Fifth Linguifex Relay/Tíogall

[An excerpt]

Toħdadhéach, Toiréir Gruaid

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Ós fusta liorna séiltigh snáibh
Forádhú ná dean bhfúinn’ lior sóibh,
Cuín éasraigh fuínn’ bhóg an ŋatéav,
Ímeann an náidear –
Tsáŋód ri mbocaín rús dean thraebh
Ag romhar féadar.

Interlinear

Ós fusta liorna séiltigh snáibh
though eventually DAT-2SG-EMPH wither-FUT corpse,
/ɵːs ˈfʊstə ˈʟɪlnə ˈsiːlti sneːv/
Forádhú ná dean bhfúinn’ lior sóibh,
bask-COND 1SG LOC-DEF warmth.CONST DAT-2SG regardless,
/ˈfɔɾaːðʉː naˈ dɛn vyːn ʟɪl søːv/
Cuín éasraigh fuínn’ bhóg an ŋatéav,
/kiːn ˈeːsɾi fyːn vɵːg ən ŋateːv/
because nurture-PRES warmth F.same DEF curiosity
Ímeann an cáidear –
/ˈiːmən ən ˈkeːdəl/
leaf-PL.CONST DEF knowledge
Tsáŋód ri mbocaín rús dean thraebh
/tsaːˈŋɵːd ɾi ˈmɔkiːn ɾʉːs dɛn θɾeːv/
garden REL plant-PRET ERG-2SG LOC-DEF plot_of_land
Ag romhar féadar.
/əg ˈrɵːwəl ˈfeːdəl/
and forever keep-FUT.2SG

Glossary

Tíogall	PoS	English	Notes
toħdadhéach	m	the process of "warming up to" someone
séiltigh	v, intransitive	future analytic of séil, séile 'wither'
forádhú	v, intransitive	conditional of forá, forá 'bask'
éasraigh	v, transitive	present analytic of éasar, éasrach 'nurture'
bocaín	v, transitive	preterite participle of boc, bocach 'plant'
féadar	v, transitive	present 2sg form of féad, féadabh 'keep'

Notes

• Tíogall is a VSO language that allows topicalization. Morphosyntax is ergative in the preterite tense, and accusative in other tenses. For more details, see the Tíogall page.
• The formal way of forming the possessive "X of Y" is X-CONST Y, but the construction an X le Y is also valid and is more common in informal speech.
• To turn adjectives into adverbs, it is normally required to use go + [ADJECTIVE], but poems may omit the go.
• -na or -ne is normally an emphatic clitic; it can be added in poetry for metrical reasons.
• The following pairs of vowels are considered to be the same for the purposes of rhyming: /ɪ iː ɛ eː/ = /ʏ yː œ øː/