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by Pete Bleackley | This is the original text for [[Conlang Relay 15]], written in [[Khangaþyagon]] by [[User:PeteBleackley|Pete Bleackley]]. | ||
==gwendontsivolk== | |||
iðuzhelt ye yir ginsonar. wiþir yir markshe. ushu wiþir yir elrushe yengashar tolsashar yiuzar, ushu þanturnewtifœsher yir ginsmarkswo. sami modwo nazgu u sloni yi de. shosh dahi gins yi'uzar gins kaþlikhim, gins filikhim ginsuzar su'uzar. dahiufar ginsonholsher ennitezhmsher arra ennitdahir yir. torsir yir beb dwallir yir nazbanol u rashurir yir wiþo folne modl. rashuri enil newtontþað galgukokra yiungar. apidaur ginsonholwor vrima mœzaezhm kirrlol mœzadeduol? shosh garwir yir megontshe modlshe. | iðuzhelt ye yir ginsonar. wiþir yir markshe. ushu wiþir yir elrushe yengashar tolsashar yiuzar, ushu þanturnewtifœsher yir ginsmarkswo. sami modwo nazgu u sloni yi de. shosh dahi gins yi'uzar gins kaþlikhim, gins filikhim ginsuzar su'uzar. dahiufar ginsonholsher ennitezhmsher arra ennitdahir yir. torsir yir beb dwallir yir nazbanol u rashurir yir wiþo folne modl. rashuri enil newtontþað galgukokra yiungar. apidaur ginsonholwor vrima mœzaezhm kirrlol mœzadeduol? shosh garwir yir megontshe modlshe. | ||
===In Bukhstav Runes=== | |||
[[Image:BukhstavRelay15.png|The text in Bukhstav Runes should be here, honest!]] | [[Image:BukhstavRelay15.png|The text in Bukhstav Runes should be here, honest!]] | ||
==A Riddle== | |||
See them dance. The have no leader. They have no music but their own voices, nor have they studied any choreography. Each goes where he will. But their dance is the most graceful, the most harmonious of all dances. There are no dancers more lithe than they are. They turn and weave so that they seem to have a single mind. This seems the least difficult work for them. Do any dancers make greater beauty with less effort? But they take not a single step. | See them dance. The have no leader. They have no music but their own voices, nor have they studied any choreography. Each goes where he will. But their dance is the most graceful, the most harmonious of all dances. There are no dancers more lithe than they are. They turn and weave so that they seem to have a single mind. This seems the least difficult work for them. Do any dancers make greater beauty with less effort? But they take not a single step. | ||
==Vocabulary== | |||
(Roots - see [[#Grammar|grammar section]] for suffixes) | (Roots - see [[#Grammar|grammar section]] for suffixes) | ||
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;wiþ-: (v) have | ;wiþ-: (v) have | ||
=== | ==Grammar== | ||
===Syntax=== | |||
VSO. Agglutinating. Adjectives follow the nouns they qualify, and agree with them. Predicative adjectives compound with the verb. Roots compund in head last order within words. However, grammatical affixes are suffixes (segunakar) | VSO. Agglutinating. Adjectives follow the nouns they qualify, and agree with them. Predicative adjectives compound with the verb. Roots compund in head last order within words. However, grammatical affixes are suffixes (segunakar) | ||
===Morphology=== | |||
====Nouns==== | |||
Nouns may be followed by segunakar of six ranks. Each rank has a particular grammatical role. They are specified in the order they occur following the root. | Nouns may be followed by segunakar of six ranks. Each rank has a particular grammatical role. They are specified in the order they occur following the root. | ||
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;(a)r:plural | ;(a)r:plural | ||
====Verbs==== | |||
Verbs may be followed by the following segunakar | Verbs may be followed by the following segunakar | ||
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;(a)r:Plural | ;(a)r:Plural | ||
====Adjectives==== | |||
Adjectives may be marked for five degrees of comparison with the following segunakar | Adjectives may be marked for five degrees of comparison with the following segunakar | ||
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These segunakar preceed noun agreement or verb compounding. | These segunakar preceed noun agreement or verb compounding. | ||
====Derivational affix==== | |||
;l:forms adjectives from nouns in the sense of "Characterised by". | ;l:forms adjectives from nouns in the sense of "Characterised by". | ||
===Concultural note=== | ===Concultural note=== | ||
gwendontsivolkar are frequently used by wizards to instruct enchanters (those with active magical powers who have not yet attained the ''true knowledge of magic'' that is the mark of a wizard) in the art of discerning hidden meanings. | gwendontsivolkar are frequently used by wizards to instruct enchanters (those with active magical powers who have not yet attained the ''true knowledge of magic'' that is the mark of a wizard) in the art of discerning hidden meanings. | ||
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Revision as of 06:33, 6 October 2012
This is the original text for Conlang Relay 15, written in Khangaþyagon by Pete Bleackley.
gwendontsivolk
iðuzhelt ye yir ginsonar. wiþir yir markshe. ushu wiþir yir elrushe yengashar tolsashar yiuzar, ushu þanturnewtifœsher yir ginsmarkswo. sami modwo nazgu u sloni yi de. shosh dahi gins yi'uzar gins kaþlikhim, gins filikhim ginsuzar su'uzar. dahiufar ginsonholsher ennitezhmsher arra ennitdahir yir. torsir yir beb dwallir yir nazbanol u rashurir yir wiþo folne modl. rashuri enil newtontþað galgukokra yiungar. apidaur ginsonholwor vrima mœzaezhm kirrlol mœzadeduol? shosh garwir yir megontshe modlshe.
In Bukhstav Runes
A Riddle
See them dance. The have no leader. They have no music but their own voices, nor have they studied any choreography. Each goes where he will. But their dance is the most graceful, the most harmonious of all dances. There are no dancers more lithe than they are. They turn and weave so that they seem to have a single mind. This seems the least difficult work for them. Do any dancers make greater beauty with less effort? But they take not a single step.
Vocabulary
(Roots - see grammar section for suffixes)
- beb
- (conj) and
- u
- (conj) such that
- ushu
- (conj) neither/nor
- su
- (adj) all
- sam-
- (v) go
- sivolk
- (n) story
- slon-
- (v) desire
- tors-
- (v) turn
- tols
- (adj) personal
- ap-
- (v) make
- arra
- (conj) than
- vrima
- (n) beauty
- hol
- (n) person
- dah-
- (v) be
- de
- (pr) alternative 3p pronoun used when repeating yi would cause an ambiguity between two referents.
- dwall-
- (v) weave
- en
- (n) thing
- ennit
- (adj) lithe
- elru
- (n) music
- folne
- (n) mind
- fi
- (n) harmony
- mark
- (n) chief
- marks
- (n) plan, counsel
- mod
- (numeral) one
- meg-
- (v) step
- mœza
- (adj) great
- þantur-
- (v) learn
- það
- (n) act, deed
- shosh
- (conj) but
- rashur-
- (v) seem
- iðuzh-
- (v) see
- kaþ
- (n) grace
- kirrl
- (n) effort
- naz
- (n) way
- newt-
- (v) work
- garw-
- (v) take
- galgu
- (adj) difficult
- gins
- (n,v) dance
- gwend-
- (v) hide
- y+person ending
- (see verbs) (pr) personal pronouns
- yeng
- (n) voice
- wiþ-
- (v) have
Grammar
Syntax
VSO. Agglutinating. Adjectives follow the nouns they qualify, and agree with them. Predicative adjectives compound with the verb. Roots compund in head last order within words. However, grammatical affixes are suffixes (segunakar)
Morphology
Nouns
Nouns may be followed by segunakar of six ranks. Each rank has a particular grammatical role. They are specified in the order they occur following the root.
modsegunakar (1st rank) Deiexis
- il
- this
- ban
- that
- wo
- any
- she
- no
densegunakar (2nd rank) Proximity
Indicates how closely associated the think qualified by the proximity-marked noun is with the thing specified by the proximity-marked noun.
- ash
- without
radsegunakar (3rd rank) Relative position
Not used in this text
karvsegunakar (4th rank) Sense of motion
- gu
- by (route)
sintsegunakar (5th rank) Abstract relationships
- uz
- of
- ol
- by (instrumental)
- ung
- for (benefactive)
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.
Reflexiveness
Not used in this passage
Continuous aspect
Not used in this passage
Perfect aspect
fœ
Tense
Only the unmarked present tense is found in this passage.
Voice
- uf
- passive
Mood
- lt
- imperative
- dau
- interrogative
Negation
she
Number
- (a)r
- Plural
Adjectives
Adjectives may be marked for five degrees of comparison with the following segunakar
- ikhim
- superlative
- ezhm
- comparative
- dedu
- reductive (less)
- kokra
- minimative (least)
Positive is unmarked.
These segunakar preceed noun agreement or verb compounding.
Derivational affix
- l
- forms adjectives from nouns in the sense of "Characterised by".
Concultural note
gwendontsivolkar are frequently used by wizards to instruct enchanters (those with active magical powers who have not yet attained the true knowledge of magic that is the mark of a wizard) in the art of discerning hidden meanings.
