Sirius Texts: Aesop

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Ari-Horkrak hi Markritz

Etz ari-horkrak esti finktz furo-furo ackar ho kon-horkrak tzo e weji toln he plocki ho meshi. "Oho!" etz ari-horkrak isti, "Mor esti!" hi most yoshoi toln af meshi. Het etz esti? Markritz henk owoik na shortz!

Interlinear

Ari-Horkrak	hi	Markritz
male-chicken	and	pearl
The Rooster and the Pearl

Etz	ari-horkrak	esti	finktz
PAST	male-chicken	be	walk
A rooster was once walking

furo-furo	ackar	ho	kon-horkrak
cross-cross	farm	among	female-chicken
up and down the farm among the hens

tzo	e	weji	toln	he	plocki	ho	meshi.
then	PAST	see	thing	REL	shine	amid	grass
when he saw something that shone in the grass.

• tzo here because we mean "at this time", not ho "at what time?".

"Oho!"	etz	ari-horkrak	isti,	"Mor	esti!"
aha	PAST	male-chicken	say	mine	is
"Aha!" he said, "Something for me!"

hi	most	yoshoi	toln	af	meshi
and	soon	dig	thing	out-of	grass
and quickly dug it out of the grass.

• Using etz more than once in a sentence is unnecessary.

Het	etz	esti?	Markritz	henk	owoik	na	shortz!
what	PAST	be?	pearl	somehow	lost	in	yard
What was it? A pearl somehow lost in the yard!