I see you

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įket.
/ˈĩket/
i>n-ket-∅
1SG>2SG-see-IMPF

I see you
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:con: K'anerhtówhí

Emmucúahin.
/ɛm.mɯ.ʃu.ɑ.hɪn/
Em-mucú-ah-in
2SG.OBJ-see-CONT-1SG

I see you.

:con: Soo ta Aangii

Jaa ime satii he.
/jæː imɛ sætiː hɛ/
2SG 1SG see PST
I see you.
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:es:Basque:
Ikusten zaitut
see.IMPF AUX.2sgABS.1sgERG
or
Nik zu ikusten zaitut
1sg.ERG 2sg see.IMPF AUX.2sgABS.1sgERG

The auxiliaries are so fused I didn't even try to divide it up for the gloss. The -t ending of 'zaitut' corresponds to 'nik' (1sg.ERG) and the z- to 'zu' (2sg.ABS) as far as I can tell.
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:con: Süm

Uksar zás.
[ˈuksɑr zaːs]
see-1SG.PRS 2SG.ACC
I see you.

:con: Ymirsuddan

Teehör ezy.
[ˈteːɦør ˈɛzɨ]
see-1SG.PRS 2SG.ACC
I see you.
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:sco: Tha mi gad fhaicinn.
tha mi ga-d f\h\aic-inn
be.PRES 1SG at-2SG.POSS LEN\see-VN*
I am seeing you. (lit. I am at your seeing.)

:con: Old Saremite: karāny pan
[ka"4a:J "pan]
Ø-karâny-Ø-Ø-Ø pán-Ø
IND-see-PRES-PERF-SG 2P-SG
(I) see you.

that pan is stressed is important for scansion reasons in poetry but not really otherwise. the first person singular pronoun zāt ["za:t] could be added (before the verb) for emphasis, but this translation is the most neutral interpretation of the sentence "I see you" in English.

* VN = verb-noun.
inida elish, er·jīse pan.
sheb olnezī, on zūl kaid
nyer maudem? māzeye gejegura,
ib·zhiyorī aur mādaresh; kep panī weram.
e pel zherokareshī, onyek ne rād:
izholen tekab. yerogim nyer.

(semar pel, i.1-6)
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:con: Unnamed language:

\kl/mlbm nd mř\glbm
kld->h:lbm nd mřs->h:lbm
speaker-0-Omega sight listener-0-Omega

/↑kʼl↓mlpm nt mr↑klpm/ NB: ↑ and ↓ indicate switching to egressive and ingressive, respectively
[↑kʼl↓ɓlpɓ nt ɓɹ↑klpm]
There are many ways to vocalise this, but here's an example of how it could be:
[↑kʼɯ↓ɓɯyɓ ne˩ ɓḛ↑kɯpũ]
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What does omega mean in your glosses, fluffy?
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Creyeditor wrote: 20 Nov 2017 20:39 What does omega mean in your glosses, fluffy?
It denotes multiversal time-constant mutability. In other words, the quantity cannot change under any circumstances, or quantity is meaningless or irrelevant in this context.
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Ikaezin

Siz Ialātar
[sɪz ʝalaːtaɾ]
I see you

Siz: Pronoun, first person (comes from the root "ēzo-", meaning "people")
Ial- Root
at- Verb form
-ar First person, indicative, present
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This is actually the word for "hello" in some of my languages, and in others the word for hello is derived from what once meant "I see you". Translations of both meanings follow:

:con: Poswa:
Vabo!
I see you!

Bušabo!
Hello! (Hey, there!)

Unlike all neighboring languages, Poswa uses 2-syllable affixes for transitive verbs, and does not shorten these, even in highly used words such as these. Therefore, though the root meaning "see" is simply v-, the word for "I see you" takes 2 syllables and the word for "hello" takes three.

:con: Pabappa:
Poma miba.
I-you see-present

Pabappa has lost the transitivity markers as well as the person markers on its verbs, and therefore the arguments are separate from the verb. The basic SOV order of the language is maintained by using a compound person marker in which the agent morpheme is accented and the patient morpheme (here consisting of just an /-a/) is unaccented and follows the agent.
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Pabappa wrote: 28 Nov 2017 02:04 This is actually the word for "hello" in some of my languages, and in others the word for hello is derived from what once meant "I see you". Translations of both meanings follow:

:con: Poswa:
Vabo!
I see you!

Bušabo!
Hello! (Hey, there!)

Unlike all neighboring languages, Poswa uses 2-syllable affixes for transitive verbs, and does not shorten these, even in highly used words such as these. Therefore, though the root meaning "see" is simply v-, the word for "I see you" takes 2 syllables and the word for "hello" takes three.

:con: Pabappa:
Poma miba.
I-you see-present

Pabappa has lost the transitivity markers as well as the person markers on its verbs, and therefore the arguments are separate from the verb. The basic SOV order of the language is maintained by using a compound person marker in which the agent morpheme is accented and the patient morpheme (here consisting of just an /-a/) is unaccented and follows the agent.
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Poshet

Ik ze du.
/ik ze du/
ik ze-0 du
PRO.1SG see-PRSNT PRO.2SG
:heb: I have gained self-respect and left. :yid:
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:con: Ladoçei Htoleiþe

Since I'm using my conscript for this, for the sake of time, this assumes both parties are members of the Htolian species.

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Fiðhat deþeir.
/ˈfiðʔɑt ˈdeθeɪ̯ɹ/
fiðh-at deþ-eir
see-1SG.RAT1 PRO.2SG.RAT1-DEF.ACC
:heb: I have gained self-respect and left. :yid:
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:con: Lóko baaṣát

Me tum do. (spoken by a male)
[ I thou-ACC MASC-see]

Me tum idó. (spoken by a female)
[ I thou-ACC FEM-see]
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Źilaa Ruńu:

duriu ceeĺi.
see-IPF.1SG 2SG.ACC


Ak’aleniw:

ki'asaheti.

ki'as-ahe-ti-Ø
see-2s.P-1s.A-PRS.IND
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Ivásan
/ɪ.'vɑ.sɑn/
i-vasa-n
1P-see-2P
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Yinše

Če (wam) šoopo.
če-Ø (wa-m) šoo-pM
2-INT (1-LOC) see-PASS
"I see you."
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Oqōhtha'xothri

Naqixwīri.
[naqɪxˈwiːɾɪ]
1SG.OBJ-2SG.OBJ-see
"I see you."
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Hoocąk (Winnebago)
Nįįjá.
/nĩːd͡ʒa/
"I see you."
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:con: Lihmelinyan

Ne ušēmi.
/ne 'u.ʃeː.mi/
you-ACC see-PRES.1SG
I see you.
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