Senjecas - What an Astonishing Thing

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Pronunciation table

peműko
(labial)
riisűko
(dental)
muitűko
(alveolar)
vainűko
(palatal)
ṡ̨uuše̋nos
(vowels with प)
nı̋þo ṡ̨uuše̋nos
(weak vowels)
p
b f v m t d þ ð ɫ l ż s z r n k g x ƣ h ȝ š i e a ɔ o u ĭ ĕ ŭ
म़ ल़ स़ क़ ग़ स्व स्य इ ई
पि पी
ए एै
ए पै
अ आ
प पा
ऒ ॵ
पॊ पॏ
ओ औ
पो पौ
उ ऊ
पु पू
पं पऺ पॅ
/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 YNG = young
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

  • English Text
  • Devanāgari 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