I am king of kings

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Old Gotski
Eм конѧгс конѧьеро./𐌴𐌼 𐌺𐍉𐌽𐌴𐌼𐌲𐍃 𐌺𐍉𐌽𐌴𐌼𐌾𐌴𐍂𐍉
/em konẽg̊s konẽro/

Mordern Gotski (Sortsbergish)
Em konegs konejas.
/em koneg̊s konejas/

Túrnnu
E sun lu régh de réghes.
/e sun lʌ reɪɣ də reɪɣəs/

Nortzääenglisch
Ik öm de küninng of küningen.
/ɪk øm də kynɪŋː of kyniŋgən/

Dnukta’u
Bu’lqhah bui’lís.
/buʔlχah buiʔliː/

Nukkạ
Pụl pụlies khá
/pṵl pṵlies xaː/
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spanick wrote: 27 Nov 2018 17:50 Old Gotski
Eм конѧгс конѧьеро./𐌴𐌼 𐌺𐍉𐌽𐌴𐌼𐌲𐍃 𐌺𐍉𐌽𐌴𐌼𐌾𐌴𐍂𐍉
/em konẽg̊s konẽro/

Mordern Gotski (Sortsbergish)
Em konegs konejas.
/em koneg̊s konejas/

Túrnnu
E sun lu régh de réghes.
/e sun lʌ reɪɣ də reɪɣəs/

Nortzääenglisch
Ik öm de küninng of küningen.
/ɪk øm də kynɪŋː of kyniŋgən/

Dnukta’u
Bu’lqhah bui’lís.
/buʔlχah buiʔliː/

Nukkạ
Pụl pụlies khá
/pṵl pṵlies xaː/
A lot of your languages seem to have a genitive case? Is that kind of your signature feature as a conlanger? Btw, I would love to see glosses.
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Creyeditor wrote: 01 Dec 2018 11:48 A lot of your languages seem to have a genitive case? Is that kind of your signature feature as a conlanger? Btw, I would love to see glosses.
Yeah, four of those six have the genitive. Old Gotski, being a relative of Gothic, is highly inflected. Modern Gotski is part of the Balkan Sprachbund and has merged the native into the genitive. Dnukta' and it's daughter Nukka also have it, but I'd chalk that up to lack of creativity on my part than a signature as a conlanger. While Dnukta' is one of my few a priori conlangs, I stuck to a very Indo-European case system. My other a priori languages are less IE, but also less well developed.

Edit: I can add glosses tomorrow
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:con:

Vaq arqayax arqayaseni.
[ʋɑq ˈɑrqɑjɑx ˌɑrqɑjɑseˈni]
be-PRS-1SG king-PL king-3PL.POSS

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Yes arkʿaneri arkʿan em.
1SG king-PL-DAT king-DEF be-1SG.PRS
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:con: Ngolu/Iliaqu

There are a bunch of ways it could be said depending on things, but one way I like is:

Taqu nu iuje taqu.
king NOM.1S.ICS GEN.3P.DEF.ACS king
I am king of kings.

Using the inaccessible for the first person nu and the accessible for the third person iuje indicates dominance over everyone: you may not touch me - I may touch the other kings.
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Well, Yitə people (the speakers of Asta, short of yitə yiya), so let's use the an expression "big man", in a verbal context instead for convenience's sake.

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miyəntatra yitə yənta‘ə
mə-y-ənta<atr> yitə y-ənta-‘ə
1s-Ip-big<APPL> person.PL Ip-big-NOM
I am bigger than [other] big people
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Īsmay

I am taking this phrase to mean "I am the supreme/most important king."

I am king of kings.
king=big=SUP=COP 1sm
krasda=ghut=lt=l ma
krasda'ghutalt'al ma
/krasdagʱutaltal ma/
[ˈkɹastagʱutaltal ˈma]

alternatively:

king=complete=SUP=COP 1sm
krasda=dur=lt=l ma
krasda'duralt'al ma
/krasdaduraltal ma/
[ˈkɹastaduɹaltal ˈma]
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Lóko baaṣát

Me naánga naángaiḥ-ḥaso du.
I king king-LOC-PL-above MASC-be
[ me náːŋa náːŋa.ix xaso du ]
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Dialect 1: /χe: β̞aθkθə β̞aθk/
Dialect 2: /ɕi: əɸsukθə psuk/
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:con: Lihmelinyan

Héka hémi lénnas lénnahan.
/'xe.ka 'xe.mi 'lɛn.nas 'lɛn.na.xan/
I be.PRES.1SG king-NOM.SG king-GEN.PL
I am (the) king of kings.
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West Saxon

The most literal translation (and the one you'd be most likely to see, given how often it would show up in a place that might demand a more archaic tone), would be
ic bue de kyngne kyng
ɪtʃ bøɥ də kʏŋ.gn̩ kʏŋ
I be-GNOM the king-GEN.PL king

A more colloquial version would make "king" an adjective, and use the absolute superlative form to render something along the lines of "I'm the kingliest of all" or "I'm the most kingly".

ic bue de orkyngliksten
ɪtʃ bøɥ də ɔʁ̞.ˈkʏŋ.ɫɪk.stn̩
I be-GNOM the kingly-SUP-ABS

in both of them, note the use of gnomic "bue" rather than the more typical "jom", which would have a tone more in the vein of "I'm on top of the world!" than what is typically being conveyed by this sentence.
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:eng: I am the king of kings.
:swe: Jag är kungarnas kung.
:nor: Jeg er kongenes kong.
:deu: Ich bin der König der Könige.
:nld: Ik ben de koning der koningen.
:pol: Jestem królem królów.
:rus: Я король королей.

:tur: Kralların kralıyım.

:fin: Minä olen kuningasten kuningas.
:sme: Mun lean gonagasaid gonagas.
:hun: Én vagyok a király a királyokban.

:esp: Soy el rey de los reyes.
:fra: Je suis le roi des rois.

:roc: ???? 萬王之王。 wan4wang2zhi1wang2

Sumerian: Me-am3 lugal-ak lugal-ene.

:tgl: ???? Ako'y ang hari ng mga hari.

:con: Zebademe: Me lugal-ag lugal-en.
:con: Emegal: Ashtame lugalak lugalen.
:con: Acoi: Alosutaru losutaru lu po no.
:con: Xylphika: Ñame ikiñamem sou.
:con: Hezek: Mu -- irtupi pun irtupizi.
:con: Sérhes Kéttw: Cékcan cécakrer kai cé. [ˈt͡sekt͡sɐn‿ˈd͡zet͡sɐkɾɪɾ kɐj ˈt͡se]
:con: Kànnow: Ḽsʼesʼgokstàqnenòw sʼesʼgér. [ɬt͡sʼet͡sʼkəw̆kʰstʰw̥ɔqʰˈnew̆nwəɸ t͡sʼet͡sʼkew̆ʐ̊]
:con: r'Orlium l'Ommnúr: Eam ro rexum att rix rexini.
:con: Amjati: Zal eratjak eratjiem.
:con: Wattētexu: Xe ta tēkē xu me tēkē mahi
:con: Alpic: Om da riksa das riksas
:con: Mekoshan: Am de kei vkeiz
:con: Scordic: Rezos Rezun ími.
:con: Liturgical Makurungou: Këbäö shïsitngökonve shïsitngöendä.
:con: Gadaye: Secasan kohuban kohubankon dun garra. [s̪əqæˈs̪æ̃ ˈkɔχumæ̃ kɔχumæ̃ˈkɔ̃ nũ gæɰæ]
:con: Ijika: Ca tenta po sta tenta!
:con: Kacitxali: Jatxé, juféka kwíngworéka. [jatʃe juʍeka kʷiŋʷɔɾeka]
:con: Aentoui: Kko ari si mā ari.
:con: Yélian: Re bai a'bravo o'bravoné. [rɛ baɪ̯ aˈbraːvo ɔˌbravoˈneː]
:con: Caelian: Rar byarvowyel byaravibyel byäi. [raɾ bʲaɾvɔˈʋɛl bʲaɾaviˈbʲɛl bʲæɪ̯]
:con: Wena: Na i gingi vye gingi.
:con: Vayardyio: Dario i dareni nea
conlang: Vayardyio.
Affacite iago Vayardyio fidigou dicronésara !

native: :nld: fluent: :eng: :fra: :deu: can read: :ita: :esp:
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:con: Rjimâya

Hčʿilhîrzi hčʿilhar.
ჰჭილჰჱრზი ჰჭილჰარ ჻჻
[htʃʼɪɬˈhiːrzɪ ˈhtʃʼiɬhar̥]
king-3PL.POSS-1SG king-PL
"I am the king of kings."
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:con: Alesian

Yaa maadŏm maadŏis hi.
/jaː maːdʌm maːdʌis hi/
[1.SG king-MASC-INST king-MASC-PL-GEN be]
"I am the king of kings."
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:con: Gondolan

Mi a ututolkón.
/mĩ a u̜.tu̜.ˈto̜ʟ.ko̜ːn/
1ST.ERG.SING COP.PRES.ACT king.of.kings.PROX.ABS.SING-DEF
I am the king of kings. (Lit. I am the most most king.)
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Updating Silvish. The language often forms genitive constructions using the preposition de, but when the possessor in the construction is definite, noble-gender and non-quantified, the noun appears in the oblique case with no preposition. Roî "king" is noble-gender and meets the other requirements, so it gets the plain oblique.

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Jho si li roî li rroi.
[ʒo.si.liˈʁuː liˈʁu]
1S.NOM be.1S DEF-M.N king DEF-M.N.OBL.PL (PL-)king.OBL

I am king of kings.
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Lantash:
1. Ho raham-raho -sa
[həʊ rəhʌɴ rəhəʊ sə]
1S.NOM rule(V).ONE.PL-rule(V).ONE.SBJ be.1sg
2. Ho raho raharâm asa (closer to the English version)
[həʊ rəhəʊ rəhərɑm ɐsə]
1S.NOM rule.ONE-SG rule.PL-GEN be.1sg

Hiryaz:
Ha ryä-rya fke
[ɦɐ ʁʲɑ ʁʲɐ fkə]
1S.NOM king.PL-king.SG be.1sg
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See a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower.
Ānantam tava karatalena darasi, nityatām ghaṇṭabhyantare ca.
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour.
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:es-pv: Basque

Erregeen erregea naiz.
/erege.en erege.a nais̻/
errege=en errege=a n-a-iz
king=GEN.PL king=ABS.SG 1SG.ABS-PRS-COP

I am king of kings.
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:con: itota itiko

kati taja lava lavo.
['katʲi 'tajä 'ɫavä 'ɫavo]

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kat-i taj-a  lav-a     lav-o
be-VM 1SG-NM leader-NM leader-ADJM
I am king of kings.
216 always explains everything. ilaki onito itota ti ji ji ti akina itota ma. 216 всегда всё объясняет.
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