Jokelang 2/Corpus

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Here's a bunch of Jokelang 2 translations and original texts from here and there collected, compiled, and (eventually) glossed.

Assorted translations

Single sentences

Yup, slappen blup batched shucks!

I don't like them putting chemicals in the water that turn the friggin' frogs gay!

Multiple sentences

Lowjayoney we, yonnerbuh ey oh guss pingueup ey maybe ation. An woop no ludge nun urneybuh shucks oh foyup ey knuge bouba keeky no ludge. Guss pingueup ey nah yeah run. Won a guss guive ey oh a murican real oh reelbuh.

According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyways. Because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.

Dialogs

Original texts

Single sentences

A Englishtress ube shucks a ump athink ah oob shucks an narkle, ah yonnerbuh athinkness no nun welpup tork nun hokingbuh (nun yeet henarkleman gibbernack no hip newer jon).

Jokelang 2 speakers generally strongly like small ravens and strongly dislike large crows, and the usual method of hunting them is hoking (throwing one's shoe at the crow as if it were a country's leader).