Can you drive a car?

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Re: Can you drive a car?

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Frislandian:

kurtiateupotem?
[kʊr.t̪i.a.t̪e̞.u.po̞.t̪ɛm]
wagon-do.IND-able.IND.2-INT
Can you drive a car?
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Future English

Kąźrab yə ca?
/ka~Zr\a* j@ ca/
FAC**-drive 2SG car-Q

*Final v/b are lost behind round (o u) or semi-round (a) vowels

**Facultative mood basically means things that could happen given an external fact
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Re: Can you drive a car?

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:png: Tok Pisin

Yu inap draivim ka?
Are you capable of driving a car?

Yu save draivim ka?
Are you familiar with driving a car? (ie. Do you usually drive a car.)

Yu ken draivim ka?
Can you drive a car (please)?

(I think this is how the modals work in Tok Pisin.)
Glossing Abbreviations: COMP = comparative, C = complementiser, ACS / ICS = accessible / inaccessible, GDV = gerundive, SPEC / NSPC = specific / non-specific, AG = agent, E = entity (person, animal, thing)
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:con: Iveriki

Aи δύиωz ɭɑύиэzи тәм ɑυтoмɑxәиә́м;
[ãn 'dy.no:j 'lɔw.nε̃jn tĩ.mɔw.tõ.ma.xĩ.'nĩm]
NEG be.able<PRS.DEP>2SG drive<PRS.ACT.INF> DEF.F.ACC.SG car-ACC.SG

Aи δύиωʒθ϶ ɭɑύиэzи тәм ɑυтoмɑxәиә́м;
[ãn 'dy.no:s.θe 'lɔw.nε̃jn tĩ.mɔw.tõ.ma.xĩ.'nĩm]
NEG be.able<PRS.DEP>2PL drive<PRS.ACT.INF> DEF.F.ACC.SG car-ACC.SG
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:con: Rozwi

Boyim done~jēndæ kæšrirauθ?
Be.able<PRS>2SG INF=drive<NMLZ> conveyance-ACC.SG

Boyima done~jēndæ kæšrirauθ?
Be.able<PRS>2PL INF=drive<NMLZ> conveyance-ACC.SG
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:con: :png: Wena:

Ha wa i mwe mwazo ya dyazo?
[ha ˈwaj mwe ˈmwazo ja ˈdʒazo]
Q 2s COP able.E drive.AG GEN vehicle
Can you drive a car?

Mwazo ya dyazo sounds hilarious. It reminds me of "fo shizzle my nizzle".

Mwazo and dyazo are neologisms.
mwazo = leader-mover ... one who controls the movement of something
dyazo = tool-mover ... a tool for moving (ie. a moving tool)
The intransitive equivalent of "drive" is zodya ... mover-tool ... one who moves with the help of a device, but this also includes being a passenger (like German fahren).
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:con: Q'eb(romanization)

march vʁmadzedem
march v-χ-mad-zed-em?
car 2.SG.A-3.SG.P-take-be.able-Q
Can you drive a car?

:con: Hux Kham(romanization)

an zran mta za?
an zra-n mta za
2.SG be.able-2.SG car drive?
Can you drive a car?
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My language: Pandastonium

Can you drive a car?
Råd shạnş ano altomöbiiyal?
Can you-action suffix(ş) a car?
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:tan: Swahili:

Je, unaweza kuendesha gari?
je | u-na-wez-a ku-end-esh-a gari
Q | 2s-PRES-be.able-Ö INF(CL15)-go-CAUS-Ö car(CL5)
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Re: Can you drive a car?

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I really want to make a language were this is a two word utterance with the following structure, but I guess I won't [:D]

vehicle on road vehicle.INCORP-control-ABIL-2SG-Q

Vehicle would be the word that is used for boats if its specific but also for vehicles in general.
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Creyeditor wrote:I really want to make a language were this is a two word utterance with the following structure, but I guess I won't [:D]

vehicle on road vehicle.INCORP-control-ABIL-2SG-Q
I count four words ...
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Imralu wrote:
Creyeditor wrote:I really want to make a language were this is a two word utterance with the following structure, but I guess I won't [:D]

vehicle on road vehicle.INCORP-control-ABIL-2SG-Q
I count four words ...
Damn [:D] Vehicle-on-road was meant to be some kind of compound [xP]
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Re: Can you drive a car?

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:con:Gutisk (Tözisk)

Кат ту ауто древн?
Kat tu auto drevn?
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:con: Xingish

Tu kan drewe kar ma?
[tuː kan dreːʋə kɑːr ma]
2s be_able drive car Q
"Can you drive a car?"
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Re: Can you drive a car?

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:con: Ular

你得德开能你?
Má tā tálòn pár má?

[mɑ́ tɛ̄ tɛ́lɪ̀n pɑ́ɹ mɑ́]
2SG TOP drive_car can 2SG
Can you drive a car?

A few notes: 德砗 tájāng (car) literally means "German wagon", correspondingly the verb 德开 tálòn is literally "to drive German". Ular uses the character 砗 for "wagon" because 车 exclusively means "carriage". Also note that, like in Chinese, 开 means both "to open" and "to drive", but in Ular it has two different readings: lòn is "to drive", and khārh is "to open".
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:con: Hieratic Shurturian / Ághingaisal Šurtava

Žantahtas érûsis jórmar?
[ˈʒɑnˌtɑxtɑs ˈeːryːsis ˈjoːrmɑr]
car-ACC lead-AOR.2SG lead-INF
Can you drive a car?
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:con: mọs

u kassikunaha?
u ka-s-sikunaha ?
2SG CAN-use-car ?
Can you use a car?
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:es-ca: Catalan

Pots conduir un cotxe?
[pɔts kunˈdwi uŋ ˈkɔt͡ʃə ↗] (Central Catalan pronunciation)
pot-s condu-ir un-Ø cotxe-Ø
can-2SG.PRS.IND drive-INF INDF-M.SG car-SG

Can you drive a car?
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Bàn tó chéy yờ?
2PS.FAM know drive Q
Can you drive a car?
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