Conlang Relay 17/Vozgian

Relay text (in Latin and Cyrillic)

KÖNUT POLAI

Monž iðin kön imäch. Kokta monžut naem vŭelezþe paitach, ele könut nanohutü vŭestal, seodetenkol i ehu napadel. Monžut odetond odebägel. Nasem könut kriknol, a könje taizenþa prišeli. Könje monžätum pers präbägeli, a set..... umerel.

КÖНУТ ПОЛЫ

Монж іђін кöн імях. Кокта монжут наем вўелезће пытах, еле кöнут наноғутю вўестал, сеодетенкол і еғу нападел. Монжут одетонд одебягел. Насем кöнут крікнол, а кöнје тызенћа прішелі. Кöнје монжятум перс прябягелі, а сет..... умерел.

Translation

There was a man [lit: one man] who had a horse. When the man tried to climb it, however, the horse stood up on its rear legs, pulled itself away from him and attacked him. The man ran away. Subsequently, the horse yelled, and a thousands horses came. The horses ran over the man, and he..... died.

Glossary

a (conj.) and, but bägeþe (vp.) run ehu (pers.pron.) him (acc.) ele (conj.) but, however em (conj.) him (loc.) i (conj.) and iðin (num.) one imäþe (vi.) to have kokta (adv., conj.) when kön (m.) horse kriknoþe (vp.) shout, yell, scream monž (m.) man na- (prefix) on napadeþe (vp.) attack nasem (adv.) subsequently, after that

noha (f.) leg ode- (prefix) from, away from odetond (adv.) thence, from there paitaþe (vi.) try pers (postp.) through polai (adj.) evil, bad prä- (prefix) over, across, through prideþe (vp.) come, arrive se- (pron.refl.) -self set (pron.dem.) this, that taizenþa (num.) thousand tenkoþe (vp.) pull umereþe (vp.) die vŭelezþe (vp.) climb vŭestaþe (vp.) stand up

The abbreviations "vi." and "vp." mean: "imperfective verb" and "perfective verb".

Notes about Vozgian

Vozgian is a North-Slavic language that underwent some considerable influence from the Uralic languages. It is a highly synthetic language, mostly fusional but with agglutinative elements. Its grammar is rather complicated. I won't bother you with its (in)famous noun "declensions from hell", the numerous verbal classes, etc. I'll limit myself to the most elementary. Anyway, the text is short! :)

Word order is rigidly SOV. Nouns are inflected for gender (masculine, feminine, neuter), number (singular, dual, plural), case (13 cases), and definiteness (definite, indefinite). The latter is mostly a matter of a postfixed article; all forms in the glossary are indefinite by default. The role of prepositions is usually played by cases, prefixes, postpositions or prepositions. Modifiers (adjectives, demonstrative pronouns, numerals and the like) are always placed after whatever they modify.

In the glossary, all nouns are given in their basic form: the nominative singular (indefinite). In the text, you will encounter the following case endings:

nouns: -ätum: m.sg.def.loc. -je: m.pl.def.nom. -ut: m.sg.def.nom. -utü: m.du.def.loc.

verbs: -ch: imperfect tense, 3sg. -l: perfect tense, 3sg. -li: perfect tense, 3pl. -þe: infinitive

-- Jan van Steenbergen