Conlang Relay 18/Naisek
Naisek Translation
- Hi fortekla gaiti dobyasax wix him doftekum him jafastum.
- Soku pexkax banrasnar gofo,
- gorme singwem donabhepim kiskesim ementati raxiniksu.
- Ta defkoda pone glefa u him demastum isarsu jardinum.
- Daxme ticwara daka tesu:
- troxkta pone hoxati natax;
- tam kolo jada holje.
- Nage, jabloku swi dempek moxkisi,
- cofkata tam caubrus sinsenoki.
- Sofata hai kwaswarai banrasnai milba bani.
English, from Naisek
- The game can be moved to the end of the path.
- While a young man was about to carve a dog,
- a cloud of twisted scattered smoke appeared to the east.
- He collapsed and fell at the iron gate to the garden.
- A rich woman was standing there:
- she was proud and willing to walk;
- her mouth was like a living being.
- However, discarding every honorable thought,
- she removed her shimmering helmet.
- She gave the lonely young man a young smile.
Naisek Vocabulary
- ban adj young
- banrasna NA young man
- byas VP-E move
- caubrus NI helmet, veiled bonnet
- cofk VP-E remove
- dak VI-A stand
- daxme NA woman
- defkod VP-A collapse
- demastu NI gate
- dempek NI thought, idea
- doftek NI end
- fortekla NI game
- gait VI possible
- glef VP-A fall
- gofo NA dog
- gorme NI cloud
- h det definite article (like adjective)
- holje NA living being
- hox VM-D want
- -iks adj direction
- isar NI iron
- jabl VP-E discard
- jad VM-A seem
- jafastu NI path
- jardinu NI garden
- kiskes adj scattered
- kolo NI mouth
- kwaswar adj lonely
- ment VM-D see
- milba NI smile
- moxkis adj honorable
- nabh VP-E twist
- nage conj but, however
- nat VP-E walk
- pexk VP-E carve
- pone conj and (joins clauses or predicates)
- raxin NI east
- s VI-A copula
- singwe NI smoke
- sinsen VP-A shimmer
- sof VP-E give
- sw Q each, every (like singular adjective)
- t pron 3rd person singular (like adjective)
- tes det that/those, there
- ticwar adj rich, wealthy
- troxk adj proud
- u prep at, near, by
- wix prep to
Abbreviations
- adj adjective
- conj conjunction
- det determiner
- NA Noun, Animate
- NI Noun, Inanimate
- prep preposition
- pron pronoun
- Q quantifier
- VI Verb, Imperfective
- VM Verb, Mixed
- VP Verb, Perfective
- -E Ergative subject
- -D Dative subject
- -A Absolutive subject
Grammatical Notes
Overview
Naisek has a mostly suffixing morphology.
Nouns are inflected for number and case. Adjectives are inflected for animacy, number, and case; regularly derived verbs are used instead of predicate adjectives using -(i)t. Finite verbs are inflected for tense, person, number, and case of subject; there are also grammatical voice prefixes.
Syntax
The order of phrase components is:
- Determiner Quantifier Noun Modifiers
Declension
Cases Used Singular
- Absolutive 0
- Dative -i
- Ergative -r, -a
- Genitive -m, -um
- Partitive -su
The subject can be ergative, dative, or absolutive, depending on the verb; the precedence is ergative > dative > absolutive. Objects of prepositions take the genitive case. The partitive can be used for material or source as well as part.
-u forms adverbs and secondary predicates.
Conjugation
Person
- 0 3rd person singular, absolutive
- -ti 3rd person singular, dative
- -ta 3rd person singular, ergative
Verb Stem Formants
- -(i) finite present
- -a finite past
- -ok participle, progressive
- -ep participle, retrospective
- -ax participle, prospective, and infinitive
Prefixes
- do- passive
- e- passive
