CBB Conlang Relay II/Feayran
This is Trailsend's CBB Conlang Relay II torch, in Feayran.
Feayran text
Háa ezuwinosikuxáuti, déi squnoktesákudùonhida kuhezutisákunaktùuda hé.
Sú náa naktuwinosikuxáu, déi eljunaktusákuhinusw, sú ué eljuhinussákunùiwuskw.
Ezuluwkuxínokteti, róu tí suluwkulí kusàokulídùikwda.
Text with morphemes separated
Háa ez<u-win<u>si-ku-x-áu>ti, déi sq<u-n<o>kte-s-á-ku-d<ùo>nhi>da k<u-ez<u>ti-s-á-ku-nakt<ùu>>da hé.
Sú náa nakt<u-win<u>si-ku-x-áu>, déi elj<u-nakt<u>-s-á-ku-in<u>s>w, sú ué elj<u-in<u>s-s-á-ku-nùiw<u>sk>w.
Ez<u-l<u>w-ku-x-í-n<o>kte>ti, róu tí s<u-l<u>w-ku-l-í> k<u-s<àu>-ku-l-í-d<ùi>kw>da.
Morphology
Feayran has one class of content words, called “predicates.” All predicates have the following structure (where items in parentheses are non-obligatory):
pre-stem + STANCE + (INC1) + (AGENT) + ASPECT + MOOD + (PATIENT) + (INC2) + post-stem
Feayran roots are bipartite, consisting of a pre-stem and post-stem. Inflections are infixed between the stems. In the lexicon, the pre- and post-stems are separated by an asterisk. In some cases, one of the two stems may be empty.
INC1 and INC2 are the two places in the predicate where other predicate roots can be incorporated. INC1 contains either an ablative or vialis argument, and INC2 contains either a locative or lative argument.
Stance affixes
u - indicates the speaker is in leading stance over the audience—that is, speaker has some manner of dominant social standing over the listener.
Agent/patient affixes
ku - 2nd person singular; speaker is in leading stance over the listener
Aspect affixes
l - "Confident" aspect; indicates something that the speaker is completely certain of
s - "Imperfective" aspect; indicates an ongoing change or process, moving toward some goal or end
x - "stative" aspect; indicates a state of being not necessarily progressing toward a goal or end
Mood affixes
áu - imperative mood
á - indicatve mood
í - subjunctive mood, used for both the protasis and apodosis of hypothetical statements
Incorporated argument affixes
àu - "ablative," indicates a point of origin or something from which something else arose
ùi, ùo, ùu - "lative," indicates a destination, goal, or end-state
o, u (in INC2 position) - "locative," indicates an area or time period within which a change occurs
o, u (in INC1 position) - "vialis," indicates a route, instrument, or time period throughout which something occurs
Lexicon
d*kw - "happening in the future"
d*nhi - "happening next/tomorrow"
déi - explanatory interjection
elj*w - in imperfective aspect (-s-), "in the process of taking a new shape"
- VIALIS: the mechanism by which the shape is being changed
- PATIENT: the thing whose shape is being changed
- LOCATIVE: the part of the patient where the change is occurring
ez*ti - in stative aspect (-x-), "in the process of thinking or pondering something"
- VIALIS: the manner in which the agent is pondering
- AGENT: the one who is pondering
- LOCATIVE: the timeframe within which one ponders
háa - interjection indicating privileged understanding of something
hé - definite/common ground particle; indicates that the speaker expects the listener to already be aware of the information in the preceding statement
hin*s - predicate form of the WATER classifier; used idiomatically to reference someone's spirit or character.
k*da - in confident aspect (-l-), "to surely be going somewhere"
- ABLATIVE: the reason for going; what led to the going
- VIALIS: the manner or path via which one is going
- AGENT: the traveller
- PATIENT: a traveller who goes non-volitionally; who goes inexorably, instinctively, or without meaning to
- LATIVE: the destination; what the traveller is going toward
l*w - "doing something in a particular way"
n*kte - "happening today"
náa - a transitional interjection, used to introduce the next thought
nakt* - in stative aspect (-x-), "working or acting on something"
- VIALIS: the manner of acting
- AGENT: the one who is acting
nùiw*sk - "flowing as water along a particular course"
róu - interjection emphasizing the veracity of what follows
s* - in confident aspect (-l-), "definitely happening/definitely doing something"; see grammar notes
- VIALIS: the manner in which something is done
- AGENT: the one doing it
- - as an ablative argument, indicates that the incorporating predicate arose from or happened because of some other predicate. (Because of which other predicate is determined by context.)
sq*da - in imperfective aspect (-s-), "things changing as time passes"
- VIALIS: the period of time in the interim
- PATIENT: the one who is passing time, the one who is changing with time
- LATIVE: the end of the period of time; the point which time is progressing toward
sú - coordinating particle, "also"/"furthermore"
tí - restrictive particle, indicates that what follows should be taken to the exclusion of other things; "only/exactly/in particular"
ué - interjection used to draw attention to particularly important points
win*si - "being cautious/wary"
Grammar notes
Word order: Word order is determined by newsworthiness; predicates that are surprising, or more important, or new topics, etc., come earlier in the phrase.
Auxiliary roots: The auxiliary/converb root, s*, can be used to expand the morphological space of a predicate. Since predicates can only hold one incorporated root at each incorporation site, it is impossible to incorporate both an ablative and vialis argument (or both a locative and lative argument) onto the same predicate. Instead, an auxiliary predicate is added which agrees with its head predicate in at least aspect and mood. The auxiliary then holds one of the two conflicting arguments, while the head predicate holds the other.
Smooth English
Think carefully, for as you know, from today to tomorrow your thoughts will become your actions.
And act carefully, for your actions shape your spirit, and lo! Your spirit shapes the course of your life.
The path your thoughts take today is precisely the path you will walk into the future.
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