Conlang Relay 18/Šydunam
Šydunam Text
dhan e’a raimai guang ga iirnedi dhas. etiogyyn tə katuur e’a ga’it-a daa’e amri ii čuvuth ga; inot gami ša’ytha saputha qofy ii du uqovy vung. deimo e’a, thomeitha e’a vedhora ta rečitie dhoga cim. nusežo ciar kevyn masei amri, oni gavydyn, ei ə pežino, gang bum ii a’ongkytyn. rim kianən sa’e nazu ydhmi ga; tutum faći sen ga, qoar vang amri ii. gang gami thana gamyn ga’it-a daa’e amri ii ga’it uubeto ga.
Smooth English
Move, if the game is once again at the street corner. This young man prepares to carve the dog, but awakens within a cloud of twisting and scattering smoke. He falls down into a heap by the iron gate of the garden. Here stands a wealthy lady, proud and arrogant, her mouth rosy. But she throws away every custom of propriety and puts aside the shining veil, like giving the lonely young man a youthful smile.
Interlinear
- dhan
- move
- e’a
- Perf
- raimai
- again
- guang
- game
- ga
- ACC
- iirnedi
- path.end
- dhas
- LOC
- etiogyyn
- prepare
- tə
- AUX
- katuur
- carve
- e’a
- Perf
- ga’it-a
- young-LIAISON
- daa’e
- male
- amri
- person
- ii
- NOM
- čuvuth
- dog
- ga;
- ACC
- inot
- awaken
- gami
- self
- ša’ytha
- twist
- saputha
- scatter
- qofy
- smoke
- ii
- NOM
- du
- GEN
- uqovy
- cloud
- vung.
- within
- deimo
- fall
- e’a,
- Perf
- thomeitha
- collapse
- e’a
- Perf
- vedhora
- garden
- ta
- GEN
- rečitie
- iron
- dhoga
- gate
- cim.
- nearLOC
- nusežo
- stand
- ciar
- here
- kevyn
- wealthy
- masei
- female
- amri,
- person
- oni
- equate
- gavydyn,
- proud
- ei
- want
- ə
- AUX
- pežino,
- step
- gang
- similar
- bum
- mouth
- ii
- NOM
- a’ongkytyn.
- alive
- rim
- CONTRASTIVE
- kianən
- cast.away
- sa’e
- every
- nazu
- proper
- ydhmi
- idea
- ga;
- ACC
- tutum
- shining
- faći
- head
- sen
- cover
- ga,
- ACC
- qoar
- there
- vang
- put
- amri
- she
- ii.
- NOM
- gang
- similar
- gami
- self
- thana
- [give
- gamyn
- lonely
- ga’it-a
- young-LIAISON
- daa’e
- male
- amri
- person
- ii
- NOM
- ga’it
- young
- uubeto
- smile
- ga.
- ACC
Language Notes
Phonology
Phonology is pretty simple. Most letters are pronounced as they are in IPA.can be aspirated or unaspirated. Digraphs and Special Characters: [θ]
<dh> [ð] <š> [ʃ] <ć> [ts] <č> [tʃ] <ž> [ʒ] <r> syllable initial [ʁ], syllable final [ɾ] <'> [ʔq] Double vowels are long, and word final <t> is [θ]
Stress is on the penultimate syllable. There are exceptions, though they are not marked.
Grammar
Šydunam is an isolating language apart from a few vowels used in adjective-noun liaisons. Basic word order is VSO, and postpositional particles are used to denote case. Noun phrases and their accompanying particles can be fronted for emphasis or topicalization. <ii> Nominative <ga> Accusative <(u)su> Dative <dhas> Locative <zung> Temporal (used like Locative, but after time NPs)
Verbs are marked only for aspect, temporal distinctions are omitted or denoted by adverbial phrases such as “yesterday”, “tomorrow” etc. <e’a> is the perfective particle.
Other Particles AUX – auxiliary particle Cntr – contradictive particle “but” “however” rim Conf – confirmative particle “is it not?” e CpLOC – comparative locative particle dhyn NI – non-inclusion construct šyn QUE – query particle qua
There is no pluralization, no articles, and pronouns are omitted if the subject can be inferred.
Vocabulary
iirnedi||n.||end of a path inot||adj. v.||east, downwards, concave, awaken katuur||v.||carve kevyn||adj.||wealthy, rich (negative) kianən||v.||cast away masei||adj.||female nazu||adj.||clean, properly organized nusežo||v.||stand oni||v.||equate pežino||v.||stomp, take a step qoar||part.||demonstrative referring to something not near the speaker or receiver qofy||n.||smoke raimai||v.||be possible, have potential rečitie||n.||red metal, iron rim||part.||Contrastive particle saputha||v.||be scattered sa’e||adj.||every sen||n.||cover ta||part.||Possessive particle, head-first thana||v.||give thomeitha||v.||collapse tutum||adj.||shimmering tə||Aux||auxiliary marker for etiogyyn uqovy||n.||cloud uubeto||n.||smile vang||v.||put, to place something somewhere vedhora||n.||garden vung||part.||Inessive Locative ydhmi||n.||idea čuvuth||n.||dog (derogatory) ša’ytha||v.||twist ə||Aux||auxiliary marker for ei| morpheme | class | meaning |
|---|---|---|
| amri | n. | person, 3rd person singular neuter pronoun |
| a’ongkytyn | adj. | living |
| bum | n. | mouth |
| ciar | det. | demonstrative: here, this |
| cim | part. | alternate Locative particle denoting a short distance |
| n. | male | |
| deimo | v. | fall |
| dhan | v. | move |
| dhas | part. | Locative, unspecified distance |
| dhoga | n. | gate |
| du | part. | Genitive particle, head-final |
| ei | v. | want |
| etiogyyn | v. | prepare |
| e’a | part. | Perfective particle |
| faći | n. | head |
| ga | part. | Accusative |
| gami | prn. | literally: self; used to introduce subordinating and relative clauses |
| gang | v. | be similar |
| gavydyn | adj. | proud (negative), overbearing |
| ga’it | adj. | young |
| guang | n. | game |
| ii | part. | Nominative |
