Analysis Swap: Hayakan

[Solarius]

Hayakan is spoken in the Kingdom of Hayaka, a fictional country in our world – so you’d expect them to be familiar with modern technology, etc. The speaker you all will be meeting is from Saltam, the legislative capital and largest city by far, a huge conurbation with a tropical monsoon climate.

You all are talking to Adupheu Yeune Bu, a resident of the Tamesara neighborhood near the center city. She speaks something pretty close to the standard language.

Adupheu: Ruseng dem a yong Hayaka! Ya nakawa Adupheu. Ya dene rikawa ma?

[Trailsend]

Spoiler:

1) Ruseng dem a yong Hayaka!
??? ("Welcome to Hayaka", maybe?)

2) Ya nakawa Adupheu.
ya na?-kawa Adupheu
?? 1-name? Adupheu
My name is Adupheu.

3) Ya dene rikawa ma?
ya dene ri?-kawa ma?
?? ?? 2-name? ma
What is your name?

(In Hayakan, how do you say "What is that?")

Ya nakawa Trailsend.

I cup my hand to my ear and lean forward, like I'm struggling to hear.

Ya rikawa...Adupheu, ma?

[Flavia]

Ya nakawa Maria.

Ya (pointing at Trailsend) hmm?-kawa Trailsend?

[Solarius]

Ya nakawa Trailsend.

I cup my hand to my ear and lean forward, like I'm struggling to hear.

Ya rikawa...Adupheu, ma?

Adupheu smiles at both of you.

Mo yiwaka Hayaka, cintta Trailsend san Maria!

She pauses and then says with a slight apologetic tone:

Salle, ina mo 'Ya rikawa Adupheu, ma?' Na ada 'ya dene rakawa Adupheu?'

(In Hayakan, how do you say "What is that?")

Adupheu says: "Ya dene pheida ma?" She pauses for a second. "Le, ma ya pheida?

Edit: corrected minor typo

[Flavia]

Spoiler:

So dene marks questions? Then what is ma...

I point at my hat. Ya dene pheida ma?

[Solarius]

Spoiler:

So dene marks questions? Then what is ma...

I point at my hat. Ya dene pheida ma?

Ya pheida ranarba!

Spoiler:

Let me know if you want me to address the OOC spoilers!

[Flavia]

Spoiler:

So dene marks questions? Then what is ma...

I point at my hat. Ya dene pheida ma?

Ya pheida ranarba!

Spoiler:

Let me know if you want me to address the OOC spoilers!

do not answer the spoilers, I want to figure things out :)

Ya pheida naranarba?

Spoiler:

I hope I'm not talking nonsense lol

[Solarius]

Spoiler:

So dene marks questions? Then what is ma...

I point at my hat. Ya dene pheida ma?

Ya pheida ranarba!

Spoiler:

Let me know if you want me to address the OOC spoilers!

do not answer the spoilers, I want to figure things out :)

Ya pheida naranarba?

Spoiler:

I hope I'm not talking nonsense lol

Adupheu is a bit confused looking. She says: Nacheicou, i ngi dem pheida.

[Flavia]

Spoiler:

So dene marks questions? Then what is ma...

I point at my hat. Ya dene pheida ma?

Ya pheida ranarba!

Spoiler:

Let me know if you want me to address the OOC spoilers!

do not answer the spoilers, I want to figure things out :)

Ya pheida naranarba?

Spoiler:

I hope I'm not talking nonsense lol

Adupheu is a bit confused looking. She says: Nacheicou, i ngi dem pheida.

Spoiler:

shit i thought those were possessive affixes of some sort lol

does she have a hat on her head?

[Solarius]

Spoiler:

shit i thought those were possessive affixes of some sort lol

does she have a hat on her head?

She points to her uncovered head.

I kefa narba yong nawela.

[Flavia]

Spoiler:

shit i thought those were possessive affixes of some sort lol

does she have a hat on her head?

She points to her uncovered head.

I kefa narba yong nawela.

(I meant to ask that out-of-character, but at least I got a new sentence :))

Spoiler:

Interesting. She uses narba here, but when I asked about my hat, she used ranarba.

(Out-of-character: how is she dressed? This may be relevant to my next question.)

[Solarius]

She's wearing western clothes - a white t-shirt and light blue cargo shorts. She's wearing sandals. She has identical pairs of bronze bracelets and anklets, with iridescent yellow beads attached. These bracelets are common as a way of showing membership in a religious group; hers specifically indicate that she's in a society devoted to the goddess Seulibisang, who is the embodiment of lightning and associated with commerce and wealth.

[Flavia]

She's wearing western clothes - a white t-shirt and light blue cargo shorts. She's wearing sandals. She has identical pairs of bronze bracelets and anklets, with iridescent yellow beads attached. These bracelets are common as a way of showing membership in a religious group; hers specifically indicate that she's in a society devoted to the goddess Seulibisang, who is the embodiment of lightning and associated with commerce and wealth.

Alright. I point to my sandals and ask — Ya dene pheida ma? — then I point to hers and ask the same thing.

[Solarius]

Alright. I point to my sandals and ask — Ya dene pheida ma? — then I point to hers and ask the same thing.

On the first question:
Ya pheida reuru.

On the second:
Ya pheida neuru.

[Flavia]

I use the powers of improvisation to make Trailsend also be wearing sandals, then I point to them and ask ya dene pheida ma.

[Solarius]

Ya pheida yeuru!