Conlang Relay 22/Dragonian

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Dōœjš atēročō

/öqa če dōœj prepa-. Ētla da soda, ba, bačrēnöse ptîēn, ev vej œ veje, ē alzas dlār œ veje.

Ē če byrn vēo, ev adodo sēmba. Ē čwat bačrēnöse löl. Ē töhîvoč bačrēnöse löl aös co•čel sprēčēn löl. Sēmba čadrē čad, ōv, käzaq aös ev mēdē ō čeya.

Cōcōńna dōœj ev dlār œ bačrēnöse ptîēn, hå örikan /ōkzē atēr keçē. Ē čadrē, ōv, sēmba, e ē mēdē pūču /ōkz ē. Sēmba bē'sprēčēn aös huö ē, e phoboš dōœj. Ō ē, ev /ōkzē, aköla sēmba. Ē bē'sprēčēn e dlār čadrē bačrēnöse ptîēn, e ö dōœj če tanglū, ev, mēdē.

Smooth English

The tale of the merchant

Once upon a time there was a merchant preparing for a journey. He led an ox to a cart, tied it on, then loaded the cart with goods.

A child with a monkey looked for him. He wanted a box of food. He took a box of food and then went home as his belly was full. The monkey couldn't get home, however, as it was tied to a tree, which it therefore climbed.

Meanwhile the merchant had been tying the goods on to the cart, but he found that he did not have enough rope. And went towards the monkey and pulled its rope out of the tree. The monkey shrieked in its confusion and panicked the merchant. He then hit the monkey with the length of rope. It gave a shout and the goods rolled out of the cart causing the merchant to get tangled in the tree.

SHORT GRAMMAR

Dragonian is an SVO language with ergative absolutive alignment which is largely isolating. Words will often appear to have many yet closely related meanings this is due to vocalisations from two other sets of vocal cords not being written down. It is assumed that the reader will be able to ascertain the meaning from context. Adjectives and adverbs follow their respective nouns and verbs. Where two letters are next to each other the first is deleted. This is especially important for the words e and ē which may therefore not actually be written down. Naturally the tense of something is past which may be changed with particles but is not in this passage. Where A does X to/for B this is expressed as B če A X. Š is the equivilent to 's in English. Pronouns may be implied (Eg joe likes cheese. (He)Also likes jam.). Words can be used as many different parts of speech and as such the only way to determine what is what is with common sense and word order. Bačrēnöse ptîēn here can be taken to mean cart. The dictionary is given as the Dragonian word followed by possible translations of it feel free to use other similar words if you feel they fit better. The words given here are only to try to convey the concept.

DICTIONARY

/öqa

Journey

/öqa

Practise

/öqa

Quest

/öqa

Trial

/öqa

Try

/öqa

Travel

Ada soda

A Sodemadu word meaning, a large, lumbering animal sometimes used as a draft animal

Adodo sēmba

A Sodemadu word meaning, a small domesticatable but unruly animal

aköla

attack

aköla

fight

aköla

Hit

aköla

Strike

alzas

Place(vrb)

alzas

Put

Aös

As (because)

Aös

because

Atēr

Amount

Atēr

Atom

Atēr

Matter

Atēr

Particle

Atēr

Piece

Atēročō

Article

Atēročō

Blurb

Atēročō

Book

Atēročō

Letter

Atēročō

Novel

Atēročō

Paragraph

Atēročō

Passage

Atēročō

Stanza

Atēročō

Story (that is book like)

Atēročō

Word (written down)

Atēročō

Description

Ba

9

Ba

Next to

Bačrēnöse

Bag

Bačrēnöse

Barrel

Bačrēnöse

Box

Bačrēnöse

Case

Bačrēnöse

Casket

Bačrēnöse

Chest (box)

Bačrēnöse

Container

Bačrēnöse

Crate

Bē'sprēčēn

Order

Bē'sprēčēn

Shriek

Bē'sprēčēn

Shout

byrn

child

Čad

Bad

Čad

Broken

Čad

Fail

Čad

Negative general

Čad

No

Čad

Not

Čad

Poison

Čad

Rubble

Čad

Ruin

Čad

Small (in a bad way)

Čad

Terrible

Čad

Wild

Čadrē

Go

Čadrē

Leave

Čadrē

Moved (travel)

Čadrē

There

Čadrē

Travelled

Čadrē

Went

če

to

Če

For

čeya

Climb

Čeya

Sky

Čeya

Up

Co•čel

Complete

Co•čel

Fill

Co•čel

Full

Cōcōńna

Concurrent

Cōcōńna

Meanwhile

Čwat

Need

Čwat

Want

Čwat

Wish

Dlār

Buy

Dlār

Goods

Dlār

Sell

Dlār

services

Dōœj

Banker

Dōœj

Merchant

Dōœj

Shop

Dōœj

Shopkeeper

Ē

He

Ē

It

Ē

Person

Ē

She

ētla /εtɬa/

Direct

ētla /εtɬa/

Lead

ētla /εtɬa/

Show

ev

Connect

ev

Glue

ev

Knot

ev

Tape

ev

Tie

ev

Together

ev

With

hå

However

hå

Though

Hå

But

huö

Confuse

huö

Muddle

huö

Riddle

huö

Twist

käzaq

Dwelling

käzaq

Home

käzaq

House

Keçē

Little

Keçē

Low

Keçē

Small

Keçē

Young

Löl

Consume

Löl

Eat

Löl

Food

Löl

Hunger

Mēdē

tree

ö

Create

ö

Make

Ö

Do

Ō

Of

Ō

Over

Ō

Should

Ō

So

Ō

Tense - To (infinitive(tense))

Ō

Therefore

Ō

To (infinitive(tense))

Œ

In

Œ

On

Örikan

Find

ōv

towards

Ōv

To(movement)

Phoboš

Fear

Phoboš

Frighten

Phoboš

Scare

Phoboš

Terrify

Prepa-

Prepare

Ptîēn

Alive

Ptîēn

Animal

Ptîēn

Beast

Ptîēn

Being

Ptîēn

Creature

Ptîēn

Thing(living)

Ptîēń

Save

Pūču

Bring

Pūču

Collect

Pūču

Pull

Sprēčēn löl

Belly

Sprēčēn löl

Intestines

Sprēčēn löl

Stomach

Tanglū

Tangle

Töhîvoč

draw(take)

Töhîvoč

Take

vej

Object pronoun

veje

Secondary object pronoun

vēo

face

Vēo

Look

Vēo

See

Vēo

Watch