Conlang Relay 17/Azurian
DAN IDLE HÆSTEN
Ain madn aigde ain hæst. Madnen staig upp på hæsta. Hæsten tjækk leis på madna. Madnen ljóp. Hæsten skælde. Kvæm ait tjusun hæstar. Hæstadne rudnu. Madnen doide.
VOCABULARY
- aiga = verb (wd) own, have
- ain = masc.sg. indefinite article
- ait = neut.sg. indefinite article
- dan = masc.nom.sg. demonstrative and definite article
- doija = verb (wja) die
- ganga = verb (st) go, walk (tjæng-tjænge-tjækk-tjækku)
- hæst = noun (m) horse
- idl = adj. bad, evil, wicked
- koma = verb (st) come (tjæm-tjæme-kvæm-kvåmu)
- leis = adj., adv. loose
- loipa = verb (st) run (loiper-leipe-ljóp-ljópu)
- madn = noun (m) man
- på = prep.dat. on, at
- rædna = verb (st) run, race, stampede (rædn-rædne-radn-rudnu)
- skælla = verb (wd) emit loud noise, shout, yell, scream
- stíga = verb (st) rise (stíg-stíge-staig-stígu)
- tjusun = noun (n) thousand
- upp = adv. up
SET PHRASES USED
- stíga upp på = mount
- ganga leis på = attack
KEY
- (st) = strong verb, conjugation in pres.sg-pres.pl-pret.sg-pret.pl is provided
- (wd) = weak verb of the d-class
- (wja) = weak verb of the ja-class
- prep.dat. = preposition governing dative
GRAMMAR
Extensive (but not full) grammar at: http://www.ortygia.no/uriania/azuriansk-grammatikk-eng.shtml You should get on rather well if you know some Scandinavian, because Azurian is an extra Scandinavian language. The general word order is SVO, with modifiers preceding heads, but if the subject has modifiers, they usually change the word order to VSO. Nouns are inflected for number, definiteness, and case. Adjectives are inflected similarly and have various ways of agreement depending on class. Verbs are conjugated in tense, aspect, mood and number. There is a variety of adverbs and pronouns with various functions.
