Colourless green ideas

[jal]

Sajiwan:
Dem gwin ayja nahf no kola u slip fiyas.
[dem gyːn ɐjˈɟʝɐ nɐːf no ˈkolɐ u slip ˈfijɐs]
DEF.PL green idea NEG.have NEG.INDEF colour HAB sleep fierce
Green ideas without colour sleep fiercely.

Depending on the exact meaning, one could translate "Gwin ayja-dem" instead of "Dem gwin ayja" - the former may refer to a specific (though indefinite) group of green ideas, while the latter is more generic.


JAL

[masako]

enon tsakum mue sahi moku
/ɛːnon t͡saːkum mʷe saːɦi moːku/
be.angry-ADV idea-PL without color sleep
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.

Could also be "enohan" for "very angry ~ furious" and "sahimue" indicating the abessive rather than a preposition.

[Batz]

Naguil

Dinnenes landi ferbienes mylies merdi inela verbeles.
/'dinːɛnɛs 'landi 'fɛːrbjɛnɛs 'myːliɛs 'mɛːrdi i'neːla 'vɛːrbɛlɛs/
Dinn-enes land-i ferb-ienes myl-ies merd-i i-nel-a verb-eles.
hit-NOM.PL mind-ATTR green-ADJ.NOM.PL missing-ADJ.NOM.PL color-ATTR 3PL-sleep-PRS wild-ADJ.TMP.PL
Green mind-hits missing-color sleep wildly.

[lsd]

3SDL:

(concepts of protecting nature, this concepts not used by men above, this concepts whose invisibility making showing teeth for me...)
(my)ecological ideas without political color are dormant which makes me furious

[Arayaz]

Ẹlnk

Hâ hõ púnt an pleo sìl witl.
hâ hõ púnt an pleo sìl witl
ART.GNOM idea without any color sleep caged.animal
[ha˧˩‿ho˥ˀ punt˩˥‿an˩ pleo̯˩ sil˥˩ wit͡ɬ˩]
Green ideas without color sleep furiously.

If it's a specific group of green ideas, replace hâ with nı, or with a if they were already the subject of conversation (though I doubt this is the intention, ’cause then we'd say "the colorless green ideas [...]" in the English of it).

New things:

Spoiler:

• hõ [ho˥ˀ] "idea, thought" < OE þōht
• púnt [punt˩˥] "without" < OE būtan
• an [an˩] "any, at all; negative-polarity intensifier" < OE æniġ
• pleo [pleo˩] "color; emotional state" < OE blēo
• sìl [sil˥˩] "to sleep" < OE stille (stillan)
• witl [wit͡ɬ˩] "angry, furious, raging, frantic, caged-animal" < OE wilde
• hâ may be used to make a gnomic statement

Translation challenge: 44%

[Flavia]

Abaniscen
Helesh i secar unia i uniahay coynemor iles suhtin.
he<le>sh i secar unia i unia-hay coy-nemor i<le>s suhtin
[héːlɛʃʲi sɛˈkáːɾũɲɑ ʔʲiˈʔṹːɲɑhɑj ˈkóːjnɛ̃mɔ ɾʲiˈléːsːuʰtʰĩn]
thought<OBL> REL grass colour REL colour-NEG sleep-PL REL:PL anger
Thoughts that are the colour of colourless grass sleep with anger.
translation challenge 18 per cent

[Eivuhekoi]

Hvednakpa
Ngenelnelpafem kalpegen pui alpefaz elpa mas.
[ ŋe.ˈnel.nel.pɑ.fem ˈkɑl.pe.gen ˈpui 'ɑl.pe.fɑʒ 'el.pɑ 'mɑʃ ]

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Nge- nel~nelpafem kalpegen pui alpefaz       elpa mas
NMLZ-PLU~idea     colour   new be.uncolouful rest go.quickly

Uncolourful green ideas sleep quickly

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When I started translating this sentence I knew it wouldn't make much sentence, but that sentence is, quite literally, incomprehensible.