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Ronc Tyu text

Tao pùn láo káe tyòc xònc ndòu rae traen yu tśi. Wo pìc ki tyòc kàc kwac, kè tao pec nrà nyu tśi pyu traen pyonc. Wo tsyú vei ngglì yu kwac ngóu tśèin kwá fi mó śea trac na troc. Tśi té yo nu gibyonc, gyào to léi naonc ni nihtrìc. Hlá léi to fyec nic hoc tróun káe ya zàe.

Tao mic pùn láo nú tyòc. Wo kù tyòc kàc nonc dźen, bùn tśi té lá lei nu wonc tśi wo nihtrìc.

Tao pùn fwinc ki xiec. Dzó yéi mic pùn myen téc wèi gzòu. Mbí kwéi źùn. Na na ndáo ngóu bra, se se ndáo ngóu kòun, kè lánc pyec fou fou. Tao fwinc rei tráe tenc tśi pec yenc. Ló tśi manc, kè tśi tèin tou yenc bonc línc konc do syu kyá to.

Translation

English

A man stood there and looked at the two paintings on the wall of his room. One of the paintings depicted a woman, but the man could not see her because the room was dark. The hair on the woman's head was hanging down, covering her arms and shoulders. She was wearing dark clothes, which were decorated with many jewels. They had been crafted fifty years ago.

The man looked at the other painting. It showed a young girl, who was decorating a robe with jewels.

The man stood and thought about this. Then he turned and looked out of the window. The sun was shining warmly. Everything stayed the same, nothing moved, but time still kept passing. The man thought that he'd rather not sleep. He felt tired, but he would sleep when the right moment for sleep had come.

Translation of previous text

(Dánıdoo, by DesEsseintes)

A man stood in a house. He saw two paintings on the wall. Although there was a woman in the far painting, he failed to see her because it was too dark in the room of the house. The hair on the woman's head was hanging down and she was wearing dark (clothes). The hair was covering her arm and her shoulder. The woman wore clothes with many jewels. The jewels had embellished the clothing for fifty winters already. He saw a small woman in the other painting. She decorated the clothing with jewels.

The man considered this. Then he looked to the open space outside of the window. The sun was shining in the garden. Although nothing was changing, time was running. He was unwilling to consider whether he should sleep. He needed to sleep, but he would sleep when the time was right.

Interlinear gloss

Tao

man

pùn

stand

láo

watch

káe

two

tyòc

painting

xònc

on

ndòu

walls

rae

at_edge_of

traen

room

yu

of

tśi.

3A.SG

A man stood there and looked at the two paintings on the wall of his room.

Wo

INSTR

pìc

one

ki

this

tyòc

painting

kàc

carry

kwac,

woman

One of the paintings depicted a woman,

kè

but

tao

man

pec

NEG

nrà

be_able

nyu

see

tśi

3A.SG

pyu

because

traen

room

pyonc.

dark

but the man could not see her because the room was dark.

Wo

INSTR

tsyú

hair

vei

from

ngglì

head

yu

of

kwac

woman

ngóu

COP

tśèin

hang

kwá

descend

fi

wrap

mó

cover

śea

hide

trac

PL/arm

na

and

troc.

shoulders

The hair on the woman's head was hanging down, covering her arms and shoulders.

Tśi

3A.SG

té

sit

yo

wear

nu

clothes

gibyonc,

ATTR/dark

She was wearing dark clothes,

gyào

REL.I

to

3I.COLL

léi

PASS/decorate

naonc

characterized_by

ni

many

nihtrìc.

PL/jewel

which were decorated with many jewels.

Hlá

PASS/build

léi

PASS/decorate

to

3I.COLL

fyec

happen

nic

at

hoc

twice

tróun

twenty-four

káe

two

ya

previous

zàe.

year

They had been crafted fifty years ago.

Tao

man

mic

turn

pùn

stand

láo

watch

nú

other

tyòc.

painting

The man looked at the other painting.

Wo

INSTR

kù

that

tyòc

painting

kàc

carry

nonc

girl

dźen,

ATTR/young

It showed a young girl,

bùn

REL.A

tśi

3A.SG

té

sit

lá

build

lei

decorate

nu

clothes

wonc

BEN

tśi

3A.SG

wo

INSTR

nihtrìc.

PL/jewel

who was decorating a robe with jewels.

Tao

man

pùn

stand

fwinc

consider

ki

this

xiec.

idea

The man stood and thought about this.

Dzó

same.A

yéi

then.PST

mic

turn

pùn

stand

myen

look

téc

LOC.DYN

wèi

outside

gzòu.

window

Then he turned and looked out of the window.

Mbí

sun

kwéi

warm

źùn.

shine

The sun was shining warmly.

Na

all

na

all

ndáo

PL/thing

ngóu

COP

bra,

stay

Everything stayed the same,

se

none

se

none

ndáo

PL/thing

ngóu

COP

kòun,

move_around

nothing moved,

kè

but

lánc

time

pyec

continue

fou

pass

fou.

pass

but time still kept passing.

Tao

man

fwinc

think

rei

QUOT

tráe

preferable

tenc

SUB

tśi

3A.SG

pec

NEG

yenc.

sleep.

The man thought that he'd rather not sleep.

Ló

DAT

tśi

3A.SG

manc,

tired

He felt tired,

kè

but

tśi

3A.SG

tèin

then.FUT

tou

begin

yenc

sleep

bonc

CIRC

línc

SGV/time

konc

ATTR/right

do

come.to.3I

syu

meet

kyá

arrive

to.

3I.COLL

but he would sleep when the right moment for sleep had come.

Vocabulary

word	morphology	type	meaning
bonc		cj	under the circumstance that
bra		v.it	stay, remain
bùn		pron	(relative pronoun, animate)
do		v.it	come, approach (towards something inanimate)
dzó		pron	the same one (animate)
fi		v.tr	wrap, cover
fou		v.it	pass, move on, go forward
fwinc		v.tr	think, reflect, consider, assume
fyec		v.it	happen, occur
gyào		pron	(relative pronoun, inanimate)
gzòu		n.i	window
hoc		adv	twice
ihtrìc	pl nihtrìc	n.i	jewel, gemstone
kàc		v.tr	bear, carry
káe		qu	two
kè		cj.	but, however (used with clauses)
ki		det	this, these
kòun		v.it	move around, go (nowhere in particular), roam, wander
kù		det	that, those
kwá		v.it	go down, descend
kwac		n.a	woman
kwéi		v.it	be warm, be hot (of weather)
kyá		v.tr	reach, arrive at
lá	pass hlá	v.tr	build, create, manufacture
lánc	sgv línc	n.a.coll	time (SGV: moment)
láo		v.tr	watch, look at
lei	pass léi	v.tr	decorate
ló		pp.v	for, to (dative)
manc		v.it	be tired
mbí		n.a	sun
mic		v.it	turn around
mó		v.tr	cover, protect
myen		v.it	look (intransitive)
na		cj	and (used with non-subject noun phrases)
na		qu	all (of many)
naonc		v.tr	be characterized by
ndòu		n.i.coll	walls (of a house)
ngglì		n.a	head
ngóu		v.tr	be (copula); (when used in SVC: progressive)
ni		qu	many
nic		pp.n	at, on; (also used to form ordinal numbers)
nonc		n.a	girl
nrà		v.it	can, be able
nú		det	the other one
nu		n.i.coll	clothes
nyèn	attr dźen	v.it	be new, be young
nyu		v.tr	see
onc	attr konc	v.it	do the right thing, guess correctly, be suitable
pec		v.it	be not (negation)
pìc		qu	one
pùn		v.it	stand, be upright
pyec		v.it	keep happening, continue
pyonc	attr gibyonc	v.it	be black, be dark
pyu		cj	because
rae		pp.n	at the edge of (but still inside the relevant area)
rei		cj	(quotative complementizer, introduces reported speech)
se		qu	no, none
śea		v.tr	hide, conceal
syu		v.tr	meet
táo	pl ndáo	n.i	thing, item
tao		n.a	man
té		v.it	sit
téc		pp.v	near, around (dynamic locative)
tèin		adv	then (in the future)
tenc		cj	(complementizer)
to		pron	(3rd person inanimate collective)
tou		v.tr	start, begin
tráe		v.it	be preferable, would rather (impersonal)
traen		n.i	room (of a house)
troc		n.a.coll	shoulders, upper back
tróun		qu	twenty-four (the language uses a base-12 system)
tśèin		v.it	hang, be suspended
tśi		pron	(3rd person animate singular/singulative)
tsie	pl trac	n.a	arm
tsyú		n.i.coll	hair
tyòc		n.a	painting, picture
vei		pp.n	coming from, made of
wèi		pp.n	outside of; without
wo		pp.v	with, by, using (instrumental)
wonc		pp.v	for the benefit of (benefactive)
xiec		n.i	idea, situation, concept, notion, purpose
xònc		pp.n	on, next to, touching
ya		det	previous, preceding
yéi		adv	then (in the past)
yenc		v.it	sleep
yo		v.tr	wear (clothes)
yu		pp.n	of, belonging to, associated with
zàe		n.a	year
źùn		v.it	shine

Grammar notes

Nouns

• Nouns can be animate or inanimate, countable or collective, and optionally or obligatorily possessed.
• Countable nouns inflect for plural number. Plural forms which occur in this text and are distinct from the singular are given in the wordlist.
• Collective nouns refer to a collection of items by default, and may inflect for singulative number if only one single member of the collection is referenced. Singulative forms which occur in this text are given in the wordlist.
• Obligatorily possessed nouns must be followed immediately by their possessor, without any explicit marking. Optionally possessed nouns form possessive phrases with a preposition.

Verbs

• Verbs inflect for passive voice and for the attributive (a kind of participle, which makes up for the fact that Ronc Tyu does not have a lexical class of adjectives). All passive and attributive forms which occur in this text are given in the wordlist.
• Reduplicating a verb root indicates habitual, iterative, or continuative aspect.

Prepositions

• Ronc Tyu distinguishes between two types of prepositions: Adnominal prepositions (pp.n) refer only to noun phrases (e.g. "the tree on the hill"), whereas adverbial prepositions (pp.v) always refer to the clause (e.g. "I'm standing on the hill"). Adnominal prepositions may be nested within an adverbial prepositional phrase.

Syntax

• The basic word order is SVO. Some sentence types (most notably passivized clauses) follow VSO order instead.
• Phrases are typically head-initial, with modifiers following their heads.
• Ronc Tyu frequently uses serial verb constructions (SVC) consisting of two or more verbs to describe complex actions and situations, with the component verbs typically appearing in the chronological order of subevents. Some common collocations have a slightly idiomatic meaning, but most of the SVC instances in this text should be fairly transparent.
• Some types of SVC can also serve a grammatical purpose. Where relevant, this has been noted in the wordlist.
• Relative clauses always contain an overt pronoun referring to the relativized element within the relative clause (i.e. they follow a pronoun-retention strategy).
• When used as the subject of a transitive verb, inanimate noun phrases must be marked with the instrumental preposition wo.
• Animate subjects may be similarly marked with a preposition; this typically indicates a (relative) lack of volition.
• Quantifiers typically come immediately before their noun. If there's a demonstrative in between, the meaning is usually partitive (e.g. "some of these...").
• Non-numeral quantifiers may be reduplicated for intensity.

Links

Grammar: http://akana.conlang.org/wiki/Ronc_Tyu