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| Translated by: |
kechpaja |
| Torch: |
"Corich agiam, ayich agiam, dovwthe cazi covo, gi us ra golamaesi lwsaec. Res
caithecheci caithechene nolvam lw." -- Ravumun Dovwthe
Cazi ik res covo iloco rau ichi, laigi res tauchiane hura. Laigi res maik res lw
barthe gi covo, ayo res nav echaer. |
| Smooth translation: |
"Once upon a time, a king ate an herb, and it made him want power over people.
He desperately wanted to rule a kingdom." -- The Bloody King
The herb that he ate gave him knowledge, and thus he was able to wage war. Thus
he found and ate what he wanted, and then he punished himself. |
| Translation of previous torch |
"In the oldest time, people say, a tyrant ate an herb that caused him to desire
power over people; he desperately desired to rule an empire." -- King
Bloodletter
What he ate gave him knowledge that made him able to begin and conduct war. Thus
what he desired, he found and ate, he punished himself. |
| Interlinear |
Missing |
| Glossary/mini dictionary |
Word POS Meaning
agiam adv to the end, all the way
ayich adv in the north
ayo conj and then, then
barthene v to find, discover
caithecheco n kingdom, empire
caithechene v to rule
cazi n herb with medicinal or magical properties
corich adv upriver
covone v to eat
dovwthe n king, ruler
echaerne v to punish
gi conj and
golamaesi n power (over people, not individual ability or
empowerment)
hurane v to be able, can
ichine v to give
ik pn that (relative pronoun)
iloco n knowledge
laigi conj thus, so that
maik pn that which (contraction of demostrative and "ik")
nav pn himself/herself (reflexive pronoun)
nolvam adv very, intensely, desperately
ravumun adj bloody
res pn (s)he
tauchiane v to wage war
us pn it
lwne v to desire, want |
| Grammar notes |
Nominals: the four cases that you will encounter in this text are Nominative,
Genitive, Accusative, and Dative-Allative. Only certain personal pronouns have
an Accusative that's distinct from the Nominative; the ones you'll encounter are
"us" (Acc. "an") and "res" (Acc. "ra"). The Genitive is formed by replacing the
final vowel of a noun with -i, whereas the Dative-Allative is formed by adding a
-u to the Accusative. Note that the object of an infinitive verb is in the
Genitive, not the Accusative.
Verbs: the infinitive ends in -ne. The two finite forms that you will encounter
are the 3rd person singular non-progressive (marked by the bare stem), and the
3rd person singular causative in -saec. Taivwni Dziwm verbs are not marked for
tense.
Syntax: word order is SOV, and adjectives precede nouns, but relative clauses
follow.
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