Senjecas - You Ask Me Why
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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/ | /ɪ/ | /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 | VOC = vocative particle |
| 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
Li Po
- You ask me why I dwell in the green mountain.
- tu mum me̋ta—f̨údi mum ða̋lo ǧarős éna m̃e̋e̋su:
t-u m-um me̋t-a f̨údi m-um ða̋lo-Ø ǧar-ős éna m̃e̋e̋s-u 2s.N 1s.A ask-IND why 1s.A green-ABS mountain-G.s in dwell-SUP
- I smile and make no reply for my heart is free of care.
- mu m̃ősa: ne̋xo kı̋ı̋rom kı̋ı̋ra—hi mu-sűðo vĭzı̋þo e̋sa:
m-u m̃ős-a ne̋xo-Ø kı̋ı̋r-om kı̋ı̋r-a hi mu=sűð-o vĭ=zı̋þ-o vűű-a 1s-N smile-IND no-ABS reply-A.s reply-IND because my=heart-N.s PRV=care-N.s be-IND
- As the peach blossom flows downstream and is gone into the unknown,
- épi tefna̋no ṡáxmu da̋a̋a d' alsa̋a̋raþom éna ke̋e̋da.
épi tef-na̋n-om ṡáxmu da̋a̋-a d-' al-sa̋a̋r-a-þ-om éna ke̋e̋d-a as peach-blossom-A.s downstream flow-IND and-ELIS PRV=know-IND-PP-A.s in PRF~pass-IND
- I have a world apart that is not among men.
- épi m̃ı̋ı̋o v̌e̋e̋to mús o e̋sa—ȝa m̃iirűm ȝúṡa e̋sa ne⁝
épi m̃ı̋ı̋o-Ø v̌e̋e̋t-o m-ús o e̋s-a ȝa m̃iir-űm ȝúṡa e̋s-a ne so apart-N.s world-N.s 1s.G to be-IND that man-G.p among be-IND not
