Conlang Relay 23/Sātnūs
English
"All the way upriver, all the way north, a king eats herbs and it causes him to want power. He wanted to rule the kingdom very much."
-- The Bloody King
The herb that he ate gave him knowledge, so that he could be able to wage war. So that he found and ate that which he wanted, and then he punished himself.
Sātnūs Text
"Szōr zredr, szōr vrō ākr rūnpenl, ākr klūrtlān shrändt dānāth ond zre snasöt rutv ge throfrt klūrtenl. Ge zadät throfrt klurtät ākr närt."
--Ākr Nosüptev Klūrtlān
Ākr nāth ükl shrändt ge srürsöt genda vārnenl, rutv ge kronst nsenlt ntor. Zvug, ge glovrt ond shrändt prüākr ükl throfrt ge, ond täv ge vräst gear.
Grammar and Word Notes
Conjugation
The root plus '-än' is the infinitive.
-t for 'he'
-öt for 'it'
Word Order
SVO word order
VSO after a demonstrative ('ükl' in this case)
adjectives come before nouns
Dative Case
Word List
Prefixes
plural: dā-
in: vrō-
Suffixes
dative case; to: -nda
reflexive: -ar
Conjunctions
and then, then: täv
and: ond
so that: rutv
thus, therefore: zvug
Articles
a (indefinite): ūr
the (definite): ākr
Pronouns
he: ge
himself: gear
it: zre
that (relative): prüākr
which (demonstrative): ükl
Adverbs
very, much: zadät
to the end, all the way, at the end: szōr
Adjectives
bloody: nsüptev
Verbs
to cause, to make be: snasän
to find, discover: glovrän
to rule, control: klūrtän
to eat: shrändän
to punish: vräst
to be able to: kronsän
to give: srürsän
to declare, announce, wage: nsenlän
to want, desire: throfrän
Nouns
kingdom, empire, land, country: närt
herb, medicine, potion: nāth
king, ruler, leader: klūrtlān
power, control: klūrtenl
knowledge: vārnenl
upriver: zredr
north: rūnpenl
war: ntor