Senjecas - What an Astonishing Thing
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Pronunciation table
(labial) |
riisűko (dental) |
muitűko (alveolar) |
vainűko (palatal) |
ṡ̨uuše̋nos (vowels) |
nı̋þo ṡ̨uuše̋nos (weak vowels) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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- English Text
- Senjecan Translation
- Gloss
- What an astonishing thing a book is.
- xo ða̋ṡanto m̃e̋ko lűvo e̋sa:
x-o ða̋ṡ-a-nto-Ø m̃e̋k-o lűv-o e̋s-a what-N.s astonish-IND-AP-ABS think-N.s book-N.s be-IND
- It's a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles.
- haisı̋s éha va̋a̋naþo le̋po m̃e̋ko e̋sa: gűűn̨o fa̋a̋ȝon—táon éva ze̋bo re̋e̋mo m̃e̋ipon sı̋ı̋maþon ı̋la—űda:
hais-ı̋s éha va̋a̋n-a-þo-Ø le̋po-Ø m̃e̋k-o e̋s-a gűűn̨o-Ø fa̋a̋ȝ-on tree-G.s out.of make-IND-PP-ABS flat-ABS object-N.s be-IND flexible-ABS part-A.p
tá-on éva ze̋bo-Ø re̋e̋mo-Ø m̃e̋ip-on sı̋ı̋m-a-þ-on ı̋l-a űd-a which-A.p on funny-ABS dark-ABS squiggle-A.p print-IND-PP-A.p become-IND have-IND
- But one glance at it and you're inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years.
- ésti þúns éȝom laage̋ȝa da tu a̋nu homűs meinra̋s éna vűűa. máƣvi dila̋m t̨űmon ne̋ṡu:
ésti þúns éȝ-om laag-e̋ȝa da t-u a̋nu-Ø hom-űs meinr-a̋s éna vűű-a máƣ=vi dil-a̋m t̨űm-on ne̋ṡ-u but once 3-A.s glance.at-SBJ and 2s-N other-ABS person-G.s mind-G.s in be-IND possible=ADV year-G.p thousand-A.p dead-N.s
- Across the millennia, an author is speaking clearly and silently inside your head, directly to you.
- ȝa̋rlu t̨umdila̋m tára fúɫvik̬e sáámvik̬e tu-niimős éna sééiðvi tús o sa̋m̃a:
ȝa̋r-l-u t̨um.dil-a̋m tára fúɫ=vi=k̬e sáám=vi=k̬e tu=niim-ős éna sééið=vi t-ús o sa̋m̃-a write-AG-N.s thousand.year-G.p across clear=ADV=and silent=ADV=and your=head-G.s in direct=ADV 2s-G to speak-IND
- Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs.
- ȝa̋ru mĭme̋ża tal̨őno ne̋e̋ro máƣvi e̋sa: le̋uðum—táu anánum e-ṡa̋na neténu—þı̋fa keesdiita̋s m̃e̋e̋sun ṡómu ba̋a̋a:
ȝa̋r-u mĭ~me̋ża-Ø tal̨őno-Ø ne̋e̋r-o máƣ=vi e̋s-a le̋uð-um tá-u an.án-um e=ṡa̋n-a neténu write-SUP EL~great-ABS human-ABS invention-N.s possible=ADV be-IND people-A.s who-N.s other.other-A.s PST=know-IND never
þı̋fa-Ø kees.diit-a̋s m̃e̋e̋s-un ṡómu ba̋a̋-a distant-ABS time.period.G.s dwell-A.p together bind-IND
- Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic.
- lűvos keesa̋s xı̋ɫlon le̋ma: lűvo ta̋nra e̋sa—ȝa tal̨őnus lűmram kı̋u ma̋ƣa⁝
lűv-os kees-a̋s xı̋ɫ-l-on le̋m-a lűv-o ta̋nr-a e̋s-a ȝa tal̨őn-us lűmr-am kı̋-u ma̋ƣ-a book-N.p time-G.s shackle-INS-A.p break.into.pieces-IND book-N.s proof-N.s be-IND that human-N.p magic-A.s do-SUP be.able-IND
