Seventh Linguifex Relay/Dundulanyä
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emile dītare[1] inyo nähibe.
ikridha ṣārah ba kekīke[2] inīyūvai luṣṭī, odṛśvī kekīkē nīmyūnī.
kekīke ba myatrat ikridhurait tho nīnī.
vośchārah turevelkat[3] kridhonūnī vīṣṇunīṅ.
kekīke niṃtūndi nīyūnī nīndāmitat luṣṭūnīṅ.
śuyive[4] ba kekīkat ikridhonūvai luṣṭī viṣṇunīṅ.
kekīkat vairiggevu va trī roṅgevu.
uluṣṭa līdda idu śodda, taśivi rärgāhai va.
aidelāhai tabdṛhoṭu raṅgrī vairikevu; rīḍhai ga śaniḫnayandayonta.
naṃśāleṣu naṃśāleṣu selakat lilai thip̃ali śaniḫlārvak śaṃḫat nadūliṅ.
lallāmitā anutū vosthaih lilai vairikiṣya.
Glosses
- emile dītare inyo nähibe.
emil-e dītar-e inyo nähib-e.
Emile.DIR.SG. Dītare.DIR.SG. BENEF. tale-DIR.SG. - ikridha ṣārah ba kekīke inīyūvai luṣṭī, odṛśvī kekīkē nīmyūnī.
ikridh-∅-∅-a ṣārar-∅ ba kekīk-e inī-∅-ū-ai luṣṭ-∅-∅-ī, odṛśv-∅-∅-ī kekīk-ē nīmyū-∅-∅-(n)ī
die.PERF-EXP-PAT-3.IND. leader-DIR.SG. TOPIC. Kekīke-DIR.SG. say.PERF-EXP-AG-3.SUBJ. force-EXP-PAT-PAST.3SG.IND. be_unable-EXP-PAT-PAST.3SG.IND. Kekīke-ERG.SG. admit.EXP-PAT-PAST.3SG.IND. - kekīke ba myatrat ikridhurait tho nīnī.
kekīk-e ba myatra=t ikridhur-ai=t tho nī-∅-∅-(n)ī
Kekīke-DIR.SG. TOPIC. darkness.DIR.SG=and. dead_person-DIR.PL=and. about. talk.EXP-PAT-PAST.3SG.IND. - vośchārah turevelkat kridhonūnī vīṣṇunīṅ.
vosth-ṣārar-∅ turevelk-at kridh-∅-on-ū-(n)ī vīṣṇun-∅-∅-ī=ṅ
enemy-leader-DIR.SG. Turevelke-ACC.SG. die-EXP-CAUS-PAT-PAST.3SG.IND. flee-EXP-PAT-PAST.3SG.IND=and. - kekīke niṃtūndi nīyūnī nīndāmitat luṣṭūnīṅ.
kekīk-e niṃtūn-di nī-∅-ū-(n)ī nīndāmita-t luṣṭ-∅-ū-(n)ī=ṅ
Kekīke-DIR.SG. convince-ADV. say-EXP-AG-PAST.3SG.IND. guidance-ACC.SG. force-EXP-AG-PAST.3SG.IND=and. - śuyive ba kekīkat ikridhonūvai luṣṭī viṣṇunīṅ.
śuyiv-e ba kekīk-at ikridh-∅-on-ū-ai luṣṭ-∅-∅-ī vīṣṇun-∅-∅-ī=ṅ
Śuyive-DIR.SG. TOPIC. Kekīke-ACC.SG. die.-PERF-EXP-CAUS-AG-3.SUBJ. force-EXP-PAT-PAST.3SG.IND. flee-EXP-PAT-PAST.3SG.IND=and. - kekīkat vairiggevu va trī roṅgevu.
kekīk-at vai-rik-∅-g-∅-evu=va trī roṅk-∅-g-∅-evu
Kekīke-ACC.SG. with-feel_pain-EXP-IRREALIS-PAT-PRES.1PL.IND=NEG. else. be_weak-EXP-IRREALIS-PAT-PRES.1PL.IND. - uluṣṭa līdda idu śodda, taśivi rärgāhai va.
uluṣṭ-∅-∅-a līdda idu śodda taśiv-i rär-∅-g-∅-āhai=va
force.PERF-EXP-PAT-3.IND. lesson.DIR.SG. NEG. knowledge.DIR.SG. idea-DIR.PL. comfortable-EXP-IRREALIS-PAT-PRES.3PL.IND=NEG. - aidelāhai tabdṛhoṭu raṅgrī vairikevu; rīḍhai ga śaniḫnayandayonta.
aidel-∅-∅-āhai tabdṛh-oṭu raṅgr-ī vai-rik-∅-∅-evu rīdh-ai ga śaniḫnayandayonta
cry.INTENS-EXP-PAT-IMPERF.3PL. mistake-ESS.PL. reality-ESS.SG. with-feel_pain-EXP-PAT-PRES.1PL.IND. strategy-DIR.PL. COPULA. arrogance.DIR.SG. - naṃśāleṣu naṃśāleṣu selakat lilai thip̃ali śaniḫlārvak śaṃḫat nadūliṅ.
naṃśāl-eṣu naṃśāl-eṣu selakat lil-ai thip̃-∅-∅-li śaniḫlārvak śaṃḫ-at nad-∅-ū-li=ṅ
year-ABL.PL. year-ABL.PL. ago. person-DIR.PL. be_different-EXP-PAT-PAST.3PL.IND. sacrifice-DAT.SG. self-ACC.SG. guide-EXP-AG-PAST.3PL.IND=and. - lallāmitā anutū vosthaih lilai vairikiṣya.
lallāmit-ā anut-ū vosth-aih lil-ai vai-rik-iṣy-∅-∅-a
future-LOC.SG. space-ABL.SG. enemy-ACC.PL. person-DIR.PL. with-feel_pain-FUT-EXP-PAT-3.IND.
General notes
- Dundulanyä is strongly head-final: verbs always come at the end of a sentence (except for a small number of final particles); non-sentence final verbs are usually juxtaposed attributive verbs.
- Evidentiality is mandatorily marked on all verbs, with a zero morpheme marking direct knowledge... which is conventionally used in telling stories.
- Dundulanyä has symmetrical voice (i.e. Austronesian-like alignment), however all roles which do not agree with the verb are explicitely marked either by cases (accusative, ergative, etc.) or postpositions.
- Impersonal sentences (e.g. English "One should", "one's", etc.) are generally translated as first person plural in Dundulanyä (e.g. "We should", "ours", etc.).
- Dundulanyä marks irrealis verbs with a specific morpheme. The negative marker va requires a verb to be irrealis.
- Hint: to really cry is to be honest.