Conlang Relay 12/Zyvlusda

These are the details of the Zyvlusda text of Conlang Relay 12, as received by Philip Newton (so no smooth translation by the author, among other things). I've decided to add a rough translation, though -- the working translation I made for myself.

Text

Gutpodin Guta Vuta: Fulvuta Zyvgezer

Lebkesid

Suku bobaru, o pezdagli.

Gutsaleb

Busi, o relpodin, busi!

Pankesid

Raralar!

Gutsaleb

Gutpodin move, o relpodin. Ukakip kepazu. Busi, o relpodin, busi!

Lebkesid

Suku bobaru, o pezdagli.

Pankesid

Raralar!!

Gutsaleb

Dinep suke serobe.

Gutpodin

Vuvufuv, ak anam bina unt ak fule a akgezer.

Gutsaleb

Raralar!!!

Pankesid

Fifivif?

Gutsaleb

Sosozos, busi, o relpodin, busi!

Lebkesid

Suku bobaru, o pezdagli.

Gutpodin

Dispodin izekpuvir keni disevi kenmi i ak? Sudira ak teba lasuba kafkenmi a esvatra.

Pankesid

Zekpodin vute?

Gutpodin

Liliril, o fozfe, ak suke lebgefvu e ul. Ak anam asograkef lasa makid e "Vymtutie". Ilas inam maki ak i ulgibin. Alagas rilisa.

Pankesid

Akgibin suke diseve dipba. Lebta azekrakif puve akgibin?

Gutsaleb

Akvatra suke kepaze esvatra e unt ak dibo gutboreg.

Gutpodin

Ak sura tinra e makid e Rekio. Ulgibin suke lasube makid. Maki ak "Rekio".

Pankesid

Nenemen!

Gutpodin

Ak suke ferdarole, teas ak unam - mumunum - babferu.

Gutsaleb

Dozi logtenbei, sosozos, Rekio.

Gutpodin

A zobzoa tuske ak fera bufferyb.

Pankesid

Nenemen!

Gutpodin

Nenemen!

Lebkesid

Suku bobaru, o pezdagli.

Kafmonit e dopuze lekmonit a lapugu lekzi mone, "Gutpodin Guta Vuta: Fulvuta Zyvgezer."

Rough translation (by Philip)

A baby was born talking: it described heaven

Husband

It'll be all right, honey.

Midwife

Push, dear, push!

Wife

Arghh!

Midwife

The baby is crowning, dear. It's nearly over. Push, dear, push!

Husband

It'll be all right, honey.

Wife

Arghh!!

Midwife

The head is outside.

Baby

Wow, I didn't think that I would see this place.

Midwife

Arghh!!!

Wife

Huh?

Midwife

Um, push, dear, push!

Husband

It'll be all right, honey.

Baby

Someone should put some clothes on me! All of us had fine robes in the past.

Wife

Who is talking?

Baby

Hi, mother, I'm your son. I didn't like the name "Connor". Please do not name me that. It was too trendy.

Wife

This is some kind of trick. Male how does this?

Midwife

Now I am after cutting the umbilical cord.

Baby

I knew an angel with the name "Peter". That's a good name. Name me "Peter".

Wife

Aaaaaah!

Baby

I am thirsty, but I will not - no, no, no - drink at the breast.

Midwife

Stay still, um, Peter.

Baby

Nine months ago I drank wine.

Wife

Aaaaaah!

Baby

Aaaaaah!

Husband

It'll be all right, honey.

The headline of an important newspaper the next day writes, "A baby was born talking: it described heaven."

Grammatical Sketch

CVCV

verb

VCVC

verb modifier

CVCVC, CVCCV

noun

CVCVCV

adjective (noun/pronoun modifier)

VCVCVC

adjective modifier

CVCVCVC

interjection

CVCVV, CVCCVCVV

name

VC

pronoun

CVVC

conjunction

VCC

particle

V

case marker

Most words can take CVC- prefixes (typically truncations of CVCVC roots).

Verbal suffixes

-a,

past tense

-e,

present tense

-i,

imperative mood

-o,

infinitive

-u,

future tense

Adjectives take tense markers.

Word Order

SVO, with agentive and patientive cases indicated solely by word order (AVP)

Modifiers precede the words they modify.

Case Prepositions

a

prep., locative, temporal

e

prep., of, with

o

prep., vocative

i

prep., indirect object

Lexicon

ak

first-person pronoun

akgezer

[< ak+gezer.] this place, here

akgibin

[< ak+gibin.] this one

akvatra

[< ak+vatra.] this time, now

azekrakef

[< zeket+rakef.] how (present tense)

babab

breast, mammary gland

bined

thought

bobar

acceptableness

boreg

rope, cord

bufferyb

[< bufla+feryb.] wine

bufla

grape

bus

to push

dagli

liquid

darol

requirement

dib

cut

dinep

head

dipba

trick

disev

something

dispodin

[< disev+podin.] someone

dopuz

importance

doz

remain, stay

es

fifth-person pronoun

esvatra

[< es+vatra.] past

ferdarol

[< feryb+darol.] thirsty

feryb

a drink

fifivif

huh?

fozfe

mother

fulel

sight

fulvuter

[< fulel+vuter.] description

gefvu

offspring

gezer

place

gibin

thing, object

gutboreg

[< gutus+boreg.] umbilical cord

gutpodin

[< gutus+podin.] baby

gutsaleb

[< gutus+saleb.] midwife

gutus

birth

if

third-person pronoun

kafkenmi

[< kafmi+kenmi.] robe

kafmi

top, superior position

kafmonit

[< kafmi+monit.] headline

kakip

near completeness

kenmi

garment

kepaz

completion, finishedness, definiteness

kesid

spouse

lagas

excessiveness

lapug

next

lasub

goodness, favorableness

lebkesid

[< lebta+kesid.] husband

lebta

male

lekmonit

[< lekzi+monit.] newspaper

lekzi

day

liliril

hi, hello

logak

motion

logtenbe

[< logak+tenbe.] stillness, motionlessness

lusda

language

makid

name

monit

writing, document

mov

to crown, to reach the stage of labor where the fetal scalp is first visible

mumunum

no, no, no!

namuz

negation

nenemen

aaaaaah!

ol

fourth-person pronoun

pankesid

[< panun+kesid.] wife

panun

female

pezdagli

[< pezez+dagli.] honey

pezez

bee

podin

person

puvir

to do

rakef

manner

raralar

arghh!

rekna

stone, rock

relgi

affectionate

relpodin

[< relgi+podin.] dear

rilis

fashionableness, trendiness

saleb

professional

serob

outside

sogna

any

sosozos

um

sudir

total

suk

to be

surbi

knowledge

teas

but

teblu

possession

tenbe

absence

tinra

angel

tuske

month

tutol

lover

ul

second-person pronoun

ulgibin

[< ul+gibin.] that one

unt

particle encapsulating a clause as an argument of a verb

vatra

time

vuter

to talk

vuvufuv

wow

vymil

dog, canine

Vymtutie

[< vymil+tutol.] Connor

zeket

interrogative relation pronoun

zekpodin

[< zeket+podin.] who

zekpuvir

[< zeket+puvir.] would

zibga

spirit, soul, breath

zobzo

nine

zyvan

inspiration

zyvgezer

[< zyvan+gezer.] heaven

Zyvlusda

[< zyvan+lusda.] Zyvlusda, the Inspired Language