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Here is a paragraph from “The Old Man and the Sea” translated in ABCL. (The particle in parenthesis indicates that it can be omitted for the first level. As seen, in English almost 60 percent more letters are required for the same expression.

“I can remember you throwing me into the bow where the wet coiled lines were [A b.bar.e (ite) o kuf.u a mü lu vitbö te (bab.o) odux koç.ono tümle.i] and feeling the whole boat shiver and the noise of you clubbing him [sa (du) a mef.i oşa vitbo şiv.e sa vanzı (yo) o pub.iş u] like chopping a tree down and the sweet blood smell all over me.” [ge dov.vo şirye omur sa eşe sanla miş.şi oşi ak a.]

The ABCL text now put to gather: A b.bar.e (du) o kuf.u a mü lu vitbo te (bab.o) odux kaç.ono tümle.i sa (du) a mef.i oşa vitbo şiv.e sa vanzı (yo) o pub.iş u ge dov.vo şirye omur sa eşe sanla miş.şi oşi ak a. (127 letters only, where the English text utilized 162 letters for the same.)

ABCL is considered completely developed for Level 1 with basic nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions particles, prepositions and pronouns already. The lexicon with about 8000 vocabularies would be sufficient for a fair communication.

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The Old Man and the Sea

--Solmo (ayox solma) sa Vinse

He was an old man who fished alone in a vessel/skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. In the first forty days a boy had been with him.

--U bab.o solmo to tüm.ü şenfi alü.r (mü) vitve mü G-S sa u yog.u six ki camda it nex katiş şenfi. Mü oyür kix camda solbo bab.u ne u.

But after forty days without a fish the boy’s parents had told him that the old man was now definitely and finally salao, which is (the worst form of unlucky), and the boy had gone at their orders in another boat which caught three good fish the first week.

--Su şa kix camda nex şenfi, solbo.z salpa çet.o u du solmo bab.o it nodir sa çenfir “salao”, ti (benzü.z eş ego.x vusfu), sa solbo yog.o ma üz porroi (mü) opu vitbo, ti kek.o fi ego şenfi oyü camva.

To see the old man that he come back each day with his empty skiff, made boy unhappy.ly and he always went down for helping him carrying either coil.ed lines or gaff and harpoon and sail that(ki o) was wrapped/furled around pole/mast.

--Seseş solmo du u yut.o öşö camda ne uz efux vitve, bam.o solbo ohaxir sa u as yog.o omur şo feh.he u kac.iş pe koç.ono tümle.i so tümge sa tümhe sa vitsa do kıvon (ük) vitpo.

The sail was patched with flour sacks and furled, it looked like the flag permanent defeat of.

--Vitsa dap.o.n ne denfi dünsa.i sa kıv.on, u bul.o.m ge çanfu yo obe fönde (fönde.z çanfu).

The old man was thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck (his neck’s back).

--Solbo bab.o ete.x sa apı.x ne edo çüv.ayai mü uz sonhe.z vünba.

The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer (which) the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic see were on his cheeks.

--Uçe lüb.ayai yo abe sansi tenka (abe sansi tenka.z uçe lübbüi) do vessu lib.e lü uz vüsfe/ver.re (mo) vintö.do vinse bab.o mu uz sinfe.i.

The blotches ran well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep-creased scars from handling heavy fish on the cords.

--Lüb.ayai yun.o ani omur uz sinfa.z vünku sa uz sonyei bah.o edo-çüş.ono tünşei lü sah.ha ehe şenfi mu tümköi.

But none of these scars were fresh. They were old as erosions in a fishless desert.

--Su ose tünşe.i.z işix bab.o ofex. Ü bab.o ayox ge vanyo mü şenfi.dox vinde.

Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same colour as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.

--İşüba ga u bab.o ayox gü uz sinye.i sa ü bab.o esö vüsko ge vinse sa bab.o meç.ado sa fön.ono.x.

“Santiago,” the boy said to him as they climbed the bank from where the skiff was hauled up.

--“Santiago,” solbo ças.o u he ü lic.o dinbi lü te vitve kah.on omurx.

“I could go with you again. We’ve made some money.”

--“A byog.e.k ne o ut. E bam.o öşo halmo”

The old man had taught the boy to fish and the boy loved him.

--Solmo bet.o solbo tümeş şenfi sa solbo bol.o u.

“No,” the old man said. “You’re with a lucky boat. Stay with them.”

--“Ya,” solmo ças.o. “O bab.o ne banludo vitbo. Yaşeş ne ü”

“But remember how you went eighty-seven days without fish and then we caught big ones(piece) every day for three weeks.”

--“Su bareş tü o yog.o six pi camda nex şenfi sa ar e kek.o ebi bi çinti öşü camda ho fi camva.”

“I remember,” the old man said. “I know you did not leave me because you doubted.”

--“A bar.e”, solmo ças.o. “A bon.e o lel.ox a be o bud.o.”

“It was papa (who) made me leave. I am a boy and I must obey him.”

--“U bab.o salfa (to) lel.o.p a. A solbo sa a çfob.e u.”

“I know,” the old man said. “It is quite normal.”

--“A bon.e” solmo ças.o. “U ul eno (bannu.do).”

“He hasn’t much faith.”

--“U bah.e.x oşu banfa.”

“No,” the old man said. “But we have. Haven’t we?”

--“Ya,” solmo ças.o. “Su e bah.e. J.e bah.e.x?

‘Yes,” the boy said. “Can I offer you a beer on the Terrace and then we’ll take the stuff home.”

--“Ay”, solbo ças.o. “J.a b.füt.e o denbe (mo) hante sa ar e kat.a çonşu pasha.”

“Why not?” the old man said. “Between fishermen.”

--“Otux?” solmo ças.o. “ Le şenfi.na.i”

They sat on the Terrace and many of the fishermen made fun of the old man and he was not angry.

--Ü yis.o (mo) hante sa şenfi.na.i.z oşu.ma (oşuma yo şenfi.na.i) bam.o (tom.o) tomya yo solmo sa u bab.o.x ayö.

Others of the older fishermen, looked at him and were sad.

--İpui yo aş ayo.x şenfi.ba.i, bul.o u sa bab.o asa.

But they did not show it and they spoke politely about the current and the depths they had drifted their lines at and the steady/permanent good weather and of what they had seen.

--Su ü koş.o.x u sa ü çeş.o apo.r ga vencü sa edo.ma.i te ü yud.o üz tümlei sa obe ego venve sa yo ta ü ses.o.

The successful fishermen of that day were already in and had butchered their marlin out and carried them laid full length across two planks, with two men staggering at the end of each plank, to the fish house where they waited for the ice lorry/truck to carry them to the market in Havana.

--Camda.z suc.ado sulfii/şenfi.ba.i (yo osu camda) bab.o oy mü sa dub.o üz şenma em sa kac.o ü yel.o.n efu vutma ko çi hönpi, ne çi solma yüş.iş ma çenfi yo öşö hönpi, lu şenfi hanho te ü rav.o şo vönvi vitlo kacoş ü (lu) hinmi in Havana.

Those who had caught sharks had taken them to the shark factory on the other side of the cove where they were hoisted on a block and tackle, their livers removed, their fins cut off and their hides/skins skinned out and their flesh cut into strips for salting.

--İsü to kek.o şenrii, kat.o ü (lu şenri hinfa mu opu vunsi yo vinko te ü koh.o.n mu koh.ana, üz senlii lomo.n, üz sünfii kuc.o.n öl sa üz sansii diş.o.n sa üz sunfe kuc.o.n (mü)(lu) çanşıi şo denso.k.ko.

When the wind was in the east a smell came across the port/harbour from the shark factory; but today there was only the faint edge of the odour because the wind had backed into the north and then dropped off and it was pleasant and sunny on the Terrace.

--Tu venvi bab.o mü vundo miş.şi yom.o ko hunpo lü şenşa hinfa; su at efü vusyu yo miş.şi bebo öf be venvi sub.o mü lu vunno sa ar şod.o öl sa u bab.o apü sa vessu.do(lo) (mo) hante.

“Santiago,” the boy said.

--“Santiago,” solbo ças.o.

“Yes,” the old man said. He was holding his glass and thinking of many years ago.

--“Ay” solmo ças.o. U loh.u uz dinga sa bit.ü (yo) oşü camya ey.

“Can I go out to get sardines for you for tomorrow?”

--Ja byog.a em reg.eş şensa.i şo u şo ot/camto?

“No. Go and play baseball. I can still row and Rogelio will throw the fishnet.”

--“Ya. Yog.eş sa teb.eş tambu. A b.tor.e es sa Rogelio kuf.a tümfö.”

“I would like to go. If I cannot fish with you, I would like to serve in some way.”

--A s.bal.ek yog.eş. Fe a b.tüm.a.x ne o, a s.bal.ek feseş mü öşo hünve.

“You bought me a beer,” the old man said. “You are already a man”

--“O hub.o a denbe”, solmo ças.o. “O bab.e oy solma.”

“How old was I when you first took me in a boat?”

--“Üta cam(ge) a bab.o tu o kat.o oyür a mü vitbo?”

“Five and you (almost)nearly were killed when I brought the fish in to green and he nearly tore the boat to pieces. Can you remember?”

--“Li sa o ah piy.o.n.ç tu a lib.o şenfi mü lu öfö sa u al get.o vitbo lu çinpi.i. J.o b.bar.e?

“I can remember the tail slapping and banging and the thwart breaking and the noise of the clubbing.

--“A b.bar.e sünta paş.iş sa çab.iş sa lot.aya keb.iş sa vanno yo pub.bu.

I can remember you flinging/throwing me into the bow where the wet coiled lines were and feeling the whole boat shiver and the noise of you clubbing him like chopping a tree down and the sweet blood smell all over me.”

--A b.bar.e (du) o kuf.u a mü lu vitbö te (bab.o) odux kaç.ono tümle.i sa (du) a mef.i öşa vitbo şiv.e sa vanno (yo) o pub.iş u ge doç.ço şirte omur sa eşe sanla miş.şi oşi ka a.

“Can you really remember that or did I just tell it to you?”

--“Jo bbar.e ül osu so ja çet.o aju u (lu) o?”

“I remember everything from when we first went together.”

--“A bar.e işüba lü tu e yog.o oyür oç.”

The old man looked at him with his sun-burned, confident loving eyes.

--Solmo bul.o u ne uz vessu-kab.ono, oko bol.iko sinye.i

“If you were my boy(son) I’d take you out and gamble,” he said. But you are your father’s and your mother’s and you are in a lucky boat.”

--“Fe o bab.e.k az solbo(salsa) a skat.ek o em sa stag.ek” u ças.o. “Su o (bab.e) oz salfa.z sa oz salma.z sa o bab.e mü benlu.do vitbo.”

“May I get the sardines? I know where I can get four baits too.”

--“Ja d.reg.e şensa.i? A bon.e te a b.reg.e ki tümba af”

“I have mine left from today. I put them in salt in the box.”

--“A lel.o iza lü camda. A kup.o ü mü denso mü dönbö.”

“Let me get four fresh ones.”

--En a reg.e ki efi çinti.

“One,” the old man said. His hope and his confidence had never gone. But now they were freshening as when the breeze rises.

--“Bi”, solmo ças.o. Uz bonho sa uz masko yog.ox is. Su it ü ofe.l.ü tu venbe çir.e.

“Two,” the boy said.

--“Çi”, solbo ças.o .

“Two,” the old man agreed. “You didn’t steal them?”

--“Çi”, solmo soy.o. “O höş.ox ü?

“I would,” the boy said. “But I bought these.”

--“A s.bab.o.k” solbo ças.o. Su a hub.o ise”

“Thank you,” the old man said. He was too plain/simple to wonder when he had attained humility.

--“Sat o”, solmo ças.o. U bab.o oh epi bov.eş tu u lut.o buh.ada (buh.hu).

But he knew he had attained it and he knew it was not disgraceful and it carried no loss of true pride.

--Su u bon.o du u lut.o u sa u bon.o du u bab.o.x pösdi.do (pösgö.do.x) sa u kac.o.x ya los.so yo etu menpi.

“Tomorrow is going to be a good day with this current,” he said.

--“Camto bab.a ego camda ne osa vencü(vof.fo)” u ças.o.

“Where are you going?” the boy asked.

--“Ote o yog.i ? solbo çay.o.

“Far/distant out to come in when the wind shifts. I want to be out before it is light.”

--“Edi em yom.eş mü tu venvi riş.e.m. A bav.e bab.eş em de u vüsli.”

“I’ll try to get him to work far out,” the boy said. “Then if you hook truly big something we can come to your aid.”

--“A lıt.a regeş u haveş edi em”, solbo ças.o. “Ar fe o tümhö.k.a etur ebi şobse, e b.yom.e lu oz pisye ”

“He does not like to work too far out.”

--“U balex haveş oh edi em.”

“No,” the boy said. “But I will see something that he cannot see such as a bird working and get him to come out after (from behind of) dolphin.”

--“Ya”, solbo ças.o. “Su a ses.a şobse du u b.ses.e.x çe şönbi hav.iş sa reg.a u yomeş em (şa) şendöz lü mo.”

“Are his eyes that bad?”

--“J. uz sinye.i (osu) ça ego.x?

“He is almost blind.”

--“U ah ori”

“It is strange,” the old man said. “He never went turtle-ing. That is what kills the eyes.”

- -“Eno.x”, solmo ças.o. “U yog.o.x is şintu.k.ku. İsu bab.e ta piy.e sinye.i”

“But you went turtle-ing for years off the Mosquito Coast and your eyes are good

--“Su o yog.o şintu.k.ku ho camya.i (elo camyai) lö Mosquito Coast sa oz sinye.i edi.

Little child, be not afraid: --Ebix solça, mafeşx

Though rain pounds/knocks) harsh against the glass:-- Çö venre kon.e emi.x na vonga

Like an unwanted stranger:-- Ge bav.ono.x solfo

There is no danger: --Binde beb.ex

I am here tonight:-- A bab.e ik ut

Little child, be not afraid:-- Ebix solça, mafeş.x

Though thunder explodes and lightning flash:-- Çö ventö çoz.e sa venli vaf.e

Illuminates:-- Vay.e

Your tear-stained face:-- Oz sanfü-laş.ono sinfa

I am here tonight:-- A bab.e ik ut