User:Cedh audmanh/TCR3/Farwo n-Abebbu

Text fragment 1 in Farwo n-Abebbu

Oum i yemeisello yeth ogguk. Edensek! E luk dyun kinzwouga mikkwan kairek!

Translation

I make my family happy. Let's celebrate! Let's enjoy this tasty meal!

Interlinear gloss

Oum      i       yemeisello     yeth    ogguk.
oum      i       yem-   eisello yeth    oggu    -k
CAUS.AUX 1SG.NOM DAT.SG-family  1SG.GEN be_happy-PL

I make my family happy. 


Edensek!
e-  demmas   -k
IMP-celebrate-PL

Let's celebrate! 


E       luk     dyun kinzwouga mikkwan        kairek!
e       luk     dyun kinzwouga Ø-     mikkwan kaddou-k
IMP.AUX 1PL.NOM this tasty     ACC.SG-meal    enjoy -PL

Let's enjoy this tasty meal!

Vocabulary

morpheme	notes	type	meaning
i		pron.	(first person singular pronoun, nominative)
demmas	(pl. densek)	v.	celebrate, host a social gathering, invite
dyun		pron.	(proximal demonstrative pronoun: "this")
e-		prefix	(imperative)
e		aux.	(imperative auxiliary: "do sth.!")
eisello		n.	household, family, noble house
kaddou	(pl. kairek)	v.	enjoy, appreciate
kinzwouga		adj.	rich-tasting, spicy, delicious
luk		pron.	(first person plural pronoun, nominative)
mikkwan		n.	food, meal
oggu	(pl. ogguk)	v.	be happy, be pleased, be satisfied
oum		aux.	(causative auxiliary, present tense: "make sb. do sth.")
yem-		prefix	(dative case)
yeth		pron.	(first person singular pronoun, genitive)

Grammar notes

• Farwo n-Abebbu is a lightly inflecting fusional language with basic AuxSOV word order.
• Nouns inflect for four cases (NOM, ACC, GEN, DAT), which are marked with prefixes. The nominative and accusative singular are identical (and unmarked) for almost all nouns.
• Personal pronouns inflect for the same four cases in a fusional manner.
• Adjectives precede their nouns.
• Possessive phrases may be formed with the genitive case (for inherent possession) or with the dative case (for temporary possession). The possessor follows the possessed item.
• The majority of verb phrases contain both a content verb and an auxiliary.
• Content verbs only inflect for number of the subject (which may not correspond to actual number marking on the noun, if the noun refers to a group of entities). There are many irregular plural forms; verbal plurals are therefore given in the wordlist.
• Auxiliary verbs inflect for tense and polarity. Mood and aspect are indicated by choosing different auxiliary roots.
• There are two ways of forming imperatives. The usual "disjunct imperative" construction works exactly like a normal sentence, using an auxiliary. The simpler "conjunct imperative" prefixes the imperative auxiliary to the content verb; however, all participants of the action must remain unmentioned in this construction.

Links

A very brief grammar overview exists here: http://akana.conlang.org/wiki/Farwo_n-Abebbu