit. foot wood) is a wooden flip-flop style sandal. While most are flat-soled, though some have pairs of teeth on the bottom to imitate the Japanese geta.

u/CaptKonami — 19 days ago

Welcome to the r/conlangs Official Checkpoint. You have been selected for a random check of your language. Please translate one or more of the following phrases and sentences:

"I know I've let you down."

"So with sadness in my heart, I feel the best thing I could do is end it all and leave forever."

"It all returns to nothing. It all comes tumbling down."

"Everything that matters to me matters in this world."

"I wish that I could turn back time because now the guilt is all mine."

"Stop!"


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u/CaptKonami — 23 days ago

Welcome to the r/conlangs Official Checkpoint. You have been selected for a random check of your language. Please translate one or more of the following phrases and sentences:

"If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe, I would have been married a long time ago."

"Where did you come from? Where did you go?"

"He came to town like a midwinter storm."

"He rode through the fields so handsome and strong."

"His eyes were his tools and his smile was his gun, but all he had come for was having some fun."

"Stop!"


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u/CaptKonami — 25 days ago