Senjecas - I Am Thankful for Small Mercies

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Pronunciation table

peműko
(labial)
riisűko
(dental)
muitűko
(alveolar)
vainűko
(palatal)
ṡ̨uuše̋nos
(vowels with प)
nı̋þo ṡ̨uuše̋nos
(weak vowels)
p
b f v m t d þ ð ɫ l ż s z r n k g x ƣ h ȝ š i e a ɔ o u ı ɛ y
म़ ल़ स़ क़ ग़ स्व स्य इ ई
पि पी
ए एै
पे पै
अ आ
प पा
ऒ ॵ
पॊ पॏ
ओ औ
पो पौ
उ ऊ
पु पू
पं पऺ पॅ
/p/ /b/ /ɸ/ /β/ /m̥/ /m/ /t/ /d/ /θ/ /ð/ /l̥/ /l/ /ʦ/ /ʣ/ /s/ /z/ /ɾ̥/ /n/ /k/ /g/ /ç/ /ʝ/ /j̊/ /j/ /sʷ/ /sʲ/ /i/ /e/ /ä/ /ɒ/ /o/ /u/ /ɪ/ /ɛ/ /ʊ/


Glossing abbreviations

1s/p = 1st person singular/plural ABL = ablative suffix COL = collective F = feminine INT = intensive prefix PRV = privative prefix SUP = supine
2s/p = 2nd person singular/plural ABS = absolutive
(an unmarked modifying adjective)
DES = desiderative FRQ = frequentative LAT = lative suffix PST = past TRZ = transitivizer
3 = 3rd person ADV = adverb DIM = diminutive FUT = future LOC = locative suffix REV = reversive VOC = vocative particle
A(.s/p) = accusative (singular/plural) AG = agent ELIS = elision IMP = imperative M = masculine Q = interrogative particle YNG = young
G(.s/p) = genitive (singular/plural) AP = agent (active) participle ELT = elative INC = inchoative OCC = occupation suffix QUOT = direct quotation
N(.s/p) = nominative (singular/plural) AUG = augmentative EP = epenthesis IND = indicative PP = patient (past) participle RPR = recent perfective
V(.s/p) = vocative (singular/plural) CAUS = causative EQU = equative degree INS = instrument PRF = perfect SBJ = subjunctive


Text

  • English Text
  • Devanāgari Text
  • Senjecan Translation
Gloss
  • I am thankful for small mercies.
  • mu pı̋no firőm ṡ̨óga kűiru e̋sa:
m-u pı̋no-Ø fir-őm ṡ̨óga kűir-u e̋s-a
1s-N small-ABS blessing-G.p for thankful-N.s be-IND


  • I compared notes with one of my friends who expects everything of the universe and is disappointed when anything is less than the best,
  • mu mu-vilűm tevú' súna tűson e-somı̋d̨a—táu ormoþtős áfa vísom porna̋ka da sűűraþu ı̋la—méti k̬éno vıva̋do sóma lı̋so e̋sa:
m-u mu=vil-űm tev-ú-' súna tűs-on e=som-ı̋d̨-a tá-u ormoþt-ős áfa vís-om porna̋k-a
1s-N my=friend-G.p one-G.s-ELIS with note-A.p PST=compare-TRZ-IND who-N.s universe-G.s from everything-A.s expect-IND
da sűűr-a-þ-u ı̋l-a méti k̬én-o vı~va̋d-o sóma lı̋s-o e̋s-a
and disappoint-IND-PP-N.s become-IND when anything-N.s ELT~good-N.s than less-N.s be-IND


  • and I found that I begin at the other extreme, expecting nothing, and am always full of thanks for moderate goods. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • da mu mum áno silős éna tődu e-de̋e̋sa: néom porna̋ka. da na̋a̋ɫo faarőm ṡ̨óga visténu kűiru e̋sa:
da m-u m-um áno-Ø sil-ős éna tőd-u e=de̋e̋s-a né-om porna̋k-a
and 1s-N 1s-A other-ABS extreme-G.s at begin-SUP PST=find-IND nothing-A.s expect-IND
da na̋a̋ɫo-Ø faar-őm ṡ̨óga visténu kűir-u e̋s-a
and moderate-ABS goods-G.p for always thankful-N.s be-IND