The Relay Museum

Ad savto líle emno.

Ne jepxe ehal bo nexen leso nefe. Nefe etde. Ne jepxe ehal nefe bo nexen
leso nefe dade akwal ehad wa ne gaixe et nefe, "Kor ete ax ixodex fuwijan
níbe ad nara?".
Dade ehad ne gaixe, ad emno et ne gaixe, "Bra lagaeta txetxe, la ijíya emno,
hron brayín la etda, do ixero et la, "Kor akwo do níbe ad nara?"
Dade ehad nefe gaixe, ne gaixe,"Don  fuwija ujofe lan kea wa jepxe moraxna."

A woman is taking care of a boy.

She makes him go into the house. He's playing. Because he's doing this, she
makes him go into the house and said to him, "What are the words of
foolishness outside?" Because she said this, the boy said to her, "When I
was a baby, I became a boy, every time I play, you always sat to me "what do
you do outside?" Because he said this to her, she said, "Your foolishness
cuts my heart and causes chaos." This goes around like a circle.

Ad savto líle emno. Ne jepxe ehal bo nexen leso nefe.
D   N     V   N     3   V     V   pp 3pl-p  N    4

Nefe etde. Ne jepxe ehal nefe bo nexen leso nefe dade
4    V    3    V    V    4   pp 3pl-p  N    4    c

nefe akwe ehad wa ne gaixe et nefe, "Kor ete ax ixodex
4    V   dem  c  3    V   d*  4      ?   V  D   N

fuwijan níbe ad nara?". Dade ehad ne gaixe, ad emno
  N      pp   D  N        c   dem 3   V     D   N

et ne gaixe, "Bra la gaeta txetxe, la ijíya emno, hron
brayín
d* 3    V     adv 1    V     N      1   V    N     adj   N

la etda, do ixero et la, "Kor akwo do níbe ad nara?"
1  V    2   V    d*  1    ?    V   2  pp  D   N

Dade ehad nefe gaixe, ne gaixe, "Don fuwija ujofe
c   dem   4     V    3    V     2p    N      V

lan kea wa jepxe moraxna." Ehad olere kwanaf haver.
1p  N   c   V     N        dem   V    adv    N

savto -- woman
emno -- boy between the ages of 4-11
leso -- house, dwelling
ixod -- word
fuwija -- foolishness, silliness
nara -- sky
txetxe -- pre-walking baby
brayín -- instance, event, time (as in "six times")
kea -- heart, soul, spirit
moraxna -- chaos, misfortune, disorder
haver -- circle

lílal -- to take care of
jepxal -- to cause, to compel someone to an action
ehal -- to come
etdal -- to play
akwal -- to do
etal -- to be
ixal -- to say
ijíyal -- to become
ujofal -- to cut
olal -- to go

ad, ax -- the (definite article)
bo -- in
dade -- because
ehad -- this
wa -- and
níbe -- under
bra-- when
hron -- each
kwanaf -- like, as (referring to the manner in which an
action is executed)

Word order is SVO, but not strictly so.

There is no indefinite article.

The basic, infinitive form of a verb ends in -al
Present tense is conjugated for person: 1st=-a, 2nd=-o,
3rd=-e
Past tense is the conjugated the same as present with the
prefix ga- added.
Habitual action is shown by adding -er- between the stem and
the person ending. e.g., akwo ("you do")=> akwero ("you
always do")

Possession (genitive) is shown on nouns and pronouns with
the suffix -n for words ending in vowels, -en for consonant
final words.
Plurals are formed with the suffix -x (vowel final), or -ex
(consonant final)