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''Léhkodé pai ko qhóqhøkos, | ''Léhkodé pai ko qhóqhøkos, | ||
'' | ''keewesht mjulanģ oil qotitlóo; | ||
''darema soi slopapu'os, | ''darema soi slopapu'os, | ||
''jak rajidhé mitupurpóo. | ''jak rajidhé mitupurpóo. | ||
''Péma | ''Péma saitush_q'papa sekhe, | ||
''jevaa hifthilan gat'tishh'i, | ''jevaa hifthilan gat'tishh'i, | ||
''moŕ ól dorahpipi qóphe; | ''moŕ ól dorahpipi qóphe; | ||
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==Notes== | ==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. | 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. The language is fusional-agglutinative, e.g. verbs are [[Sceptrian#Affixes|conjugated]], but both prepositions and postpositions are used as well and their heads are [[Sceptrian#Cases|declined]] according to the noun class. 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. | ||
However, poems may have a more free word order and <!--apparently -->may omit vowels in various syllables. The apostrophe may stand for both these omissions and normal pausa. | |||
==Glossed== | ==Glossed== | ||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
''léhkod-é pai ko qhó~qhøk-os | |||
<small>ADVZ\fast-VOC MIR DIST.SG SUBJ~\is_broken-3SG.INCEP</small> | |||
*[[Sceptrian#Particles|Verb particles]] don't always require verbs | *[[Sceptrian#Particles|Verb particles]] don't always require verbs | ||
''keewesht mjula-n oil qot<i>~t-l-óo | |||
<small>mosaic life-GEN 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 | *Some derivations utilize both reduplication and affixing | ||
''darema soi slop<a>~p-u-os | ''darema soi slop<a>~p-u-os | ||
<small>Ruler.AUG on chair~<AUG>-LOC-POSS.3SG.ALIEN</small> | <small>Ruler.AUG on chair~<AUG>-LOC-POSS.3SG.ALIEN</small> | ||
*Sceptrian has several ways of indicating [[Scetprian#Possessive|possession]] | |||
''jak rajidh-é mitup-u-r-p-óo | ''jak rajidh-é mitup-u-r-p-óo | ||
<small>away sudden-VOC sea-LOC-VBZ.FREQ-NMZ-LAT</small> | <small>away sudden-VOC(.ADVZ) sea-LOC-VBZ.FREQ-NMZ-LAT</small> | ||
*Occurrence of [[Sceptrian#Apophony|apophony]] has certain rules | *Occurrence of [[Sceptrian#Apophony|apophony]] has certain rules | ||
''Pé=ma saitu-sh q(ó) | ''Pé=ma saitu-sh q(ó)pa-pa sek-he | ||
<small>2PL.VOC=FOC DEM.PROX.ANIM-PL act-ABL come-GNO.2PL</small> | <small>2PL.VOC=FOC DEM.PROX.ANIM-PL act-ABL come-GNO.2PL</small> | ||
*[[Sceptrian#Relative_clauses|On relative clauses]] of Sceptrian | *[[Sceptrian#Relative_clauses|On relative clauses]] of Sceptrian | ||
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''jeva-a hifthila-n gat(o)ti-sh-h(e)i | ''jeva-a hifthila-n gat(o)ti-sh-h(e)i | ||
<small>grace-ERG heaven-GEN accommodation-INS.VBZ-PST.PFV.2PL </small> | <small>grace-ERG heaven-GEN accommodation-INS(.VBZ)-PST.PFV.2PL </small> | ||
*Agent prefixes may be omitted | *Agent prefixes may be omitted | ||
*Genitive forms don't agree with their heads | *Genitive forms don't agree with their heads | ||
'' | ''mo-ŕ ól dora-h-pi-pi qóp-he | ||
<small>1PL-GEN like law-COM.VBZ-GER-ABL act-GNO.2PL</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 | *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 | ''mutsh-os tsla-r-mak-Ø jódi-sh b(a)shø-t(i)-s-ji | ||
<small>neighbour-INS.COM INCEP.1PL-HORT-give-ANTIP charity-INS | <small>neighbour-INS(.COM) INCEP.1PL-HORT-give-ANTIP charity-INS poor_one-DAT </small> | ||
*[[Sceptrian#Irrealis|Hortative]] in Sceptrian | *[[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 | *[[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 | ||
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==Extra== | ==Extra== | ||
*''Léh-ko-d-é'' might be glossed as ADVZ\leg-LAT-VBZ.MVT\ADJZ-VOC, but the core was translated for simplicity | *From ''leh'', ''Léh-ko-d-é'' might be glossed as ADVZ\leg-LAT-VBZ.MVT\ADJZ-VOC, but the core was translated for simplicity :) | ||
*Same for ''b(a)shø-t(i)-s-ji'' gloss VOC\wealth-ADJZ.ABE-NMZ.AN-DAT from ''bashó'' | |||
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