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''Léhkodé pai ko qhóqhøkos, | ''Léhkodé pai ko qhóqhøkos, | ||
'' | ''mjula keew'shtsozh oil qotitlóo; | ||
'' | ''darema soi slopapu'os, | ||
''jak rajidhé mitupurpóo. | ''jak rajidhé mitupurpóo. | ||
'' | ''Péma saitush q'papa sekhe, | ||
'' , | ''jevaa hifthilan gat'tishh'i, | ||
'' ; | ''moŕ ól dorahpipi qóphe; | ||
'' . | ''mutshos tslarmak jódish b'shøt'sji. | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
==Notes== | |||
Sceptrian is a head-initial, ergative-absolutive language, i.e. the word order in clauses is mostly VAO and the head of the noun phrase is followed by adjectives and demostratives. However, poems use a more free word order, and apparently may omit vowels in various syllables. Both prepositions and postpositions are used, however. The cases of nouns are utilized in [[Sceptrian#Derivational_Morphology|derivational morphology]] so that at first glance many verbs seem to be only inflected nouns. | |||
==Glossed== | ==Glossed== | ||
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#''léhkod-é pai qhó~qhøk-l tshel-o | #''léhkod-é pai qhó~qhøk-l tshel-o | ||
#:<small>ADVZ\fast-VOC MIR SUBJ~\is_broken-3PL.GNO sand-LAT</small> | #:<small>ADVZ\fast-VOC MIR SUBJ~\is_broken-3PL.GNO sand-LAT</small> | ||
*[[Sceptrian#Particles|Verb particles]] don't always require verbs | |||
*[[Sceptrian#Particles| | |||
*Sceptrian has several ways of indicating [[Sceptrian#Possessive|possessive forms]] | *Sceptrian has several ways of indicating [[Sceptrian#Possessive|possessive forms]] | ||
#'' | #''mjula keew(e)shtsozh oil qot<i>~t-l-óo | ||
#:<small>life mosaic-PL.COM-POSS.3SG.INAL as rock~DIM-PL-LAT</small> | #:<small>life mosaic-PL.COM-POSS.3SG.INAL as rock~<DIM>-PL-LAT</small> | ||
#''qhó~qhøk oil qot<i>~t-l-óo tshel-o | #''qhó~qhøk oil qot<i>~t-l-óo tshel-o | ||
#:<small>SUBJ~\is_broken as rock~DIM-PL-LAT sand-LAT</small> | #:<small>SUBJ~\is_broken as rock~DIM-PL-LAT sand-LAT</small> | ||
#''mjul(a) keeweshtsozh oil qot<i>~t-l-óo | #''mjul(a) keeweshtsozh oil qot<i>~t-l-óo | ||
#:<small>life mosaic-PL.COM-POSS.3SG.INAL as rock~DIM-PL-LAT</small> | #:<small>life mosaic-PL.COM-POSS.3SG.INAL as rock~<DIM>-PL-LAT</small> | ||
*See [[Sceptrian#Prepositions|prepositions]] for the effect of noun case. | *See [[Sceptrian#Prepositions|prepositions]] for the effect of noun case. | ||
*Some derivations utilize both reduplication and infixing | |||
'' | ''darema soi slop<a>~p-u-os | ||
<small>Ruler on chair~AUG-LOC-POSS.3SG.ALIEN</small> | <small>Ruler.AUG on chair~<AUG>-LOC-POSS.3SG.ALIEN</small> | ||
''jak | ''jak rajidh-é mitup-u-r-p-óo | ||
<small>away | <small>away sudden-VOC sea-LOC-VBZ.FREQ-NMZ-LAT</small> | ||
*Occurrence of [[Sceptrian#Apophony|apophony]] has certain rules | |||
''Pé=ma saitu-sh sek- | ''Pé=ma saitu-sh q(ó)papa sek-he | ||
<small>2PL.VOC=FOC DEM.PROX.ANIM-PL come-GNO | <small>2PL.VOC=FOC DEM.PROX.ANIM-PL act-ABL come-GNO.2PL</small> | ||
* | *[[Sceptrian#Relative_clauses|On relative clauses]] of Sceptrian | ||
*Ablative case has a causal meaning as well | |||
'' | ''jeva-a hifthila-n gat(o)ti-sh-h(e)i | ||
<small></small> | <small>grace-ERG heaven-GEN accommodation-INS.VBZ-PST.PFV.2PL </small> | ||
*Agent prefixes may be omitted | |||
*Genitive forms don't agree with their heads | |||
'' | ''moŕ ól dora-h-pi-pi qóp-he | ||
<small></small> | <small>1PL-GEN like law-COM.VBZ-GER-ABL act-GNO.2PL</small> | ||
*It is common for Sceptrian to [[Sceptrian#Derivational_Morphology|derive]] new nouns from verbs already derived from nouns | |||
'' | ''mutsh-os tsla-r-mak-Ø jódi-sh b(a)shø-t(i)-s-ji | ||
<small></small> | <small>neighbour-INS.COM INCEP.1PL-HORT-give-ANTIP charity-INS VOC\wealth-ADJZ.ABE-NMZ.AN-DAT </small> | ||
*[[Sceptrian#Irrealis|Hortative]] in Sceptrian | |||
*[[Sceptrian#Voice|Antipassive]] is formed by turning the ERG agent into ABS, removing the subject/object verb suffix and changing the subject/object case into instrumental | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
== | ==Extra== | ||
*''Léh-ko-d-é'' might be glossed as ADVZ\leg-LAT-VBZ.MVT\ADJZ-VOC, but the core was translated for simplicity |
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