Conlang Relay 15/Khangaþyagon/Ring B Final

by Pete Bleackley

The Text

rashurri tlinoshtil gins. iðuzhosfi holvlakh su yi! yeðozhelt ye yi! misushewanaltar ginsaltar den, anwetaltar yar elru beb leng. gevisher holar azor enil, shosh rugi ginsil glæstranesh mœza holakhar. halbanut u ginsir yir, analekapir holar dirsar yiissar.

halebðen khunebðen, agrenir gisnontholar esardar ya'uzar. loremar yar iðuzho genesh. degmovliufar glæsar ya'uzar iðuzhonol. kralar yar trans ginsuz nazdauol?

iðuzovlir holar azor rolontþaðar ginsuz, shosh gevisher yir parushk ge de'uzar.

Smooth English

This spectacle seems like a dance. All humanity must see it! Watch it! Let us two not only dance, let us enjoy the music and the song. Most people do not understand this, but this dance gives people great spiritual strength. When they dance, people make others nearby happy.

After a short time, the dancers touch our feelings. We begin to see the truth. Our spirits can be fed by the sight. How do we receive the nature of the dance?

Most people can see the movements of the dance, but they do not understand its true purpose.

Vocabulary

beb

(conj) and

u

(conj) such that

khun

(adj) short

su

(adj) all, whole

tra

(adj) strong

trans

(n) nature

tlin-

(v) show

azo

(adj) most

anal

(n) joy

anwet-

(v) enjoy

agren-

(v) touch

v-

(v) know

vlakh

(n) folk

parushk

(n) purpose

osf-

(v) must

ovl-

(v) can

hal

(n) time

hol

(n) person

de

(pr) alternative 3rd person pronoun

den

(numeral) two

degm-

(v) feed

dirs

(n,adj) other

esard

(n) feeling, emotion

en

(n) thing

elru

(n) music

misu

(adj) alone

mœza

(adj) great

það

(v) do, (n) deed

shosh

(conj) but

rug-

(v) give

rashurr-

(v) seem

rol-

(v) move

iðuzh-

(v) see

kral-

(v) receive

naz

(n) way, manner

lorem-

(v) begin

leng

(v) sing, (n) song

ge

(adj) true

gins

(n,v) dance

glæs

(n) spirit

y+person affix

(pr) personal pronoun

yeðozh-

(v) watch

Grammar

See the original text Below are listed the segunakar found in this text

Morphology

Nouns

modsegunakar (1st rank) Deixis

il

this

ban

that

dau

what

densegunakar (2nd rank) Proximity

ut

at

eb

in contact with

iss

near

radsegunak (3rd rank) Relative position

ðen

beyond

karvsegunakar (4th rank) Sense of motion Not used in this text

sintsegunakar (5th rank) Abstract

akh

to (recipient)

uz

of

ol

by (instumental)

bantsegunak (6th rank) Number

(a)r

plural

Verbs

Verbs may be followed by the following segunakar

Person/infinitive/participles (obligatory)

a

1p

e

2p

i

3p

o

infinitive

on/ont

Present participle. For many verbs this has the sense of an agent noun. If the sense normal for the verb is not the one required, the present participle compounds with another nouns to form the required sense.

osht

Past participle.

Reflexiveness

Not used in this passage

Continuous aspect

Not used in this passage

Perfect aspect

Not used in this passage.

Tense

Only the unmarked present tense is found in this passage.

Voice

uf

passive

Mood

lt

imperative

Negation

she

Number

(a)r

Plural

Derivational Morphology

wan

Forms adverbs from adjectives

nesh

Forms abstract nouns from adjectives

ek

Forms adjectives from nouns, usually in the sense of like