Conlang Relay 15/Labarion
by Lars Finsen
Labarion is a reconstruction of Gaulish
The Text
Ida-sios anassaios essi peillateios.
Pie scoxtin glessin! Ne scociont eron britacu. Ne gniiont accerdis. Vrexont inti gutus eion oinicu vogaron.
Ne vercanontri scoxtin glesson inti vissusaitura advedatus, extos suelontor escomediatu ambiollon, ad sentin ne sanin, cuti suelta au ejobi buet.
Scocint vellu aissobi allobi. Allobo scociaunobo ne essi elves cerdias eiobi. Suelontor eti lamovertont duci sueliontor ex verpennu. Aibait assaios. Cretiu crodiu eri isselovirobi ixobi buont sua cainis. Ne allon ategneiont, bessugneiont aivi somon.
Smooth English
This stuff is difficult to understand.
(I suspect this sentence has been included by accident.)
See the holy dance! They are not dancing after a design. They don't have musical instruments. They make sounds only with their voices.
They are not taught the holy dance with prescribed lessons, but move at random everywhere, in no particular direction, wherever they want to.
They dance better than any others. There is no other dancer who has more skill than them. They move and gesture seemingly aimlessly. It seems easy. I can hardly believe that such low people can be so beautiful. Ever again they do nothing else, always they are doing the same.
Grammar
Nominal morphology
- acc. sg
- -in, -on
- gen. sg
- -ias
- abl. sg
- -u
- instr. sg
- -u
- nom. pl
- -ii
- acc. pl
- -is, -us, -a
- abl. pl
- -obi
- dat. pl
- -obo
Verbal morphology
- 1s present indicative
- -iu
- 3p present indicative
- -ont, -int
- 3s present subjunctive
- -ait
- 2s imperative
- -e
- gerundive
- -teios
- 3p (medio)passive
- -ontri
- past participle
- -atos
- 3p deponent present indicative
- -ontor
- 3p deponent present subjunctive
- -iontor
- passive impersonal
- -ar
Vocabulary
- accerdis
- musical instrument
- ad
- towards
- advedat
- prescribe, recommend
- aibet
- appear
- aissus
- people
- aivi
- always
- allos
- other, another thing
- ambiollon
- everywhere
- anassaios
- difficult
- assaios
- easy
- ategneiet
- redo, do again and again
- au
- from, away from (+abl.)
- bessugneiet
- habitually do
- britacon
- design, plan, mindfulness
- cainis
- beautiful
- cerda
- ability, skill
- cretit
- believe
- crodios
- hard, difficult
- cuti
- where
- duci
- as, like, as if
- eion
- their
- eiobi
- them, abl.
- elves
- much, many
- eri
- about (+abl)
- eron
- after, according to (+abl)
- escomediatos
- random, arbitrary, without direction
- eti
- and
- ex
- without
- extos
- but
- glessos
- holy
- gniet
- know, have, use
- gutus
- voice
- ida
- this
- inti
- with, using (+acc)
- isseloviros
- lowly person, plebeian, (white) thrash
- ixos
- such
- lamovertet
- gesture
- ne
- no, not
- oinicos
- alone
- peillat
- gather, understand
- piet
- look, see
- sanis
- different, special, particular
- scociaunos
- dancer
- scocit
- dance, v
- scoxta
- dance, n
- sentis
- way, path, course, direction
- sios
- emphatic pronoun
- somos
- same, the same
- sua
- so
- suelet
- move, turn
- suelta
- movement, turn
- vellos
- better
- vercanet
- teach
- verpennon
- finish, goal, target
- vissusaituron
- lesson, training, exercise
- vogaron
- sound, tone
- vreget
- make, do
Forms used of the verb be:
- 3s pres ind
- essi
- 3s pres subj
- buet
- 3p pres subj
- buont
Ways to put things:
- be from + x.abl
- x wishes
- x.nom y.abl
- x than y
- be + x.dat
- x has
- adj.instr
- adverb
