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Ronc Tyu text

Htlanc mun myen láo ne wo ngòc na túc na brec, mun prec nyu ndźei hic hru gyúnc śac mác myéc mun: Fyec ya zàe nic kóu, mun yéi nù myen bwá kù nonc dźen nge mun!

Ndźei ndźei tenc mun ngànc tśi, mun ndźei ndźei tenc pwanc ndèin nggùnc lo ugwac fyec tè man. Mun soc nonc sruo hpi mun fyao bwìn soc gónc tśi, hpi tśi ndzáo lec ndáo grac dzó lo nàenc mì twó onc ngwae. O htsí nonc ngóu kwac nù! Mun nrà nyu tśi róu!

Ne htsí dráo nàc wín tao o lo ugwac. Dźéc nù tenc mun nggà to.

Translation

English translation of Ronc Tyu text

While you were looking at me with your two eyes and your heart and your soul, you suddenly recognized a striking detail for the first time: 18 years ago, you had looked just like that young girl in front of you!

Since you had given birth to her, you had known that the child would grow up to become queen one day. You made her wait while you raised her, while she learned facts and skills so that she would become smart and strong enough to do things the right way. But now the girl is a woman! You can see who she is!

I am now ready to become queen. It is desired that you approve of this.

English translation of previous text

(Ardelian, by Clıck)

When you saw me with your two eyes and your heart (lit. self-beater) and your life, you saw a strange sight; in fact you saw it for a short time. You looked like that small child yourself ten years earlier. Since you had given birth to her, you knew she would have to be important. Now, I can see what she has become! Accidentally, you make her wait until she has grown up. As a result, I was obliged to become an important woman. Are you ready?

Interlinear gloss

Htlanc

during_situation

mun

2SG

myen

look

láo

watch

ne

1SG

wo

INSTR

ngòc

eyes

na

and

túc

heart

na

and

brec,

spirit[POSS],

While you were looking at me with your two eyes and your heart and your soul,

mun

2SG

prec

do_suddenly

nyu

see

ndźei

know

hic

realize

hru

detail

gyúnc

ATTR/surprise

śac

do

mác

first

myéc

SGV/events[POSS]

mun:

2SG

you suddenly recognized a striking detail for the first time:

Fyec

happen

ya

previous

zàe

year

nic

at

kóu,

eighteen

mun

2SG

yéi

then.PST

nù

really

myen

look

bwá

resemble

kù

that

nonc

girl

dźen

ATTR/young

nge

before

mun!

2SG

18 years ago, you had looked just like that young girl in front of you!

Ndźei

know

ndźei

know

tenc

SUB

mun

2SG

ngànc

give_birth

tśi,

3A.SG

Since you had given birth to her,

mun

2SG

ndźei

know

ndźei

know

tenc

SUB

pwanc

child

ndèin

about_to

nggùnc

grow_up

lo

become

ugwac

queen

fyec

happen

tè

any

man.

day

you had known that the child would grow up to become queen one day.

Mun

2SG

soc

give

nonc

girl

sruo

wait

hpi

during_period

mun

2SG

fyao

pour

bwìn

wash

soc

give

gónc

feed

tśi,

3A.SG

You made her wait while you raised her,

hpi

during_period

tśi

3A.SG

ndzáo

learn_facts

lec

learn_skills

ndáo

PL/thing

while she learned facts and skills

grac

resulting_in

dzó

same.A

lo

become

nàenc

clever

mì

skilled

twó

strong

onc

do_correctly

ngwae.

do_well

so that she would become smart and strong enough to do things the right way.

O

and

htsí

now

nonc

girl

ngóu

COP

kwac

woman

nù!

really

But now the girl is a woman!

Mun

2SG

nrà

be_able

nyu

see

tśi

3A.SG

róu!

be_who

You can see who she is!

Ne

1SG

htsí

now

dráo

eager

nàc

choose

wín

marry

tao

man

o

and

lo

become

ugwac.

queen.

I am now ready to choose a husband and become queen.

Dźéc

desired

nù

really

tenc

SUB

mun

2SG

nggà

approve

to.

3I.SG

It is desired that you approve of this.

Vocabulary

word	morphology	type	meaning
brec		n.a.poss	spirit, soul, personality
bwá		v.tr	be similar to, be like, resemble
bwìn		v.tr	wash, clean, tidy up
dráo		v.it	be eager, be motivated
dzó		pron	the same one (animate)
dźéc		v.aux	"it is desired [that]...", "may...!"
fyao		v.tr	pour (of liquids), strew (of granular masses)
fyec		v.tr	happen, occur (can mean "when" when introducing a temporal noun phrase)
gónc		v.tr	feed, nourish
grac		cj	with the result that
hic		v.tr	realize, become aware of
hpi		cj / pp.v	while, during (a longer timeframe)
hru		n.i	detail, characteristic feature
htlanc		cj / pp.v	while, during (a short timeframe)
htsí		adv	now
kóu		qu	eighteen (note that the language uses a base-6 number system)
kù		det	that
kúnc	ATTR gyúnc	v.tr	surprise, catch sb. off guard, shock
kwac		n.a	woman
láo		v.tr	watch, look at
lec		v.tr	learn (skills), train, practice
lo		v.tr	become
mác		det / qu	first (ordinal number)
man		n.a	day
méc	SGV myéc	n.i.coll.poss	events, instances, occurrences, repetitions
mì		v.it	be skilled, be dextrous
mun		pron	(2nd person singular)
myen		v.it	look (atelic/stative)
na		cj	and (used with non-subject noun phrases)
nàc		v.tr	choose, take, use
nàenc		v.it	be intelligent, be clever
ndèin		v.it	be ready, be about to start
ndzáo		v.tr	learn (facts, mental knowledge)
ndźei		v.tr	know, be acquainted with (can mean "since" when reduplicated and followed by a complementizer)
ne		pron	(1st person singular)
nic		pp.n	at, on (also used to form ordinal numbers higher than "third")
ngànc		v.tr	give birth to
nge		pp.n	before, in front of, across from, facing
nggà		v.tr	approve, agree
nggùnc		v.it	grow up, become an adult
ngòc		n.a.coll	eyes
ngóu		v.aux	(copula)
ngwae		v.it	do properly, do well
nonc		n.a	girl, daughter
nrà		v.it	can, be able
nù		adv	really, indeed
nyèn	ATTR dźen	v.it	be new, be young
nyu		v.tr	see
o		cj	and, also (used with clauses)
onc		v.it	do the right thing, guess correctly, be suitable
prec		v.it	be surprising, do suddenly
pwanc		n.a	child
róu		v.it	be who? (interrogative verb)
soc		v.tr	give; (in SVC) cause, bring about
sruo		v.it	wait
śac		v.tr	do, make (generic proverb)
tao		n.a	man
táo	PL ndáo	n.i	thing, item
tè		qu	any (of many)
tenc		cj	(complementizer)
to		pron	(3rd person inanimate singular/collective)
tśi		pron	(3rd person animate singular/singulative)
túc		n.a	heart
twó		v.it	be strong, be determined, have authority
ugwac		n.a	queen, matriarch
wín		v.tr	marry
wo		pp.v	with, by, using (instrumental)
ya		det	previous, preceding
yéi		adv	then (in the past)
zàe		n.a	year

Idiomatic serial verb constructions

SVC	type	meaning	comments
fyao bwìn soc gónc	svc.tr	take care of, raise (children)	(lit. pour wash give feed)
nyu ndźei	svc.tr	recognize	(lit. see know)

Grammar notes

Nouns

• Nouns can be animate or inanimate, countable or collective, and optionally or obligatorily possessed.
• Countable nouns inflect for plural number. Plural forms which occur in this text and are distinct from the singular are given in the wordlist.
• Collective nouns refer to a collection of items by default, and may inflect for singulative number if only one single member of the collection is referenced. Singulative forms which occur in this text are given in the wordlist.
• Obligatorily possessed nouns must be followed immediately by their possessor, without any explicit marking. However, when obligatorily possessed nouns occur in coordination with an optionally possessed noun which belongs to the same possessor, the possessor may be left implicit if it is clear from context.

Verbs

• Verbs inflect for passive voice and for the attributive (a kind of participle, which makes up for the fact that Ronc Tyu does not have a lexical class of adjectives). Passives are not used here; all attributive forms which occur in this text are given in the wordlist.
• Reduplicating a verb root indicates habitual, iterative, or continuative aspect.

Prepositions

• Ronc Tyu distinguishes between two types of prepositions: Adnominal prepositions (pp.n) refer only to noun phrases (e.g. "the tree on the hill"), whereas adverbial prepositions (pp.v) always refer to the clause (e.g. "I'm standing on the hill"). Adnominal prepositions may be nested within an adverbial prepositional phrase.

Syntax

• The basic word order is SVO, with occasional exceptions.
• Phrases are typically head-initial, with modifiers following their heads.
• Ronc Tyu frequently uses serial verb constructions (SVC) consisting of two or more verbs to describe complex actions and situations, with the component verbs typically appearing in the chronological order of subevents. Some common collocations have a slightly idiomatic meaning, but most of the SVC instances in this text should be fairly transparent. A few idiomatic SVC are given in the wordlist.
• Some types of SVC can also serve a grammatical purpose, for example adding modal or aspectual information.
• Certain verbs can also be used as coverbs, functioning in a way similar to adpositions or conjunctions.
• A few words lexically require unusual syntactic constructions; this has been noted in the wordlist where relevant.

Links

A more elaborate grammatical description of Ronc Tyu can be found at http://akana.conlang.org/wiki/Ronc_Tyu