Naeso/Sentences

This is where we'll put proposed and approved sentences in Naeso, exemplifying the uses of words and suffixes and grammatical structures. If you're not sure how to format a sentence gloss, see [Leipzig Glossing Rules].

If a word or suffix hasn't yet been voted in on the dictionary pages, but you use it here anyway, please please please link to the relevant vote.

Proposed sentences

Sanzuja ku si pan soenu.

read-PERF AGT 1SG FOC book
I finish reading the book (at some unspecified time, but probably recent past).
3/0 - (JH,BF,FH/0)

Lavao'am ku Jaeku va zaevu.

write-morpheme_boundary-PROG AGT name PAT sentence
jim_henry is writing a sentence.
1/0 - (JH/0)

The above uses glottal stop as a liason consonant, written as an apostrophe between the root's vowel cluster and the affix's vowel; the basics of it would be unaffected if the liason consonant were something different.

Lavaosu ku Jaeku va zaevu.

write-PRS jim (what?) sentence
Jim's writing a sentence.
1/1 - (BF/JH)

Zelthizo ku lynh va do.

make-INCEPT AGT we.inclusive PAT language
We are beginning to make a language.
3/0 - (JH,BF,FH/0)

Eana pan pae!

hello FOC 2SG.IRC.new
Hello! (said to someone who's just joined the chat)
3/0 - (JH,BF,FH/0)

Kal pan tha!

goodbye FOC 2SG.IRC.old
Goodbye! (said to someone who's been on the chat for a while)
3/0 - (JH,BF,FH/0)

The above are proposed more-formal variants of basic "eana!" and "kal!"

Zelthija ku si va jan.

make-PERF AGT I PAT word
I have (just) made a word/words.
2/0 - (JH,FH/0)

Sunhsa'am ku si va silzu.

edit-morpheme_boundary-PROG AGT I PAT page
I am editing the (wiki) page.
1/0 - (JH/0)

Souzo dakai sifi.

be-INCEPT network unreliable
The network has become unreliable.
0/2 - (0 / JH,FH)

• This sentence lacks a preposition for dakai. —Fenhl

Souzo bu dakai pan sifi.

be-INCEPT TOP network FOC unreliable
The network has become unreliable.
1/0 - (JH/0)

tseltsinh sinte syn kunoy'apfe pan tthaikiun.

contain full in vehicle-morpheme_boundary-hover FOC eel-PL
My hovercraft is full of eels.
2/0 - (FH,JH/0)

• This is an example of redundancy in Naeso: tseltsinh syn could be replaced by tseltsinh bu or sou syn, but "Let usage define meaning" applies.