Conlang Relay 15/Nesheti

by Tony Hogard

The Text

Uskike mahenek, haf hala aniyazinzi. Uwatehanzi nata halak kus miyalen, kreme gelselek halas. Hala duduskine uves aniyagak. Hala luhanzi kum zelatik is radasefek. Bemeraf hala aniyazinzi. Evur aniyagas halas kivazi krasafmun felke is garmun felke. Esazi nata unzen, ge esazi gibek bulu haf hala. Hala werazunzi is luhanzi, haf ume din. Esazi nata trusit, ge esazi slezin slisk halan. Esanzi aniyahal dame, ge husnusunzi krasafak wali bulu, kus usilun menez is kus nata patamen dinefa?

Smooth English

See the way that the dance. They are not led by any music except their voices. They have already mastered the dance. They move with desire and happiness. They dance together. Their type of dance becomes the most beautiful and most harmonious. No student is more flexible than they. They turn and move as one mind. There is no effort that is too difficult for them. Are there other dancers who create a greater beauty, with less effort and without a single step?

Lexicon

aniyag

(n.) dance

aniyaha

(n.) dancer

aniyazin

(v.) to dance

bemeraf

(adv.) at the same time, simultaneously

bulu

(adv.) more, greater

wali

(adj.) great, important

werazun

(v.) to turn, to rotate, to spin

garmun

(adj.) harmonious

ge

(pron.) relative pronoun

gels

(n.) voice

gibek

(adj.) flexible, pliable

dame

(adj.) other, different

din

(adj.) one

dinefa

(adj.) single, singular

duduskin

(v.) to master, to learn

evur

(n.) category, type

esan

(v.) to be

is

(conj.) and

kivan

(v.) to become

krasaf

(n.) beauty

krasafmun

(adj.) beautiful

kreme

(prep.) except

kum

(prep.) with, having, accompanied by

kus

(prep.) with, via, by means of

luhan

(v.) to move

mahen

(n.) way, manner

menez

(adv.) less, smaller

miyale

(n.) music

nata

(adv.) not, no, negative

patame

(n.) step, footstep

radasef

(n.) happiness

slezin

(adj.) difficult, complex

slisk

(adv.) too, overly

trusit

(n.) effort, attempt

uwatehan

(v.) to bring, to lead

uves

(adv.) already

ume

(n.) mind, soul

unzen

(n.) student

usilu

(n.) effort

uskin

(v.) to see

felke

(adv.) most, best

hala

(pron.) 3rd person plural

haf

(conj.) how, as, like, than (in comparatives)

husnusun

(v.) to make, to create

zelati

(n.) desire

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pron.

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adj.

­ advective

adv.

­ adverb

conj.

- conjunction

Grammar notes

Nesheti has two genders for nouns: active nouns include people, animals, fire, moving water, and astronomical and meteorological phenomena. Other nouns are neuter.

Nesheti usually has SVO word order. Adjectives and adverbs follow the nouns or verbs they modify.

Nouns are declined for accusative, dative, and genitive cases, and for plural number:

nominative

-(no ending)

accusative

-k

dative

-n

genitive

-s

plural

-l

Verbs conjugations appearing in this text:

present tense

-zi, third person singular -nzi, third person plural

preterite tense

-ne, third person plural

imperative mood -ke, second person singular