Senjecas - Book I, Chapter 17
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Pronunciation table
(labial) |
riisűko (dental) |
muitűko (alveolar) |
vainűko (palatal) |
ṡ̨uuše̋nos (vowels) |
nı̋þo ṡ̨uuše̋nos (weak vowels) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | F = feminine | INT = intensive prefix | PRV = privative prefix | SUP = supine |
| 2s/p = 2nd person singular/plural | ABS = absolutive (an unmarked modifying adjective) | DES = desiderative | FRQ = frequentative | LAT = lative suffix | PST = past | TRZ = transitivizer |
| 3 = 3rd person | ADV = adverb | DIM = diminutive | FUT = future | LOC = locative suffix | REV = reversive | VOC = vocative particle |
| A(.s/p) = accusative (singular/plural) | AG = agent | ELIS = elision | IMP = imperative | M = masculine | Q = interrogative particle | |
| G(.s/p) = genitive (singular/plural) | AP = agent (active) participle | ELT = elative | INC = inchoative | OCC = occupation suffix | QUOT = direct quotation | |
| N(.s/p) = nominative (singular/plural) | AUG = augmentative | EP = epenthesis | IND = indicative | PP = patient (past) participle | RPR = recent perfective | |
| V(.s/p) = vocative (singular/plural) | CAUS = causative | EQU = equative degree | INS = instrument | PRF = perfect | SBJ = subjunctive |
Text
atősk̬e m̃aka̋sk̬e lűvo – Tao Te Ching
The Book of the Way and the Power
Ursula K. LeGuin kía ange̋lo tarne̋xaþo
English Translation by Ursula K. LeGuin
Chapter Seventeen – foo se̋fto þı̋ro
- English Text
- Senjecan Translation
- Gloss
- True leaders are hardly known to their followers.
- m̃e̋e̋ru ne̋e̋ilus eȝu-daƣlűm o ááru ṡa̋naþos ı̋la:
m̃e̋e̋ru-Ø ne̋e̋i-l-us eȝu=daƣ-l-űm o ááru ṡa̋n-a-þ-os ı̋l-a true-ABS lead-AG-N.p their=follow-AG-G.p to hardly know-IND-PP-N.p become-IND
- Next after them are the leaders the people know and admire;
- éȝun da̋gantu ne̋e̋ilu' sus—táun le̋uðu ṡa̋nak̬e de̋kak̬e—e̋sa:
éȝ-on da̋g-a-ntu-Ø ne̋e̋i-l-u-' s-us tá-un le̋uð-u ṡa̋n-a=k̬e de̋k-a=k̬e e̋s-a 3-N.p follow-IND-AP-ABS lead-AG-N.s-ELIS this-N.p which-A.p people-N.s know-IND=and admire-IND=and be-IND
- after them, those they fear; after them, those they despise.
- éȝun da̋gantu nus—táun e-na̋a̋a. éȝun da̋gantu nus—táun e-va̋isa:
éȝ-on da̋g-a-ntu-Ø n-us tá-un e=na̋a̋-a éȝ-on da̋g-a-ntu-Ø n-us tá-un e=va̋is-a 3-A.p follow-IND-AP-ABS that-N.p which-A.p PST=fear-IND 3-A.p follow-IND-AP-ABS that-N.p which-A.p PST=despise-IND
- To give no trust is to get no trust.
- ne̋a e̋ira dőőu ne̋a e̋iram ga̋u e̋sa:
ne̋a-Ø e̋ir-a dőő-u ne̋a-Ø e̋ir-am ga̋-u e̋s-a no-ABS trust-N.s give-SUP no-ABS trust-A.s get-IND be-IND
- When the work's done right, with no fuss or boasting, ordinary people say, Oh, we did it.
- méti da̋a̋ro m̃éérvi þűkaþo ı̋la. paka̋sm̃e ƥa̋vum̃e sána. gűm̃u le̋uðu te̋e̋a: aa̋. m̃us éȝom e-kı̋a⁝
méti da̋a̋r-o m̃éér=vi þűk-a-þ-o ı̋l-a pak-a̋s=m̃e ƥa̋v-u=m̃e sána gűm̃u-Ø le̋uð-u te̋e̋-a when work-N.s right=ADV complete-IND-PP-N.s become-IND fuss-G.s=or boast-SUP=or without ordinary-ABS people-N.s say-IND
aa̋ m̃-us éȝ-om e=kı̋-a oh 1p-N 3-A.s PST=do-IND
