Conlang Relay 19/Old Albic

Translated from Nalnuàntir into Old Albic by Jörg Rhiemeier.

The text

Talad dranal asegsi craba a segilmesa dø̂nimith.

Sana trath cherin anal.

Narnasal trathalal cvênsa varma.

Acvathasa "Phragama móam tha man dang phrin hêthel gibilid dônolod"

Acvathasa varma anthra "Néni aselama anaman glicil tathal".

Ananésa a craba cvatathan vermin.

"Candar", acvathasa vermin, "manal thechi cvatathal?"

Aacvathasa mana vermil an craban, "Thehi cvatathal gibilil dônolol".

"Mm", acvathasa a craba, "sagoma gibilin naphantanthan".

Talad ârhésa.

"Can", acvathasa a craba. "Asagma gibilin. Thrara thanth alal lathal tathal".

Acvathasa mana vermil, "Â, selama alam. Dalal ..."

Iserphsa a varma anthara, "Thaha neléth."

Achvalsa a segilmesa an varman a acvathasa: "Athaha gibilil. Threri tanth derimil narnasal gibililil."

Achvathasa mana varmal segilmesan, "Ma cantha draganth mal terphalasan?"

Acvathasa a segilmesa, "Ma thetha léth ni danema?"

"Bâ", acvathasa a craba.

"Ni héntha segilimin manal, nahéoami terphalas."

A thar alardesi.

Glossary

• â interjection.
• ala na. river.
• anal adv. there.
• anaman pron. anything.
• ananê vt. to approach.
• anthar adj. other.
• arhé vf. to return.
• bâ interjection.
• can adj. good.
• candar ni. good day.
• cherin adj. stony.
• chvala vf. to turn.
• craba na. raven.
• cvatha vt. to say, to talk.
• cvê va. to live.
• da va. to do.
• dal ni. bottom.
• dang ni. thing.
• dara na. tree.
• dôn ni. mountain.
• draga vt. to carry.
• dran adj. long.
• gibil ni. peak.
• glich* ni. likeness.
• hê vf. to come.
• larda vf. to leave.
• lath adj. wide.
• léth adj. happy.
• ma pron. I.
• ma interrogative particle.
• man pron. which.
• mm interjection.
• móa pron. myself.
• nahê vt. to reach.
• naphanta vt. to explore.
• narnas ni. vicinity.
• néleth adj. unhappy.
• néni adv. never.
• phraga vt. to ask.
• phrin adj. strange.
• sa vi. to be (permanently).
• saga va. to fly.
• segil ni. wing.
• segilmesa na. bat.
• sili vt. to see.
• sirphi va. to sigh.
• tal ni. time.
• tath pron. that.
• terphalas ni. high plateau.
• tha vi. to be (momentarily).
• thrara vi. to seem.
• trath ni. road.
• varma na. worm.

Abbreviations

adj. adjective. adv. adverb. na. animate noun. ni. inanimate noun. pron. pronoun. va. active intransitive verb. vf. fluid (active or inactive) intransitive verb. vi. inactive intransitive verb.

Word-final asterisk: loses final aspiration when suffixes follow.

Interlinear

Talad dranal asegsi craba a segilmesa dø̂nimith.
time-ABL long-ABL AOR-fly-3PL:A raven and bat mountain-PL-TRS

Sana trath cherin anal.
SER-IPF-3SG:P road stony there

Narnasal trathalal cvênsa varma.
vicinity-LOC road-LOC-LOC live-IPF-3SG:A worm 

Acvathasa "Phragama móam tha man dang phrin hêthel gibilid dônolod".
AOR-say-3SG:P-3SG:A "ask-3SG:P-1SG:A myself-OBJ
ESTAR-3SG:P which thing strange
come-VN-LOC peak-ABL mountain-LOC-ABL"

Acvathasa varma anthra "Néni aselama anaman glicil tathal".
AOR-say-3SG:P-3SG:A worm other "never AOR-see-3SG:P-1SG:A
anything likeness-LOC that-LOC

Ananésa a craba cvatathan vermin.
AOR-approach-3SG:A the raven talk-VN-ALL worm-PL-DAT   

"Candar", acvathasa vermin, "manal thechi cvatathal?"
"good-day" AOR-say-3SG:P-3SG:A worm-PL-DAT
"what-LOC ESTAR-2PL:P talk-VN-LOC"

Aacvathasa mana vermil an craban, "Thehi cvatathal gibilil dônolol".
AOR-say-3SG:P-3SG:A one worm-PL-PRT the-DAT raven-DAT
"ESTAR-1PL:P talk-VN-LOC peak-LOC mountain-LOC-LOC"

"Mm", acvathasa a craba, "sagoma gibilin naphantanthan".
"Mm" AOR-say-3SG:P-3SG:A the raven
"fly-FUT-1SG:A peak-ALL explore-VN-ALL"

Talad ârhésa.
time-ABL AOR-return-3SG:A

"Can", acvathasa a craba.  "Asagma gibilin.
Thrara thanth alal lathal tathal". 
"good" AOR-say-3SG:P-3SG:A the raven "AOR-fly-1SG:A peak-ALL.
seem-3SG:P ESTAR-VN river-LOC wide-LOC there"

Acvathasa mana vermil, "Â, selama alam.  Dalal ..."
AOR-say-3SG:P-3SG:A one worm-PL-PRT
"Ah see-3SG:P-1SG:A river-OBJ bottom-LOC ..."

Iserphsa a varma anthara, "Thaha neléth."
AOR-sigh-3SG:A the worm other "ESTAR-1SG:P unhappy"

Achvalsa a segilmesa an varman a acvathasa:
AOR-turn-3SG:A the bat the-DAT worm-DAT and AOR-say-3SG:P-3SG:A

"Athaha gibilil.  Threri tanth derimil narnasal gibililil."
"AOR-ESTAR-1SG:P peak-LOC 
seem-3SG:P ESTAR-VN tree-PL-LOC vicinity-LOC peak-LOC-LOC" 

Achvathasa mana varmal segilmesan, "Ma cantha draganth mal terphalasan?"
AOR-say-3SG:P-3SG:A one worm-PL-PRT bat-ALL
"Q can-2SG:P carry-VN 1SG-PRT high-plain-ALL"

Acvathasa a segilmesa, "Ma thetha léth ni danema?"
AOR-say-3SG:P-3SG:A the bat
"Q ESTAR-SBJ-2SG:P happy if do-CND-1SG:A" 

"Bâ", acvathasa a craba.
"Bah" AOR-say-3SG:P-3SG:A the raven
 
"Ni héntha segilimin manal, nahéoami terphalas."
"if come-CND-2SG:A wing-PL-ALL 1SG-PRT
reach-FUT-3SG:P-1PL:A high-plain"

A thar alardesi.
and so AOR-leave-3PL:A

Smooth translation

Long time ago, a raven and a bat flew across the mountains. There was a stony road.

Near the road lived a worm. It said, "I ask myself, what strange thing is coming from the mountain peak?"

Another worm said, "I never saw anything like that."

The raven came nearer in order to talk to the worms.

"Good day" said the raven to the worms. "What are you talking about?"

One worm said to the raven, "We are talking about the mountain peak."

"Mm", answered the raven. "I'll fly to the peak to explore it."

After a time he returned. "Good", the raven said. "I flew to the peak. There seems to be a wide river there."

One worm said, "Ah, I see a river. Under ..." The other worm sighed. "I may be unhappy."

The bat turned to the worm and said: "I was at the peak. Near the peak there seem to be trees."

One worm said to the bat: "Can you carry me to the high plateau?" The bat said, "Would you be happy if I did?" "Bah", said the raven. "If you come to my wings, we will reach the high plateau." And so they left.