What will not kill you makes you stronger.

[druneragarsh]

Mira
Mu xa-je tampu-h paike-te-je
what no-3s kill-CONNEG strong-CAUS-3s
What does not kill makes stronger.

(Though I'm not happy with the "mu" at the start. Hmm. I'll have to think some more.)

[HoskhMatriarch]

Mira
Mu xa-je tampu-h paike-te-je
what no-3s kill-CONNEG strong-CAUS-3s
What does not kill makes stronger.

(Though I'm not happy with the "mu" at the start. Hmm. I'll have to think some more.)

Well, some languages do headless relative clauses without "what", or you could do "the thing that does not..." instead.

[Imralu]

Well, some languages do headless relative clauses without "what", or you could do "the thing that does not..." instead.

Bazuas a kka builo.
toughen NOM.3s.NSPC.INAN NEG kill
"Anything that doesn't kill toughens."

Basically, the "a" can be thought of as "anything that ...".

[Prinsessa]

Something like this, maybe.

haβuo taŋŋou-mə
strong-TR death<SUBJ>-TR.REL=NEG

Note: TR stands for transitive but often has a causative meaning.

[All4Ɇn]

Thrinn
Þat murd þig nen, do þig åghlera.

[HoskhMatriarch]

Well, I don't know how I want to make comparatives, so this is just "what kills you not makes you strong", but whatever...

Seccżorsimri rozasṃsot.
[ˈsɛx.zɔːˤˌsɪm.ʀɪ ˈʀoː.t͡saˌsm̩.sɔt]
secc-żor-sim-ri ro-za-sṃ-sot
kill-NEG-2S.FAM.OBJ-REL.SS strong-CAUS-2S.FAM.OBJ-3S.NEUT.SUB

I'm going go go back and redo this once I have indefinite conjugations though since in the original German version it's indefinite and not talking to anyone in particular. I'm just too eager to translate things now mostly.

Something like this, maybe.

haβuo taŋŋou-mə
strong-TR death<SUBJ>-TR.REL=NEG

Note: TR stands for transitive but often has a causative meaning.

Wow, that's concise, and I don't even understand how it works.

[k1234567890y]

Lonmai Luna/Liunan(romanization)

Mal modo kuta kati gail kodat kati.
/mal modo kutá kati gail kodát katí/
REL NEG kill 2.SG CAUS be.strong 2.SG.(interlinear)
What will not kill you makes you stronger.

Urban Basanawa

何とね殺だと爾作くと爾強かる
/wat nɛ du:dət dɪ mɑ:kt dɪ starkər/
wat ne doodet di maket di starker(romanization)
what NEG kill-3.SG.PRES 2.SG.OBL make-3.SG.PRES 2.SG.OBL strong-COMPARATIVE(interlinear)
What will not kill you makes you stronger.

[Plusquamperfekt]

Miwonša:

Čwasta žai ničkifišan, sja chasnifišan.
https://voca.ro/124dIT1XrFGF

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čwast-a žai ničk-if-iš-an, sja chasn-if-iš-an
REL-NOM not kill-3SG-2SG-IPFV, that strong-3SG-2SG-IPFV.

[Inkcube-Revolver]

Nalash: Jeyán čes skúsléget áre igónta áre spunya. – “That which kills you not stronger you will be.” lit. "That.DAT which NEG.kill.3s pres. you.ACC. strong.SUPERLATIVE. you.ACC. be.3s.future

A lang related to Nalash: Án-yeš kúaslógte ár gjónaß ár sfey. DEF-PRN-DAT-prefix. NEG-3s-kill-CONT PRES. you-ACC. strong-SUPERLATIVE. you-ACC. be-2s-FTR.
"For that which kills not you stronger you shall be."

[Imralu]

Something like this, maybe.

haβuo taŋŋou-mə
strong-TR death<SUBJ>-TR.REL=NEG

Note: TR stands for transitive but often has a causative meaning.

Wow, that's concise, and I don't even understand how it works.

Well, as far as I can see, it's basically

haβuo strong-TR = "make strong" [predicate]
taŋŋou-mə death<SUBJ>-TR.REL=NEG = "that which doesn't make death" [subject]

It looks like more or less the same structure as my lang:

Bazuas a kka builo.
toughen NOM.3s.NSPC.INAN NEG kill
"Anything that doesn't kill toughens."

I didn't gloss it, but the -u- in bazuas and builo is a causative infix.
baza > buaza = tough > toughen
bi + lau > bilo = stop + live > die
bi > bui > builo = stop.INTR > stop.TR > kill

[Thrice Xandvii]

Lo que no te mata, te hace más fuerte.
Lo_que no te mat-a, te hac-e más fuerte
that_which NEG 2s.REFL to_kill-3s.PRES, 2s.REFL to_make-3s.PRES more strong
That which doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.

Though, if I recall correctly, the verb hacerse is closer to "make into" or "become" which works on that level too, but with a much less literal translation along the lines of "to make you into more strong."

[masako]

Kala:

tla matak yatli tla tinuamya
4sg kill-NEG if.X.then.Y 4sg strong-CAUS
It doesn't kill, therefore it strengthens.

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."

[Ranquil]

My conlang is currently unnamed.

Sjurite ei ga väkinimpjäku naraseu.
KILLingly IS_NOT_adjective subject_particle STRONGer_adverb MAKES_BECOME

"What does not kill makes (one) become stronger."

[Alessio]

Hecathver/Häħadhvar
Thëu nĵe mastët, ast pretogo.
/θøu ɲe mas'tøt ast pre'tɔgo/
what NEG kill.3SG make_become.3SG more+strong

Hajás
Zëváv äjk hästran, dedjá herkejs.
/'zøvaːv‿εjk 'hεstran 'deɟaː 'herkejs/
that+REL NEG kill make_become strong.AUGM

Italiano
Ciò che non uccide, fortifica.
/tʃɔ ke non ut'tʃiːde for'tifika/
what REL NEG kill.3SG make_stronger.3SG

Emilian
Quàl ch'an mâza ingrâsa!
/kwăl k‿ã(m‿) 'maːs̪ɐ ɪn'graːs̠ɐ/
what REL NEG kill.3SG make_fatter.3SG

I have included this last translation because it's quite curious. It's in Emilian, my "second mothertongue" as it's the Gallo-Italic "dialect" of my region. It reads, as you can see, "what doesn't kill you makes you FATTER" rather than "stronger". This sentence, in fact, is not only used to mean "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger", but also to justify eating something that doesn't seem quite healthy, or to reassure somebody who ate something that wasn't supposed to be edible (and sometimes in similar situations where eating isn't actually involved). If it's not poisonous, the worst it can do is making you fatter...

[Omzinesý]

Soeira:

Ra uvvu sher pthaatke.
ra uvv-u sher pth-aatk-e
NEG kill.PTCP-ABSTG make COMP-strong-AN

Lit. '[Not killing-thing] makes stronger.'

Root:
r - negation
v - die/kill
sh-r - make
p-th - comparative
t-k - strong

[alynnidalar]

Tirina

Du ton wutonpasdas oro sar rea'lenle oro nehele kenyes.
if INT INAN-kill-FUT.PERF INDEF.INAN then INAN-cause-FUT INDEF.INAN strength 2.SG.MASC.DAT
If it doesn't kill you, it'll make you stronger.

[Qxentio]

Med qxáqanod gék, gék kemnod jaxevy.
WHAT Neg-KILL-3.Pers-Sg-Fut YOU-Sg-Acc, YOU-Sg-Acc FORCE-3.Pers-Sg-Fut Comp-STRONG-Sg-Neu
/med q͡χɒːˈqan.ɔd ɟeːk ɟeːk ˈcɛm.nɔd jaˈχɛv.ə/

[Iyionaku]

Yélian

Céviter sat ciolket, vutret sat slavasabut.
[ˈkɛviːtəɾ sɐt ͜ˌiˈɔlkɛt, ˈvʊtrɛt sɐt ˌslavasɐˈbʊt]
That-who 2SG.OBL NEG-kill-3SG, PART.really 2SG.OBL strong-COMP-COP.3SG.INAN

Caelian

Vpas Zan Zang kë kilkzam, kön Dyot Zang robürrat.
[p̠ʰaʃ zan zaŋ kʰə kʰɪlˈkʰam, kœn dʲɔt saŋ robʏrˈratʰ]
what 2SG.NOM 2SG.ACC NEG kill-SUB.2SG-OBJ.2SG, only DEM.PROX.NOM 2SG.ACC FUT-strengthen-SUB.3SG-OBJ.2SG

Orkish (WT)

Shels zar jubshokx kxush, shels tshitbrekekx kxush.
[ʂɛls zaɾ ˈjuːbʂɔ͡kx ͡kxuːʂ, ʂɛls t͡ʃɪˈ͡tbrɛkɛ͡kx ͡kxʊːʂ]
POT NEG kill-3SG.ERG 2SG.ABS, POT more-strong-3SG.ERG 2SG.ABS

Anto

She, djes bam do gekil, she do me-muskel tun'a.
[ʃɛː, ɟɛs pam tɔː kɛːkʰil, ʃɛː tɔː mɛˈmʊskʰɛl ˈtʊnaː]
DEM.DIST, 3SG.INDEF NEG 2SG kill, DEM.DIST 2SG COMP-strong make

What does not kill you makes you stronger.

By the way, the correct saying in German is:

Was dich nicht umbringt, macht dich nur stärker.

[G64]

Elcuin (still working on it)
nara co rencyehi sihi iri arcarsa.
na-ra co renc-ye-hi si-hi ir-i arca-rsa
that-all not kill-INF.PRES-you.ACC it.NOM-you.ACC make-PRES.3 strong-COMP.ACC

[Soaring]

Kyrete ju pe gu fyguso lota jo/