Senjecas - Book I, Chapter 8
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Pronunciation table
| p | b | f | v | m̃ | m | t | d | þ | ð | ɫ | l | ṡ | ż | s | z | r | n | k | g | x | ƣ | h | ȝ | š | s̨ | i | e | a | ǫ | o | u | ĭ | ĕ | ŭ | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| /p/ | /b/ | /ɸ/ | /β/ | /m̥/ | /m/ | /t/ | /d/ | /θ/ | /ð/ | /l̥/ | /l/ | /ʦ/ | /ʣ/ | /s/ | /z/ | /ɾ̥/ | /n/ | /k/ | /g/ | /ç/ | /ʝ/ | /j̊/ | /j/ | /sʷ/ | /sʲ/ | /i/ | /e/ | /ä/ | /ɒ/ | /o/ | /u/ | /ĭ/ | /ɛ/ | /ʊ/ |
Glossing abbreviations
| 1s/p = 1st person singular/plural | ABL = ablative suffix | COL = collective | EQU = equative degree | INS = instrument | PRF = perfect | SUP = supine |
| 2s/p = 2nd person singular/plural | ABS = absolutive (an unmarked modifying adjective) | CONV = conversive | F = feminine | INT = intensive prefix | PRV = privative prefix | TRZ = transitivizer |
| 3 = 3rd person | ADV = adverb | DES = desiderative | FRQ = frequentative | LAT = lative suffix | PST = past | |
| A(.s/p) = accusative (singular/plural) | AG = agent | DIM = diminutive | FUT = future | LOC = locative suffix | Q = interrogative particle | |
| G(.s/p) = genitive (singular/plural) | AP = agent (active) participle | ELIS = elision | IMP = imperative | M = masculine | QUOT = direct quotation | |
| N(.s/p) = nominative (singular/plural) | AUG = augmentative | ELT = elative | INC = inchoative | OCC = occupation suffix | RPR = recent perfective | |
| V(.s/p) = vocative (singular/plural) | CAUS = causative | EP = epenthesis | IND = indicative | PP = patient (past) participle | SBJ = subjunctive |
Text
atősk̬e m̃aka̋sk̬e lűvo – Tao Te Jing
The Book of the Way and the Power
English Translation by Ursula K. LeGuin
Ursula K. LeGuin kía ange̋lo tarne̋xaþo
Chapter Eight – ża̋to þı̋ro
- True goodness is like water. Water's good for everything. It doesn't compete.
- m̃e̋e̋ra e̋rta hűro sőma: hűro vísom e̋ra: ga̋ɫa ne:
m̃e̋e̋ra-Ø e̋rt-a hűr-o sőm-a hűr-o vís-om e̋r-a ga̋ɫ-a ne true-ABA goodness-N.s water-N.s be.like-IND water-N.s everything-A.s be.good-IND compete-IND not
- It goes right to the low loathsome places, and so finds the way.
- sééiðvi nite̋ro ɫe̋e̋ƣmo ðe̋e̋on do da̋a̋a. da sááru a̋tam de̋e̋sa:
sééið=vi nite̋ro-Ø ɫe̋e̋ƣmo-Ø ðe̋e̋-on do da̋a̋-a da sááru a̋t-am de̋e̋s-a direct=ADV low-ABS loathsome-ABS place-A.p to flow-IND and so way-A.s find-IND
- For a house, the good thing is level ground. In thinking, depth is good.
- m̃eesős éra e̋ro le̋po ta̋lo e̋sa: ṡa̋lta me̋inu erı̋d̨a:
m̃ees-ős éra e̋r-o le̋po-Ø ta̋l-o e̋s-a ṡa̋lt-a me̋in-u er-ı̋d̨-a house-G.s for good-N.s level-ABS ground-N.s be-IND depth-N.s think-SUP good-TRZ-IND
- The good of giving is magnanimity; of speaking, honesty; of government, order. The good of work is skill, and of action, timing.
dőőu áfa e̋rta koovnı̋la e̋sa. sa̋m̃u áfa pőrta. dasta̋s áfa pa̋fra. kiős áfa dűvra. vivős áfa żanre̋e̋ita:
dőő-u áfa e̋rt-a koovnı̋l-a e̋s-a sa̋m̃-u áfa pőrt-a dast-a̋s áfa pa̋fr-a give-SUP from good-N.s magnanimity-N.s be-IND speak-SUP from honesty-N.s government-G.s from order-N.s
ki-ős áfa dűvr-a viv-ős áfa żanre̋e̋it-a work-G.s from skill-N.s action-G.s from timing-N.s
- No competition, so no blame.
méti ga̋ɫra vűűa ne—le̋xra vűűa ne⁝
méti ga̋ɫr-a vűű-a ne le̋xr-a vűű-a ne when competition-N.s be-IND not blame-N.s is.IND not
