| Torch: |
mîlår /ūt alzē e mpaяa duk bē'hētacösiz.
duk ō sprēcēn öta, e da menē godyala cyål;
e e̢ em ö..
çikn bō sprēcēn öta, tö e̢ e godyala ö.
duk bō sprēcēn öta, veje \ō/tl da vēo sēcre/ ma bēn;
çikn bō sprēcēn öta, ejś bēn;
duk bō sprēcēn öta, ocmēn sirkö fēros, aös ocmēn œ cyåldövt; colo vej hē• ēmba
ojfvke vej, vej bō яōba cad.
çikn bō sprēcēn öta, baяōba bē'yanda ce vej ō akölam veje.
e çikn bō /ūt; vîś aös ē ō cwat ma duk bē'hētacösiz cadrē.. |
| Smooth translation: |
This funny story is about the most intelligent duck.
The duck said, "I now know, everything.
I am Creation!"
The chicken replied, "You truly are creation!"
The duck said, "Someone courageous can spy on the mountain."
The chicken replied, "Where is that mountain?"
The duck answered, "We stand on a knife-edge bacause while we were in this land,
a person was always embarrased because they are naked.
The chicken said, "He can fight someone to wear the long underwear!"
And the chicken laughed in order to embarrass the clever duck who was there. |
| Translation of previous torch |
(1) Tan nat ocnéhaz ohílitah ei ánake íoñezaluvuske ol .
3rd.sg-COP this story funny the duck-LOC SUP-clever-LOC around .
This funny story is about the most intelligent duck.
(2) Tacnékat ei ána kóuka « Apnáñi la kóuka ozzavnépeko .
3rd.sg-say-DPST the duck like,as,that " 1st.sg-know-PRS now like,as,that /creation-BEN .
The duck said, "I now know, everything.
(3) An ozavnépehaz ! »
1st.sg-COP creation ! "
I am Creation!"
(4) Tacnékat ei voeké kóuka « Kan ozavnépehaz zavné ! »
3rd.sg-say-DPST the chicken that " 2nd.sg-COP creation actual ! "
The chicken replied, "You truly are creation!"
(5) Tacnékat ei ána kóuka : « Taléiɣ ki ñehúenuc moɣméni
he séhaɣka vo . »
3rd.sg-say-DPST the duck that : " 3rd.sg-can a courageous spy-PRS <- mountain-LOC on . "
The duck said, "Someone courageous can spy on the mountain."
(6) Tacnékat ei voeké kóuka : « Tan kat séhaɣ éoka ? »
3rd.sg-say-DPST the chicken that : " 3rd.sg-COP that mountain where ? "
The chicken replied, "Where is that mountain?"
(7) Tacnékat
ei ána kóuka : « Tukíle kóuka takézata okézila im tavupohâka kat knáonovka ve-tatóemi li ei ki cioɣ tóupim io pévehka . »
3rd.sg-say-DPST the duck that : " 3rd.pl-stand-PRS as 3rd.sg-cut-DPST knife because-PAT 3rd.pl-while-existance-LOC that land-LOC and-3rd.sg-embarrass-PRS <- the some face/person naked in.order.to-BEN always . "
The duck answered, "We stand on a knife-edge bacause while we were in this
land, a person was always embarrased because they are naked.
(8) Tacnékat ei voeké kóuka : « Taléiɣ húeni ki táñuvi ol ei tóutanolim
zéhe ! »
3rd.sg-say-DPST the chicken that : " 3rd.sg-can fight-PRS some wear-PRS <- the underwear-PAT long-PAT ! "
The chicken said, "He can fight someone to wear the long underwear!"
(9) Ve-tahílikat ei voeké itóem li ei ánam ñezáluvuce ei ohán .
And-3rd.sg-laugh-DPST the chicken in.order.to-embarrass <- the duck-PAT clever-PAT the
existance .
And the chicken laughed in order to embarrass the clever duck who was there. |
| Glossary/mini dictionary |
, short pause, similar to comma
; longer pause, similar to semicolon though more widespread, and may be
used where in english there would be a full stop
. long pause, similar to a full stop
.. very long pause, usually denotes completion, finality, or emphasis
/ūt funny, laugh
\ō/tl brave, courageous
aköla fight, attack
alzē Tense - Used for introducing a story, equivalent (although more
widespread) to Once Upon a Time, and the like.
aös because, since
baяōba pants, underwear, vest
bē'yanda, (can beprefixed as: bē') long, big, important, most, more (general
intensifier)
bēn mountain
bō Tense - Past
cad not (negative marker)
cadrē there, over there, in the place we have gone to
ce if there are two nouns phrases in a row with ce in between. 2nd does
the action of the verb to/for 1st. Adjs of the 1st word come before it. (A ce B
VERB, Bdoes VERB to/for A)
çikn chicken
colo whilst, simultaneously, as
cwat want, wish
cyål everything
cyåldövt land, country
da Tense - Present
duk duck
e is (the verb to be), I (1st person singular pronoun), and
ē he, she, it (3rd person singular pronoun)
e̢ Tense - Emphatic (used to emphasise a sentence, similar to the
exclamation mark in english)
ejś Question Word (turns a sentense into a question)
ēmba embarrassed
godyala Aspect - Stative (used forr things which dont change)
hē• Tense - All Time (used for events considered to henceforth just
be)
hētacösiz clever, intelligent
ma (after vowels suffixes as: m) Aspect - Middative (used as filler has no real
value)
menē think, know
mîlår story
mpaяa Aspect - concerning, about
ö creation
ō Tense - (the infinitive) Used as a filler has no real value
ocmēn we (1st person plural pronoun)
œ in, on, at
ojfvke Aspect - because of
öta Aspect - Inceptive (used for an action which is begining)
sēcre/ secretly
sirkö fēros stand on a knife edge (idiomatic Phrase (lit. are around
Ferros))
sprēcēn say, speak, noise
tö you (2nd person singular pronoun)
vej someone (3rd person (sg or pl) Less General Pronoun(but still quite
general))
veje someone (3rd person (sg or pl) General Pronoun)
vēo see, look at, look, watch
vîś It (pronoun used to represent the whole of the previous sentence)
яōba get dressed, wear, to be wearing clothes |
| Grammar notes |
Dragonian is SVO
The verb phrase is always preceded be a Tense marker and followed by either
Punctuation, or an Aspect marker.
Adjectives and Adverbs usually(see ce below for the exception) come after their
respective nouns and verbs.
The Object may be an entire other sentence.
Dragonian is much more liberal in its disregard for the necessity of a verb, a
noun alone or followed by adjectives can constitute a sentence. Additionally
some function words act as verbs which require no tense or aspect marking, here
they are: sirkö fēros, meaning to stand on a knife edge; œ, meaning to be in,
on, or at.
conjunctions link two sentenses in this text they are: aös, because; colo,
whilst; e, and.
reflexive nouns are shown by the repitition of the pronoun in both the subject
and object position e.g.
e ō akölam e
I hurt myself
Ce - if there are two nouns phrases in a row with ce in between. 2nd does the
action of the verb to/for 1st. Adjs of the 1st word come before it. (A ce B
VERB, Bdoes VERB to/for A) e.g.
bē'yanda ēcyåldövt ce ptîēn cad ō akölam o•lecös
big city DAT animal bad INF attack.MID angel
The bad animal attacked the angel for the big city.
Punctuation is a bit diferent from english, see the vocab list. Note that there
are no speech marks in Dragonian.
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