Fourth Linguifex Relay/Van
varaske ha-vavaralas halov ha-sotsorite
ha-lisat, nome ras, sere ha-seralas ras
veńavaj mir valo ta
tavańa mir ha-livav nomete
vańa vańa sataka mir jan vańa tan
ha-koralas, mare mir, nivańa nonete mir ras, netesi rase
Interlinear gloss
var-a-s-ke | ha-vavaralas | halov | ha-sotso<ri>t=e | |||||
tear-dyn-nonact-quickly | poss-mosaic | life | def-stones<dim>=dir | |||||
ha-lisat | no-m-e | ras | ser-e | ha-seralas | ras | |||
def-ruler | intens-great-stat | 3p.m | sit-stat | poss-chair | 3p.m | |||
veń-a-vaj | mir | valo | ta | |||||
come-dyn-suddenly | 2p | sea | away | |||||
ta-vań-a | mir | ha-livav | no-met=e | |||||
good-do-dyn | 2p | poss-favour | intens-sky=dir | |||||
vań-a | vań-a | sataka | mir | jan | vań-a | tan | ||
cause-dyn | do-dyn | law | 2p | like | proverb-dyn | 1p | ||
ha-koralas | mar-e | mir | ni-vań-a | no-net-e | mir | ras | net-e-si | ras=e |
def-friend | upright-stat | 2p | perhaps-cause-dyn | intens-hold-stat | 2p | 3p.m | hold-stat-little | 3p.m=dir |
Notes
- A construction approaching a polite imperative is formed using the 2P and the prefix ni- “perhaps” on the verb.
- A “relative” clause follows its (pro-)nominal head and is always offset with comma. When they are related to the object of the main sentence they are marked with the directive -e.
- mak, karesi ras, lana ras ha-tok. “Mark, a bit old is he, cooks he the chicken.” → mak, karesi ras, lana ras ha-tok, laja rase. “Mark, a bit old is he, cooks he the chicken, sings he;dir” where the second relative clause matches with ha-tok, i.e. it's the chicken who sings and not Mark.
- When the verb in a relative clause is stative and the main clause verb too, the main clause drops the common pronoun.
- mak, pare ras, tanire [] mar vańe tavi → “Mark, red is he, taller is [he] than taller is David”