| Torch: |
glaf ukhrin
halut modut dahiuf glaf u sulving yi rik. belut modut hrabvlantingar iður
glafuz, beb rafking rik yi. halilðen omtapinguf rik glafol. miryaging glaf beb
yetolwaning dahingufar glafar dirsar allbkannit glafart, beb kiratingar yir
lormont. trinning glaf rik halutar damzutar. belbanut kharmlbanut anguding rik. |
| Smooth translation: |
The evil horse
Once there was a horse that belonged to a man. One day the horse's eyes grew
red, and the man killed it. Afterwards the man was attacked by the horse. The
horse called and suddenly there were a thousand other horses with it, and they
chased the owner. The horse bit the man many times. On that fateful day the man
died. |
| Glossary/mini dictionary |
(in bukhstav order)
beb
and
bel
day
u
such that
ukhrin
wicked, evil
kharm
fate
sulv
belong to
trinn
bite
allb
ten
angud
die
vlant
become
omtap
attack
hal
time
hrab
red
dah
be
damz
many
dirs
other
mod
one
mir
call (n)
rafk
kill
rik
man
iðu
eye
kannit
hundred
kirat
chase, pursue
lorm
own
glaf
horse
y+person ending
personal pronoun
yag
say
yetol
sudden |
| Grammar notes |
VSO, agglutinating. Adjectives follow the noun they qualify and agree with them.
Numerals do not inflect for plurality, since they are already intrinsicly
plural. Predicative adjectives compound with the verb. Adverbs agree with the
verb.
Morphology
Nouns
Nouns may be followed by segunakar (suffixes, literally follow-parts) of six
ranks, given in the order which they follow the rood, of which the following are
found in the text modsegunakar(1st rank)- deixis markers
il
this
ban
that
densegnunakar (second rank)- Proximity markers. Indicate how closely the marked
noun is associated with another noun
ut
at
art
with
radsegunakar (third rank) - relative position
ðen
beyond
karvsegunakar (fourth rank) - sense of motion. Not used in this text
sintsegunakar (fifth rank) - abstract.
uz
of
ol
by (istrumental)
bantsegunakar (sixth rank) - number
(a)r
plural
Verbs
Verbs are obligatorily followed by a person, participal or infinitive segunak
i
3rd person
ont
present participal (can also act as an agent noun)
The following segunakar appear in the text Tense
ng
past
Voice
uf
passive
Number
(a)r
plural
Derivational affixes
l
forms adjectives in the sense "Characterised by"
wan
forms adverbs in the sense "in such a manner"
Compounding
The head of a compound appears last |
