Conlang Relay 15/Nesheti
by Tony Hogard
The Text
Uskike mahenek, haf hala aniyazinzi. Uwatehanzi nata halak kus miyalen, kreme gelselek halas. Hala duduskine uves aniyagak. Hala luhanzi kum zelatik is radasefek. Bemeraf hala aniyazinzi. Evur aniyagas halas kivazi krasafmun felke is garmun felke. Esazi nata unzen, ge esazi gibek bulu haf hala. Hala werazunzi is luhanzi, haf ume din. Esazi nata trusit, ge esazi slezin slisk halan. Esanzi aniyahal dame, ge husnusunzi krasafak wali bulu, kus usilun menez is kus nata patamen dinefa?
Smooth English
See the way that the dance. They are not led by any music except their voices. They have already mastered the dance. They move with desire and happiness. They dance together. Their type of dance becomes the most beautiful and most harmonious. No student is more flexible than they. They turn and move as one mind. There is no effort that is too difficult for them. Are there other dancers who create a greater beauty, with less effort and without a single step?
Lexicon
- aniyag
- (n.) dance
- aniyaha
- (n.) dancer
- aniyazin
- (v.) to dance
- bemeraf
- (adv.) at the same time, simultaneously
- bulu
- (adv.) more, greater
- wali
- (adj.) great, important
- werazun
- (v.) to turn, to rotate, to spin
- garmun
- (adj.) harmonious
- ge
- (pron.) relative pronoun
- gels
- (n.) voice
- gibek
- (adj.) flexible, pliable
- dame
- (adj.) other, different
- din
- (adj.) one
- dinefa
- (adj.) single, singular
- duduskin
- (v.) to master, to learn
- evur
- (n.) category, type
- esan
- (v.) to be
- is
- (conj.) and
- kivan
- (v.) to become
- krasaf
- (n.) beauty
- krasafmun
- (adj.) beautiful
- kreme
- (prep.) except
- kum
- (prep.) with, having, accompanied by
- kus
- (prep.) with, via, by means of
- luhan
- (v.) to move
- mahen
- (n.) way, manner
- menez
- (adv.) less, smaller
- miyale
- (n.) music
- nata
- (adv.) not, no, negative
- patame
- (n.) step, footstep
- radasef
- (n.) happiness
- slezin
- (adj.) difficult, complex
- slisk
- (adv.) too, overly
- trusit
- (n.) effort, attempt
- uwatehan
- (v.) to bring, to lead
- uves
- (adv.) already
- ume
- (n.) mind, soul
- unzen
- (n.) student
- usilu
- (n.) effort
- uskin
- (v.) to see
- felke
- (adv.) most, best
- hala
- (pron.) 3rd person plural
- haf
- (conj.) how, as, like, than (in comparatives)
- husnusun
- (v.) to make, to create
- zelati
- (n.) desire
- n.
- noun
- pron.
- pronoun
- v.
- verb
- adj.
- advective
- adv.
- adverb
- conj.
- - conjunction
Grammar notes
Nesheti has two genders for nouns: active nouns include people, animals, fire, moving water, and astronomical and meteorological phenomena. Other nouns are neuter.
Nesheti usually has SVO word order. Adjectives and adverbs follow the nouns or verbs they modify.
Nouns are declined for accusative, dative, and genitive cases, and for plural number:
- nominative
- -(no ending)
- accusative
- -k
- dative
- -n
- genitive
- -s
- plural
- -l
Verbs conjugations appearing in this text:
- present tense
- -zi, third person singular -nzi, third person plural
- preterite tense
- -ne, third person plural
- imperative mood -ke, second person singular
