CBB Conlang Relay II/Cednitit
This is xinda's CBB Conlang Relay II torch, in Cednitit.
Cednitit text
Keŋŋdcı ùbınıne edathandı, srodu srokun obawıt ùthınnı ùxnimmen ùdapnımmı owkıxt odrno oboncıl eca.
Ant ùwikkek, thıbcìmra otthombontal eca, mubaw obowkel otro nuìnne enen obarıgıt.
De ùsrcompıke ùdapnım gù, c'eanabathnen obanwındcı otthoncomp.
Text with morphemes separated
kek-ndcı ù-bını-ne eda-thandı, sro-du-Ø sro-ku-n oba-ıt ù-thın-ı ù-xnim-ne-n ùda-pnım-ı owkıxt odrno-Ø o-bont-ı-l eca
ant ù-wit-kek, thı-bcìm-ra o-tthon-bont-al eca, muba-w oba-nukuwu o-tro nuìr-ne e-ne-n oba-rıgıt
de ù-osr-compık-e ùda-pnım, ca=eanabath-ne-n oba-nuwı-ndcı o-tthon-comp
Morphology
Cednìtıt is a slightly fusional, slightly polysynthetic language that tends to employ a variety of affixes and derivational morphology. Combinations of affixes may trigger various allophonic processes that are necessary to understand for the purposes of this game.
The general verbal verbal affix template is as follows:
PRNPREFIX-(MODALAFFIX)-(PREVERB)-STEM-(ASPECT)-(VOICE)-(VALENCE)
All slots are optional except for the agreement prefix and the verbal stem, as indicated by parenthesis.
Person Agreement Prefixes
The following prefixes are attached to the verb to agree with the subject and object, if applicable. Cednitit has polypersonal agreement, so fusional prefixes encode information about both the subject and direct object.
In addition to this, two tenses are also encoded within the agreement prefixes, namely, nonpast and past. The full list of prefixes is rather large, so the following consists of only the ones used in the passage.
ù - second person singular, nonpast
ed(a) - 1s(NOM) > 3si(ACC), nonpast
ùd(a) - 2s(NOM) > 3si(ACC), nonpast
ob(a) - 3si(NOM) > 3si(ACC), nonpast
Modal Affixes
-wit- - imperative, indicates command
-tthon- - potential, denotes ability or potential for something to occur
-(o)sr- - subjunctive, denotes possible future outcome, but not as certain as the potential form
Aspect Markers
-e - propsective, refers to an intention for some event to occur, but not yet begun
-ı - imperfect, refers to events in progress at time of reference but not yet completed. Triggers lenition of final consonant if preceded by a sonorant. plosive>fricative, nasal/sonorant>geminated
Other Verbal Affixes
-ne - general abstract nominalizer, describes the act of doing something (verb > noun)
-ndcı - adverbializer of stative verb, describes the manner in which an action is performed (verb > adverb)
-(a)l - passive voice/makes transitive verbs intransitive
-ra - describing a method or manner in which an action is performed. For nouns, describes a general quality or characteristic of the noun. (verb > noun, noun > noun)
Nominal Affixes
thı- - second person singular possessive
-Ø - Nominative Case (NOM) - denotes the subject of a verb
-(a)n - Accusative Case (ACC) - denotes the direct object of a verb
-ı/-w - Oblique Case (OBL) - denotes other objects
-du - this, current
-ku - next
Lexicon
ant - adv - now
bcìm - n inan - person
bcìmra - n inan - character, personality
bont - v tr - change into
bını - v tr - think, be of the opinion that
c'eanabathne - n inan - confidence
comp - v it - something occurs, something happens
compık - v it - do something, perform a generic action
de - n inan - today
e - v it - be new
eca - n inan - reason, because
gù - conj - but, however, be contrary
kek - v it - be cautious
odrno - n inan - thing, affair
owkel - v it - be alike, be similar to (noun being compared takes oblique case)
owkıxt - adv - while
muba - n inan - water
nuìr - v it - be old
nuwı - v it - excluding, only
pnım - v tr - think about, ponder
rıgıt - v tr - change in quality (A changes from Xquality(OBL) to Yquality(ACC))
sro - n inan - day, daytime
thandı - v tr - know, be aware of
thın - v it - walk
tro - v it - be liquid, to flow
xnim - v it - to work
ıt - v tr - to become
Smooth English
I know that you think cautiously, for things change from day to day as you are going along thinking about work.
So then you must be cautious, because your character will change, flowing as water into a new shape.
You think about doing something today, but only if you do it confidently will it happen for sure.
| ← Feayran | CBB Conlang Relay II | Veletan → |
|---|---|---|
xinda — Cednitit — torch Batailleur — Veletan — torch Maraxxus — Maxédri — torch Hacek — Vharun — torch Ossicone — Uskra — torch 2-4 — Prai — torch
Creyeditor — Tslure Thujekatsoth — torch
Xing — Nizhmel — torch Milyamd — unnamed language — torch Omzinesý — Mîzmiz — torch nmn — English — torch | ||
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