Second Linguifex Relay/Ris
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Hai rha thyrrhi
Ai akanter ai demoukratia, tandes tyrrhanika kasterrhoua. Gerioster enai:
« Arkhaumerrhestra ai kolourakera, ai hapakta, ai kastanizera. Ai kai an orekhontai ksinamena anthera nai; ouentar nai antheroua determena, kanthra nai antheroua akuenamena, tastazi nai antheroua hapaktemena.
Arkhaumerrhestra sti thyrrhi rha ati anderrhi; A koui i kuomena oskhura, menabhris ouentar kia ananthuzoua, anatuza ake ouranai an taoukhanta oskhuranta. Ouentar kia, menake taoukhai, ankherrhakoua.
Hai rha thyrrhi.
Andrai kai tyrrhia eskhina kananta abhominanta au kanthrouri atouri. Kanomenai tyrrhanikaumai, anthei kanmistra nei! Kanina, kanmanas! Kanterrhistanas orekhonta, kanterrhistanas hestimanta, kantherrhistanas ankherrakomenai, gupheri emenai. »
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All the word appear in their basic form: patientive indefinite plural or the patientive singular for nouns, and the supine or participle form for verbs. Any additional informaion is provided in the Notes column. Please note that there are no adjectives in the language - they are relative forms of the verbs.
Please take a look at the Ris page for more information on the language. For the morphology, go to Ris/Morphology. Beware that the language lacks tense.
| Ris | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ai | third person inanimate genitive pronoun; possessive/genitive particle; from | Also a short form of ati. |
| ati | third person inanimate dative pronoun; dative particle; to, for | |
| akanter | a title | |
| demoukratia | democracy, republic | |
| tandes | time | |
| tyrrhaniker | to be tyrannical | |
| kaster | to dawn | |
| geria | to trust | |
| arkhaumer | to tend to; to remember | |
| kolouraki | thing.dim | diminutive form |
| hapax | big things | indefinite plural |
| kastanizi | everyday thing | |
| ai kai an | to the degree; as | fixed expression |
| orekhon | strength | |
| ksinamena | lessened | |
| anther | to grow | |
| nai | our, first person inclusive genitive pronoun | |
| ouentar | mind, intelligence | |
| determena | determined | |
| kanthra | heart | |
| akuenamena | boldened | |
| tastazi | courage | |
| hapaktemena | greatened | |
| sti | that, what, which | relative pronoun |
| thyrrhi | woman | |
| rha | to say | |
| ander | men | indefinite plural |
| a | focus particle; emphasis, intensifier | Used with nouns |
| i | focus particle; emphasis, intensifier | Used with verbs |
| oskhura | to be dark | |
| men- | negativiser | |
| abhris | but, however | |
| tuza | to shroud, cover; to veil | |
| ake | as well as; like, even | |
| ouranas | heaven, sky, clouds | |
| an | third person inanimate instrumental pronoun, intrumental particle, with | |
| kia | pronoun | Ris/Morphology#Pronouns |
| koui | ocean, sea, big water | |
| kuomena | eternally | adverb |
| taoukhas | dark cloud, rain cloud | |
| kerrhaker | to crack | |
| hai | as such, thus | |
| eskha | to exist | |
| kanas | action, deed | |
| abhomina | to be abominable | |
| atouri | pronoun | Ris/Morphology#Pronouns |
| tyrrhanikauma | tyrannical deed, monstrosity | |
| kanomena | done | |
| kanma | to do.neg | Negative, irregular form of kana, to do. |
| kanter | to stand; to remain, to stay | |
| hestima | to be proud | |
| gups | friends; people, kin | |
| e- | intensifier | Used on pronouns. |
| menai | pronoun | Ris/Morphology#Pronouns |