So I translated Jonathan Coulton's song Still Alive from English into Ithkuil.

 

Ešwaujouya.

Immļeölawá
Umzmoileixëitřöwá lo hma ämbraulügú
Ušfanočmú evtlaija leu

Hla Přeoveizva.
Psmubgottewá ňlo ëirẓëiloa
žváloa thoa sňlio
aeňakţuttöa.

Emmwanürpiemfalú ccinoa
umbruřeëswívxewa äčplöabzřu’o
ilxlöbřeňu'o 
i'žröţkořpobbleňu'o
kio wešwouyu’u.

Ekskaitļolá la
he arsuilügiwá la hei
ina so una ře üžžguiláwöe mriáňälla
wesčósmäňa
emjutíňöe so iothwailzurţe ažxeurpi’o.

Ažxülá ge ařxiála'o li
alpyalûgoa li la’a.

Vřaunļá ţčärta.
Ţkeurteukţuršiohá urdvurtkrekmá
ažxäleçmáweö li le.
Waslái ärţtirpu’rţa šru
phio wešwouyu’u.

Ütragnüçmái li’ö.
Ëilzülesţá li ëirftëitļó’uya lu.
Ündlatļähwá šo ëļmá énna’znu se.
Hla Ujlalbunnļahmá.
Eorpļļilawá. Pļļ rnž.

Anţtalimpá. Iačplaratüthiahá.
Wasfüvļëimbiahá tha.

Pļļ amoptouyá elxlařa’o.
Eňvilá ri aesailíroa ra arctarftáppa'o lu.
Uňţtitläwá lëu.
Endlitläwá
khe wešwouyu’u.

Balóu wešwóuya'a ra.
Elxlulá wešwoňouyá ra.
Weňá wešwoňouyá ra.
Mruläwú ži wešwoňóuyöe ra.
Mräläwú ža wešwóuyöe ra.

Wešwouyá.

Wešwouyá.

 

In the native script:

 

 

 Ithkuil words carry much information in the many affixes and suffixes that are attached to the "root" word. Looking at only root words (well technically "stems", but don't worry about that) I think it's kind of interesting to see what this looks like:

 

 Life

triumph
document me quote striving
ability appreciation me

name passageway
necessity us possibility
beneficial that us
death

cry mistake
try cake
science
gun
them life

anger me
sincerity me
sentence-topic me sentence-focus you heartbreak death
break
throw you piece fire

fire them hurt me
happiness me you

line data
make sell
fire me me
think learn we
them life

leave me
prefer inside me
find you them help you
name plateau
joke laugh unlikely

topic cake
taste it

laugh talk science
happiness me you me observe me
experiment
research
them life

belief life me
science life me
lively life me
death you life me
death you life me

life
life

 

 

 

Finally, "Glossing" the translation to see the full meaning of each Ihtkuil word:

Gloss:

ešwaujouya: stem_two-“vitality (activity consistent with being alive)”-contential.functional-abstract-continuative



immļeölawá: stem_two.completive-“personal triumph”-objective.amalgamative-retrospective-observational


umzmoileixëitřöwá: stem_three-“record, archive”-dynamic.constitutive.functional-‘small/little’₂-‘here with us’₁-precessive-observational

lo: monadicspeaker-ergative

hma: quotative

ämbraulügú: stem_one.completive-“striving toward”-contential.functional-‘very much so/decidedly so/to a very large degree’₁-inferential


ušfanočmú: stem_three-“overstate”-abstract.representative-‘strained/difficult’₁-inferential 

ikvyauja: stem_two.completive-“personal appreciation/admiration”-contential.functional-abstract

leu.: monadicspeaker-attributive



hla: carrier

přeoveizva: stem_one-“2-way access point/passageway”-constitutive.amalgamative-nomic-‘scientific discipline or field of study/research/experimentation’₂


psmubgottewá: stem_one-“step/action”-dynamic-‘necessary’₁-multiplex_similar_separate-habitual-observational

ňlo: [polyadicanimatethirdparty+monadicspeaker]-ergative

ëirẓëiloa: ‘possible, possibly’-degreefive-situative


žváloa: _stem_one-“beneficial”-situative\framed

thoa: reduplicative-situative

sňlio: [monadic_addressee+polyadic_animate_third_party+monadic_speaker]-transmissive


aeňakţuttöa: polyadic_animate_third_party-‘dead/defunct’₁-multiplex_similar_separate-conversive



emmwanürpiemfalú: __stem_two-“crying/weeping”-abstract.representative-‘unwavering/without fail’₁-‘foolhardy/foolish(ly)’₃-‘but, yet, still (nevertheless)’₁-inferential

ccinoa: __stem_one-“mistake/error”-objective-abstract.representative-situative


umbruřeëswívxewa: __stem_three-“working toward”-dynamic-agglomerative.representative-(case_accessor:contrastive)₁-‘fairly simple’₁-habitual\framed

äčplöabzřu'o: __stem_one.completive-“cake”-dynamic.contential.amalgamative-depletive.agglomerative.representative-intrative


ilxlöbřeňu'o: stem_two.completive-“scientific method”-dynamic.objective-attenuative.agglomerative.representative-‘and w/shared participant’₁-intrative


i'žröţkořpobbleňu'o: stem_two.completive-“shooting”-dynamic.objective-‘the making/construction of X’₁-‘extraordinary/highly unusual, extraordinarily’₁-attenuative.representative-‘and w/shared participant’₁-intrative


kio: polyadicanimatethirdparty.beneficial-transmissive

wešwouyu'u: stem_two-“vitality (activity consistent with being alive)”-continuative-relative



ekskaitļolá: stem_two-“anger/ire”-functional-representative-‘not even X’₁-observational

la: monadicspeaker


he: parenthetical
arsuilügiwá: stem_one-“being sincere/personally genuine”-dynamic.functional-‘very much so/decidedly so/to a very large degree’₁-progressive-observational

la: monadicspeaker

hei: parentheticalEND


ina: ‘[sentence topic + head of relative clause]’₁

so: monadicaddressee-ergative

una: ‘[sentence focus]’₁

ře: monadicspeaker.detrimental-absolutive

üžžguiláwöe: stem_three.completive-“heartbreak/heartache”-dynamic.functional-retrospective-concessive\framed

mriáňälla: stem_one-“dying”-representational-‘and w/shared morphology (unless marked otherwise)’₁-{Ca}\framed


wesčósmäňa: __stem_two-“breaking something into pieces”-‘violent/forceful/rough, violently/with force/roughly’₁-‘and w/shared morphology (unless marked otherwise)’₁\framed


emjutíňöe: __stem_two-“letting something fall, dropping”-dynamic-multiplex_similar_separate-‘and in sequence’₁-concessive\framed

so: monadic_addressee-ergative

iothwailzurţe: __stem_two.‘previously mentioned’-“ingredient”-functional-associative.multiplex_fuzzy_separate-‘every/all (of)/whole, entirely/in its entirety’₁-absolutive

ažxeurpi'o.: __stem_one-“burning”-objective.functional-coalescent.multiplex_similar_fused-allative



ažxülá: stem_one-“burning”-dynamic.contential-observational

ge: polyadicanimatethirdparty.detrimental-absolutive

ařxiála'o: stem_one-“external tactile pain”-representational-concursive\framed

li: monadicspeaker-affective


alpyalûgoa: stem_one-“gladness”-‘very much so/decidedly so/to a very large degree’₁-situative\framed

li: monadicspeaker-affective

la'a.: monadicspeaker-pertinential



vřaunļá: stem_one-“straight line”-contential.functional-associative-observational

ţčärta.: stem_one-“sign”-contential-coalescent.multiplexsimilarseparate


ţkeurteukţuršiohá: stem_one-“making/construction”-objective.functional-coalescent.multiplexsimilarseparate-‘maturing/developing/getting stronger, bigger, more complex sophisticated’₂-‘cessation/finished/over’₁-3:beneficial-observational

urdvurtkrekmá: stem_three-“selling”-dynamic-coalescent.multiplex_similar_separate.inceptive.agglomerative-‘a little early’₁-observational


ažxäleçmáweö: __stem_one-“burning”-contential-‘feel(ing of) negative/undesirable emotion associated with being or having been) X’d or undergoing X’₁-retrospective-resultative\framed

li: monadic_speaker-affective

le.: monadic_speaker-absolutive


waslái: __stem_one-“thinking/cogitation”-directive

ärţtirpu'rţa: __stem_one.completive-“studying”-objective-coalescent.multiplex_similar_fused-‘every/all (of)/whole, entirely/in its entirety’₁-pertinential

šru: [monadic_addressee.beneficial+monadic_speaker.beneficial]-inducive


phio: reduplicative.beneficial-transmissive

wešwouyu'u: __stem_two-“vitality (activity consistent with being alive)”-continuative-relative



ütragnüçmái: __stem_three.completive-“depart via linear motion”-inceptive.abstract.representative-‘feel(ing of) ambivalent/complex emotion associated with being/doing X’₁-directive

li'ö: monadic_speaker-ablative


ëilzülesţá: ‘would rather/prefer to’-degreeeight-‘Contemplative: upon reflection/ in hindsight’₁-observational

li: monadicspeaker-affective

ëirftëinó'uya: ‘throughout’-degreefive-abtract.representative-continuative-pertinential\framed

lu: monadicspeaker-inducive


ündlatļähwá: stem_three.completive-“discovery”-representative-prospective.subjunctive-observational

šo: monadicaddressee.beneficial-ergative

ëļmá: [polyadicinanimatethirdparty+monadicanimatethirdparty]\representative

énna'znu: stem_two-“assisting/lending a hand”-multiplexfuzzyseparate.abstract.representative-relative\framed

se.: monadicaddressee-absolutive


hla: carrier

ujlalbunnļahmá.: stem_three-“plateau/butte/mesa”-‘deep, extra-dark ( = dark + saturated)’₁-associative-speculative-observational


eorpļļilawá.: stem_two.‘[+head]’-“jest”-objective-retrospective-observational

pļļ: (comedic: “Funny!“)

rnž: (skeptical: “Yeah, right!“)



anţtalimpá.: __stem_one-“topic/subject matter [CPT=conclude]”-‘below-average or less-than-normal duration of transition period orzone from one state/form/shape/set of circumstances to another’₁-observational

iačplaratüthiahá.: __stem_one.‘previously mentioned’-“cake”-agglomerative-‘this’₁-‘excellent(ly)/superb(ly)/outstanding(ly)’₁-1:beneficial-observational


wasfüvļëimbiahá: __stem_one-“flavor of something and tasting thereof”-‘very pleasant’₁-‘damp/moist’₁-1:beneficial-observational

tha.: reduplicative



pļļ: (comedic: “Funny!“)

amoptouyá: __stem_one-“linguistic utterance for communication”-dynamic.constitutive-multiplex_similar_fused.proximal-continuative-observational

elxlařa'o: __stem_two-“scientific method”-agglomerative.representative-concursive


eňvilá: __stem_two-“happiness”-objective-observational

ri: monadic_speaker.beneficial-affective

aesailíroa: monadic_addressee-functional-‘relative negation’₁-situative\framed

ra: monadic_speaker.beneficial

arctarftáppa'o: __stem_one-“observation”-‘beyond the edge of’₁-multiplex_similar_fused-concursive\framed

lu.: monadicspeaker-inducive


uňţtitläwá: stem_three-“experimenting/testing out [PRC=end in itself]”-objective-multiplexsimilarseparate.representative-prospective-observational

lëu: monadicspeaker-productive


endlitläwá: stem_two-“investigation/research”-objective-multiplexsimilarseparate.representative-prospective-observational


khe: reduplicative.detrimental-absolutive

wešwouyu'u.: stem_two-“vitality (activity consistent with being alive)”-continuative-relative



balóu: stem_one-“believing”-admonitive

wešwóuya'a: stem_two-“vitality (activity consistent with being alive)”-continuative-pertinential\framed

ra: monadicspeaker.beneficial


elxlulá: stem_two-“scientific method”-dynamic-observational
wešwoňouyá: stem_two-“vitality (activity consistent with being alive)”-‘and at the same time w/shared participant’₁-continuative-observational

ra: monadicspeaker.beneficial


weňá: stem_two-“composing in writing”-observational

wešwoňouyá: stem_two-“vitality (activity consistent with being alive)”-‘and at the same time w/shared participant’₁-continuative-observational

ra: monadicspeaker.beneficial


mruläwú: stem_one-“dying”-dynamic-prospective-inferential

ži: monadicaddressee.detrimental-affective
wešwoňóuyöe: __stem_two-“vitality (activity consistent with being alive)”-‘and at the same time w/shared participant’₁-continuative-concessive\framed

ra.: monadic_speaker.beneficial

mräläwú: __stem_one-“dying”-contential-prospective-inferential


ža: monadic_addressee.detrimental

wešwóuyöe: __stem_two-“vitality (activity consistent with being alive)”-continuative-concessive\framed

ra.: monadic_speaker.beneficial



wešwouyá: __stem_two-“vitality (activity consistent with being alive)”-continuative-observational



wešwouyá: __stem_two-“vitality (activity consistent with being alive)”-continuative-observational