The young man regarded the old man in front of him and formulated a question. Mothlike, the pale young man is drawn to the campfire with the baking apples. At least one person looked younger and one looked older in this scene. The old man spoke before the young man decided where to start.
"Well we meet, stranger!" The young man wonders if he heard that right or maybe is a little discombobulated. He's got amnesia so it wouldn't be farfetched whatsoever to expect brain damage. This is a worrying thought so he tries hard to listen to the old man. the old man seems to be stumbling over the words even as they come from his mouth "It rather undefined to look another mind on these parts." The young man stares and thinks maybe he got a bit of what the guy meant. Sort of. The young man tries not to stare. Okay, now to proceed with the second step of small talk. Maybe the weather? Nah, he was hungry. Talking about the weather was something he'd resort to later if he needed to change subject.
"Who are you?" That seemed sufficient to begin with and was probably polite. He may not remember his name right now but he is going to be civilized even if he had to stick with simple phrases until he figures out the concussion stuff.
"My? Spare I alive story. I'm only an old fool that person is live this place, alone, of quite a several anytime currently. Sorry myself'm don't well taking yours language." The old man says. The last part, when the young man finally understands, is a massive relief.
"Oh thank the Goddesses! It's a language barrier." So amnesia is the only brain damage he has to worry about for now, as far as he knows. He tries to speak more slowly and clearly without being condescending. "It is okay sir. Language is hard and I'm just happy to find people. Where are we?"
"¿Por qué es tan difícil el lenguaje?" the old man mutters to himself. "To myself cannot imagined meeting be that plain coincidence. Myself shall talk you. This Great Plateau. This temple there... Long ago were house for sacred events. Ever the since fall for kingdom 100 years ago, sit abandoned, on that state for decay. Yet another forget thing. That ghost for its former selfs. Myself shall be this place of a several anytime. Pleasure let my understand conditionally to myself may be for service"
"...Say that again?" The old man complies with the request once more with the young man repeating back things to him in what he thinks the old man meant to say.
"Thank you!" It is good to have another person around to speak to here and even offer to guide him. At least that is what the young man thinks was said. Maybe they can give each other language lessons?
It was afternoon when Link reached the bridge. He was displeased. He was only just barely starting to grasp the cadence of modern Hyrulean language when the old man was like, 'Hey, I'm actually a ghost. Here's your quest. Bye.' He'd stuck around the plateau for a hundred years, you think he'd be able to stay long enough to make sure Link could avoid serious social faux pas. At least some things remain the same like trees. He isn't sure if apples are supposed to be so big and red and sweet. It was a distinct probability that farmers had made crops even better over the millenia. This was one thing which Link was going to like about this whole endeavor to help a girl he's never met.
Darn that Rhoam guy. Link thinks as he examines the crumbling rail and finds a spot that looks sound. He tests it. It looks stable enough for a thinking spot. He came up with a really good joke on the way here but no one alive would be able to understand enough of Link's words to properly appreciate the genius. It is a good joke that pokes fun at the absurdities of government and human folly. It is a masterwork of friendly satirical wit that does not rely on a pun. It also has a cucco because that makes every joke better.
As he's climbing up to face the landscape and relax, he hears a frantic yell. "Wai tam inute!" Link spins back around to face the man. "Ple aseth inkabo ut whaty ouar edo ing!" He sounds frantic.
"Wha tisw rong?" Link asks. The guy seems to relax ever so slightly when Link turns around but his agitated speaking only slowed when Link stepped back onto the ground from the wall. Finally the words start to separate enough for Link to start making out individual words. "I'my oung, butyou're evenyounger. I'mtrying my bestout here, butI get thefeeling you'regoing toen duptryingeven harder in thisworld. That'sthe feeling I getwhen Ilook at yourface... But maybeI'mnuts. Nowcalm downand climb off that rail. And don'tclimbdown THATway. Climbdown THIS way"
Link wonders if he'd been getting the gist of the conversation completely wrong. "I swa llda nger ous? Shou lds into therw all?" The man finally realizes Link is unfamiliar with the language from the accent.
"Arey ouat raveler?" Link nods in response to the man.
Link stays for a while to take advantage of having a new impromptu language teacher. He also comes to the decision that Brigo is a really great guy and if Hyrule has more people like Brigo, then Link will like this unfamiliar country.
Link was leaving Kakariko to return to a blessed lack of unfamiliar syntax when he was approached by a fellow traveler. He decided to just smile and nod politely when the traveler's tone of voice seemed to indicate a sales pitch. He could resort to speaking gibberish until the person abandoned the sale if needed.
The traveler said "Non possum dicere, numeravit expeditos corpus tuum tu quoque ... es tu ego dico ... nota cum arcu et gladio, rectam?"
Link thought, People really don't change do they? Link mentally puzzled over what the words were as Traveler repeated the sentence again more slowly. Oh wait, she asked me a question. Something about being good with swords and bows? Link nodded.
"Nescio loci lingua." Link said with an internal wince at how stilted he probably sounded even with that simple statement.
"Nec refert." Traveler said with a smile. "Quod suus 'a bonum paro arte, cur non tu sceptra lovemque Yiga Clan fuerit?" the woman stared at him expectantly.
The word 'Yiga' was unfamiliar to Link but he'd heard it in a negative connotation just recently, he was sure. Did it mean injury? Disease? Political candidate? "Raro arte?"
"...Paro arte." After a few more words repeated back and forth the Traveler put in some gestures with her hands which seemed to confuse Link further. She then resorted to slowly speaking and having Link repeat each part back to her while she used a crude estimation of sign language. Link knew for a certainty that he was not understanding Traveler today. He figured the woman was being so accommodating towards a fellow traveler, he shouldn't make her feel unappreciated by stopping her. Also he was still puzzling over the word 'Yiga'.
He finally asked. "Quis est Yiga?"
Traveler seemed to give up on making Link understand and, as far as Link could tell, was ranting in annoyance. "Nos sunt coetus fortem et potentem militibus ab Kohga Magister: vincens dicata diu cogitavi heros a mortuis! Quisque novit circa nos! Hoc est stultus! Mori!"
Oh wait, Link realized. I know that last word. Link won the fight with the disturbing realization that he would rather face armed combatants right now than figure out any more vocabulary words today. He walked back in to the village to ask what the word 'Yiga' meant and was stared at for a good fifteen seconds of disbelief.
Link looked up at the Deku tree with tears of gratitude in his eyes.
"Great Deku Tree, you understand the old language?"
"That I do. I have lived for centuries and the knowledge from the previous Great Deku Tree was passed on to me."
Link smiled. It was time to tell the joke to someone who could understand it. He'd tried it in Modern Hyrulean but it just didn't translate properly.
Note: You think Google Translate would be less incomprehensible with Latin. The direct dialogue for the Yiga soldier started with the exact stuff from the game and when I click the translate back button it is gibberish. At least "This is stupid" and "Die" translate smoothly. Wind Waker addresses the fact that languages change over time but Breath of the Wild doesn't really mention it. Time to go back to Cadence of Hyrule while waiting for that sequel.