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| Translated by: |
Jörg Rhiemeier |
| Torch: |
Atzention, bebé rabeid!
Odé, cod pfassa? Her ärrifa a noster dom bel un pful juven a sofer il bebé
gardar. La faché cod possé a il enfantz entzertzendér: jochabaz con lo,
cantzabaz cäntzechels a lo etc. Mas nobstantz il bebé atzacha la, rompfé e
mancha la, a jacha los rests e la fenéster.
Cod fachér? Cod fachér? Realméntz ne sci, e pfor nunch ocultz la affär, cod la
poleiz ne poserassez questions descomfortzantzes. |
| Smooth translation: |
Attention, angry baby!
Oh dear, what happened? Yesterday a young girl came to our pretty home to watch
over the baby. She did what she could to entertain the child: she played with
him, sang songs to him, etc. But despite that, the baby attacked her, tore here
apart, devoured her, and threw the remains out of the window.
What to do? What to do? I don't know, and for now I conceal the affair, lest the
police will ask annoying questions. |
| Translation of previous torch |
Missing |
| Interlinear |
Atzention, bebé rabeid!
attention baby angry
Odé, cod pfassa?
oh.dear what happen-PD?
Her ärrifa a noster dom bel
yesterday arrive-PD-3SG at our home pretty
un pful juven a sofer il bebé gardar.
a girl young in.order.to over the:M baby guard-INF
La faché cod possé a il enfantz entzertzendér:
she do-PD-3SG what can-PD-3SG in.order.to the:M child entertain-INF
jochabaz con lo, cantzabaz cäntzechels a lo etc.
play-IMPF-3SG with him sing-IMPF-3SG song-PL to him etc.
Mas nobstantz il bebé atzacha la,
but despite.that the:M baby attack-PD-3SG her
rompfé e mancha la,
tear.apart-PD-3SG and devour-PD-3SG her
a jacha los rests e la fenéster.
and throw-PD-3SG the:M:PL remnant-PL out.of the:F window
Cod fachér? Cod fachér? Realméntz ne sci,
what do-INF what do-INF real-ADV not know-PRES-1SG
e pfor nunch ocultz la affär
and for now conceal-PRES-1SG the:F affair
cod la poleiz ne poserassez questions descomfortzantzes
such.that the:F police not ask-COND-3SG question-PL annoying-PL |
| Glossary/mini dictionary |
a (prep.) to
affär (f.) affair
ärrifar (v.) to arrive
atzachar (v.) to attack
atzention (f.) attention
bebé (m.) baby
bel (adj.) pretty
cantzar (v.) to sing
cäntzechel (m.) song
cod (pron.) what
cod (conj.) that, such that
con (prep.) with
descomfortzantz (adj.) annoying
dom (m.) home
e (prep.) out of
enfantz (m.) child
entzertzendér (v.) to entertain
etc. etc.
facher (v.) to do
fenéster (f.) window
gardar (v.) to guard
her (adv.) yesterday
jachar (v.) to throw
jochar (v.) to play
juven (adj.) young
il (art.) the (masc.)
la (pron.) she, her
lo (pron.) him
manchar (v.) to devour
mas (conj.) but
ne (adv.) not
nobstantz (adv.) despite that
noster (pron.) our
nunch (adv.) now
occultzar (v.) to conceal
odé (interj.) oh dear
pfassar (v.) to happen
pfor (prep.) for; pfor nunc for now
pful (f.) girl
poleiz (f.) police
posér (v.) to ask
possér (v.) to be able to
question (f.) question
rabeid (adj.) angry
real (adj.) real
rest (m.) remnant
rompfér (v.) to tear apart
sciér (v.) to know
sofer (prep.) over
un (art.) a |
| Grammar notes |
The noun has only one inflection: the plural, formed with the suffix -s (-es
after sibilants: s, z, tz, cj, dj, gj, tj). There are two genders: masculine and
feminine. Adjectives agree with the noun in number; the plural is formed as for
nouns. The suffix -méntz is used to derive adverbs.
Verbs: the 3rd person singular of the past definite tense is formed by clipping
the final -r from the infinitive; the 1st person singular of the present tense
by clipping the -r and the preceding vowel. The 3rd person singular imperfect
has the ending -b. The 3rd person conditional has the ending -assez. Other
finite verb forms do not appear in the relay text.
Word order is SVO in main clauses, but SOV in subclauses, as in German. |
