Fifth Linguifex Relay/Tíogall

[An excerpt]

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

Glossed

Ós fusta liorna séiltigh snáibh
though eventually DAT-2SG-EMPH wither-FUT corpse,
Foradhú ná dean fhúinn’ lior sóibh,
bask-COND 1SG LOC-DEF warmth.CONST DAT-2SG regardless,
Cuí éasraigh fuínn’ bhóg an ŋatéav,
because nurture-PRES warmth F.same DEF curiosity
Ímeann an cáidear –
leaf-PL.CONST DEF knowledge
Tsáŋód ri mbocaín rús dean thraebh
garden REL plant-PRET ERG-2SG LOC-DEF plot_of_land
Ag romhar féadar.
and forever keep-FUT.2SG

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/