Conlang Relay 17/Lhenazi

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LEGEND:

 L0 = Lhenazi
 L1 = English
 L2 = Mirexu
 L3 = English translation of Mirexu

L0: Emisoth Mathazraxi a Xoni

L1: The Bad Dragon's Tale

L2: Dilexundal pixdetiertumni

L3: The Bad Dragon's Being Told

L0: Zraxi-onei kanein.

L1: A man had a dragon.

L2: Ifwefu dilexuna ajtikariv.

L3: Someone (male) had a dragon.

L0: Ilhe teshithilh a srothi thain,

L1: The peaceful magician knew, what?

L2: Tjusxutshorgi

L3: The good magician,

L0: shani a se na seilh a irei zraxin.

L1: that only he could ride the dragon.

L2: kjetamluso dilexunna ajtileashdusseni ajatrenivse,

L3: knowing only he and no other can mount the dragon,

L0: Shani a koe seilh zraxin.

L1: He tried to ride the dragon.

L2: dilexuna umajtileashdushiv.

L3: tried to mount the dragon.

L0: Oxathei zraxilh sein.

L1: The dragon attacked him.

L2: Dilexun ia antikjopesav.

L3: The dragon attacked him.

L0: Trikei sein.

L1: He ran.

L2: I titatelav.

L3: He ran.

L0: Aii a lho-rae zraxin,

L1: The dragon screamed then,

L2: Dilexungi ajukevse,

L3: The dragon screams,

L0: shati na aizraxin a lhishi.

L1: and many dragons came.

L2: nealuskisivu dilexnu vtijeviriv.

L3: so many dragons came.

L0: Tikre na roxei aizraxilh sein.

L1: The dragons hunted and killed him.

L2: Dilexnu ia sorexivu attiretav.

L3: The dragons chased and killed him.

INTERLINEARS

e-	isoth	math-	zraxi	a	xone	-i
POSS-	N	POSS-	N	REL	V	-NOM
zraxi	-one	-ei	kanei	-n.
N	-V	-ABS	N	-ABS
ilhe	-0	teshithi	-lh	a	srothe	-i	thai	-n,
V	-ABS	N	-ERG	REL	V	-NOM	PRON	-ABS
shane	-i	a	se-0	na	sei	-lh	a	ire	-ei	zraxi	-n.
V	-ABS	REL	V-NOM	CONJ	PRON	-ERG	REL	V	-NOM	N	-ABS
shane	-i	a	koe	-0	sei	-lh	zraxi	-n.
V	-ABS	REL	V	-NOM	PRON	-ERG	N	-ABS
oxathe	-ei	zraxi	-lh	sei	-n.
V	-ABS	N	-ERG	PRON	-ABS
trike	-ei	sei	-n.
V	-ABS	PRON	-ABS
aie	-i	a	lho	-rae	-0	zraxi	-n,
V	-ABS	REL	N	-V	-NOM	N	-ABS
shate	-i	na	ai-	zraxi	-n	a	lhishe	-i.
V	-ABS	CONJ	PL-	N	-ABS	REL	V	-NOM
tikre	-0	na	roxe	-ei	ai-	zraxi	-lh	sei	-n.
V	-ABS	CONJ	V	-ABS	PL-	N	-ERG	PRON	-ABS

VOCABULARY

a	REL. heads a relative clause
ai-	PL.
aie	V. "to scream, to call out"
-ei	N(III). agreement with class-III nouns
e(m)-	POSS(3sg). marks the possessed noun
-i	N(II). agreement with class-II nouns
ilhe	V. "to know (a fact)"
ire	V. "to be the only one"
isoth	N(I). "tale, story"
kanei	N(III). "man"
koe	V. "to try"
-lh	ERG. agent
lhishe	V. "to be many; to be part of a group"
lho	N(IV). "now; here"
math(a)-	POSS(I). marks the possessor
-n	ABS. subject or patient
na	CONJ. coordinating conjunction "and, so"
-one	V. "to have -"
oxathe	V. "to attack"
-rae	V. "to be at -" (either time or location)
roxe	V. "to kill"
se	V. "to be able to"
sei	PRON(III). "he" (upper-class)
shane	V. "to ride"
shate	V. "to come"
srothe	V. "to be good or peaceful"
teshithi	N(II). "magician"
thai	PRON(IV). "what"
tikre	V. "to hunt"
trike	V. "to run; to try to escape"
xone	V. "to be bad or violent"
zraxi	N(II). "dragon"