One thing

[Imralu]

Ngolu / Iliaqu

Hai ti tieui ju, toi tehi hamia, mie kka ti kuje zoi jo xenu eji.
If he had apologised, maybe it would be acceptable, but he hasn't even said he regrets it.

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 hai     ti   tieue      ju             | toi       tehi   hamia
 if.IRR  PRF  apologise  NOM.3S.DEF.ICS | thus.IRR  maybe  acceptable
[VP____________________][NOM...........] [VP_________________________]


 mie  kka  ti   kuje  zoi  jo     xenu    eji
 but  NEG  PRF  even  say  ACC.C  sadden  DAT.3S.DEF.ICS
[VP______________________][ACC..........................]
     [VP_________________]       [VP____][DAT...........]
          [VP____________]
               [VP_______]
                     [VP_]

[gestaltist]

Epic necro, Imralu.

Co innego, gdyby przeprosił, a on nawet nie powiedział, że mu przykro.

Īsmay

Īzil nubbal ebel hǔd, panta yad ēťo ēśu dhosdhodūs.
"It would be one thing if he had apologized, but he didn't even say he was sorry."

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look<IMPERS>\AOR.IRR	OPT=reconciliation	ask\CONT	POSS=3sm	CONTR.CNJ=COORD	3sm	not.be\CONT	say\FCONT	ANTIP-regret<3sm>\AOR.DUB=even
īzil			na=ubbal		ebel		ʕ=yad		pan=tâ		yad	ēťo		ēysu		dh-uzdhud=ūs

(More literally.: "One would hopefully watch for his asking forgiveness but he didn't even say he was sorry.")

[Jackk]

Boral

Ja autr fosn eç, ig l'au my pardon rovað; e tant i digs noc meðes l'aus sorc.
"It would be one thing if he had apologized, but he didn't even say he was sorry."

[Reyzadren]

griuskant (without the conscript)

zhae az engaen daigen oc raes pliga, ut az raes zhua shur pliga.
/'ʒe azˤ 'əŋen 'daigən 'ɔtʃ 'res 'pliga, ut azˤ 'res 'ʒua 'ʃur 'pliga/
that is other about-N-PASS if 3SG greet-V, but is 3SG even NEG greet-V

[Dormouse559]

Silvish

Illy ettrouye etté contrassi s' qu' î s' fus esscûzé, mê l' a mimmou pas dì qu' î s' doulouye.
[iʎ.ʎˑɛˈtʁu.jə ʔɛˈte kɔ̃ˈtʁɑs.si skiˈsfys ʔɛs.skyˈze | ˈmɛː ləˈmɛ̃m.mu ˈpɑs ˈdi kiː.zduˈlu.jə]
[3S.M.NOM be-COND be-PST_PTCP otherwise if SBRD 3S.M.NOM 3.REFL be.IPF_SBJV excuse-PST_PTCP | but 3S have even NEG say.PST_PTCP SBRD 3S.M.NOM 3.REFL be_sorry-IPF]
It would be one thing if he had apologized, but he didn't even say he was sorry.

Back-translated, the Silvish reads, "It would have been otherwise if he had apologized, but …" It expresses "otherwise" with contrassi (<- contra + ad + sic), a derivation unattested in other Romance languages. I think it coexists with âtraman (cf. autrement), but I haven't settled on the details.

This sentence demonstrates all three euphonic forms of the third-person singular masculine pronoun. You have the prevocalic form illy, then the preconsonantal form î, and finally the prevocalic form used with unstressed verbs l'. The feminine counterpart behaves similarly with ell', ella and l'.

[mxxierxx]

Baude-Nylandnari

It would be one thing if he had apologized, but he didn't even say he was sorry.
Li rä hoi pang pi in tyäsoltet soa, badong in - ta rîln - sajjt la tyäsolt a nulli.
/Li: ɾæ hɔʏ paŋ pi ɪn tjæzɔltɛd sɔa badɔŋ ɪn ta ʁɪln satʃt la tjæzɔlt a nʊli/

[Mándinrùh]

Ecclesiastical Atili:

This idiom does not exist in Atili in this sense, but there is a similar idiom, used to express that you wish something had gone a different way.

Ë vahdalivísoto vínä vasavíjense, siné dóvnyete ivahvasavídasta.
/e vəχ.da.lɪ'vi.so.tʰo 'vi.na va.sə'vi.ʁɛn.se | si'ne 'dov.ɲe.tʰe ɪ.vəχ.va.sə'vi.das.tʰa/
e vah-dali-vi-so-t vi-na vasa-vi-jense sine dovnye-t i-vah-vasa-vi-das-ta
that make-sit-(s)he-it-IRR (s)he-GEN see-(s)he-self but road-DIM 1-make-see-him/her-it-IRR
"He/She didn't even put down his/her pride, but I would show him/her the path."

The second part of this sentence is an idiom that originated as a malapropism of the following quotation from the Atili religious texts:

Kwánë dóvnyete sénzul ivahvasavidástu zíu-zíu, ítä e sálva kosódakta tínus.
'kɔ̯ɑ.ne 'dov.ɲe.tʰe 'sen.zul ɪ.vaχ.və.sa.vɪ'das.tʰu 'zi.u 'zi.u | 'i.tʰa e 'sal.va kɔ'so.dakʰ.tʰa 'ti.nus
kwane dovnye-t sen-zu-l i-vah-vasa-vi-das-t-u zi-u~zi-u ita e salva ko-so-da-k-t tinus
if road-DIM good-IRR;INF-ADJ 1-make-see-them-it-IRR-PL person-PL~DISTR my that walk stand-it-make-1-IRR lonely
"If I would show everyone the good path, my own walk would be lonely."

[Iyionaku]

Yélian

Vigo yaicapunet, baiùielov diyicasatsvet, cut ciefálbicet pi capet.
[ˈviːxɔ̈ ˌʃaɪ̯kɐˈpuːnət, ˌbaɪ̯.ʉˈɪ̯eːlo ˌdɨɕɨˈkaːsɐt͡svət, kʉt‿ɪ̯əˌɸalˈbiːkə‿pi ˈkaːpət]
if PST-apologize-3SG, maybe PST-COND-alright-COP.COND.3SG, but NEG-even-say-3SG that regret-3SG
If he had apologized, maybe it would have been acceptable, but he didn't even say he was sorry.

[Iyionaku]

Caelian

Vür Tot tissidüztyal, zönosoc Raf gen tisdüvjaiv, kyët Tot këpul "distyëmëng" sibüktil.
[vyɾ tʰɔt tʰiʒidysˈtʲal, zœnɔˈʒɔʃ raɸ gɛn tʰiʃdyfˈjaɪ̯f, kʲət tʰɔt kʰəˈpʰul diʃtʲəˈməŋ ʒibykˈtʰil]
if 3SG.MASC COND.PST-apologize.3SG, maybe 1SG.DAT for COND.PST-accept.3SG>1SG, but 3SG.MASC not_even "sorry.VOC" PST-say.3SG>3SG
If he had apologized, maybe it would have been acceptable, but he didn't even say he was sorry.