Third Linguifex Relay/Tsan

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Here is the Tsan version! Finally! Do look at the linked document, otherwise you won't understand a thing.

"No nouns, no verbs" it the motto of this language. Remember that.

Notes:

OVERVIEW OF THE TSANI PREDICATES AND ARGUMENTS


Katsa sáakatsi

Ámani kúub
Ay, yáahútshuritsayí, katsayí
ya yáakúunitsuyí, katsayí
Túukumaninu asá titsúyi wuwúatlútsá
yíhatsutshemahi,
ha katsini sasáakatsi.
Tshiman ha téeyitlumbatsu, ya
kálintan thúrintuya uyáayíhatsutshemahitsu.

Anni kúub
Tsuritsun kúbáne yáahantikon
ya tsuríne yáahantikon
ya shakíne yáahantikon
tashuyí titsúyi
kontikatsí
aytshi sáatshimani ya sáanaytshiyan
aytshiyímba yíhatsutshemahi.
Watun asáne yáahantikon
ya siwatúukoni yáahantikon
kúsiki ha yáahantikon
kontiúrumbin.

Káwer kúub
Téeyimbaatsi tlúusíne, atenásiyi
Yiyíkúun uya kontsurí yáakakáwi
ya uya konnatshí yáambáari.
Ku uyáhahambay uya kontsúrín
yáahambayak?
Uytsíne uyáhahissa tshiwutlaniu
sáanaytshiyan tsurin ya watun
uyáhahissayí kúusine.
Ku uyáhatsúyatsi as
uyáhawishayí ántine
ha uyáhamáte aytsurin sáawushumban
konúuy yáahútshuritsayí.


Tsan English Notes
útshuri banishing
ay excl., oh
katsa songbird, thrust
kúunitsu punishing
túukuma time, days
asá this, these
tsúy speech
tlútsa hearing
yíhatsutshemahi (even) less
ha thus, then, therefore
katsi bird's song
tshima world
tlumba silence
ya and
kálinta goodness
thúrintuya kindness-SPEC-and irregular, glossed
tsuri cold
kúba anger, wroth
antikon come
kon- DAT., BEN., ABL., MAL. dative and benefactive marker, ablative and malefactive ifverb is neg.
táshu protecting
aytshi monarch, ruler
naytshiya domain
-mba NEG. negation marker
yíhatsutshemahi (even) more if verb is neg. then "no more"
watu snow
-ne INSTR., COM., GEN. instrumental and comitative marker, alsomarks have-possession
siwatúukon summer
kúsik seedling
úrumbi Urumpi tree a tree of sorts - don't look it up
mbaa sleeping
tlúusi fear
atenási fox
kúu friend
kakáwi burning
uya against used with the benefactive kon-
mnatshi storm kon + mnatshi = konnatshi
mbáari evil
ku when relative and interrogative pronoun, controls thesubjunctive -ay, see also -k
amba making
-k what "objective" form of ku
uytsíne in this manner, like this
issa waiting
tshi- below
-u LOC. locative marker, rules "prepositions" such asbelow, next to
kúusi mourning
as but
wisha whispering
ánti soft
máte dream
wutlan heaven, sky, god
wushumba discontent, despair
konúuy from where
-itsa IPFV. imperfective marker
-itsu CAUS. causative marker
kúub part
áman one
an two
káwer three