Sirius Texts: Aesop

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Ari-Horkrak hi Markritz

Etz ari-horkrak esti finktz furo-furo ackar ho kon-horkrak tzo e weji toln he plocki ho meshi. "Oho!" etz ari-horkrak isti, "Herru esti!" hi most yoshoi toln af meshi.

Interlinear

Ari-Horkrak hi Markritz
male-chicken and pearl
The Rooster and the Pearl
Etz ari-horkrak esti finktz
PAST male-chicken be walk
A rooster was once walking
furo-furo ackar ho kon-horkrak
cross-cross farm among female-chicken
up and down the farm among the hens
tzo e weji toln he plocki ho meshi.
then PAST see thing REL shine amid grass
when he saw something that shone in the grass.
  • tzo here because we mean "at this time", not ho "at what time?".
"Oho!" etz ari-horkrak isti, "Herru esti!"
aha PAST male-chicken say mine is
"Aha!" he said, "Something for me!"
hi most yoshoi toln af meshi
and soon dig thing out-of grass
and quickly dug it out of the grass.
  • Using etz more than once in a sentence is unnecessary.