Fifth Linguifex Relay/Dyrel

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Dyrel text

Doln Polvy
Doryl +rud (a name)

Dovena veŕy veponada na suŕy sene adnar sirsuysarad
Adyr venu suí eïalanar veympolvy
Udemi era venuŕy losar eïponadasa dodolnsar
Iroï ponadaí sodomyl
Uvesonŕy na suŕy adyr era doma alsualanasar
Lav na sene imormodan sirdoemeru.

Interlinear gloss

doln polvy-Ø
more enjoyment-acc


dove-na ve-ŕy ve-ponada na su-ŕy sene adnar-Ø sir-su-ysarad
as_though-rel 1-nom 1.vbz-knowledge rel 2-nom during end-acc fut-2.vbz-death
adyr venu-Ø suí eï-alanar ve-ym-polvy
loc heat-cns 2-gen inf.vbz-location 1.vbz-int-enjoyment
udemi 'era venu-ŕy losar-Ø eï-ponada-sa do-doln-sar
because dem.prox heat-nom desire-acc inf.vbz-knowledge-dat 3.n.vbz-more-action
i-roï-Ø ponada-í so-do-myl
pl-leaf-cns knowledge-gen prog-3.n.vbz-be.nmz
uves.on-ŕy na su-ŕy adyr era doma-Ø al-su-alana.sar
plant.home-nom rel 2-nom loc dem.prox earth-acc perf-2.vbz-location.action
lav na sene i-mor-modan-Ø sir-do-emeru
and rel during pl-number-time-acc fut-3.n.vbz-remnant

Notes

Dyrel is SOV.

The nominative case marker is sometimes eclipsed by the construct state.

Roots in Dyrel are generally nouns and are never verbs. Where verbs are nominalized in the gloss, they are actually nouns by default, and no process is occurring to result in nominalization; it is merely there because a noun gloss is difficult to find in English.

A relativizer is not always a relativizer.*

Glossing abbreviations:
pl - plural
acc - accusative
nom - nominative
dat - dative
gen - genitive
rel - relativizer*
cns - construct state
inf - infinitive
perf - perfective
fut - future
vbz - verbalizer
nmz - nominalizer
dem - demonstrative
prox - proximal
n - neuter
int - intensive