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 akyenamena, tastazi nai antheroua hapaktemena.
Arkhaumerrhestra sti thyrrhi rha ati anderrhi; A koui i kuomena oskhyra, menabhris ouentar kia ananthyzoua, anatyza ake ouranai an taoukhanta oskhyranta. Ouentar kia, menake taoukhai, ankherrhakoua.
Hai rha thyrrhi.
Andrai kai tyrrhia eskhina kananta abhominanta au kanthrouri atouri. Kanomenai tyrrhanikaumai, antir kanmistra nei! Kanina, kanmanas! Kanterrhistanas orekhonta, kanterrhistanas hestimanta, kantherrhistanas ankherrakomenai, goupheri emenai. »
Dictionary and tips
Ourhagmatika kai tips
No interlinear this time.
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 take a look at the Ris page for more information on the language. For the morphology, go to Ris/Morphology.
- The subjunctive can imply a sense of subjectivity, obligation, hope, or speculation.
- Beware that the language lacks tense.
- Please note that there are no adjectives in the language - they are relative forms of the verbs. These normally congruate with the object.
- The patientive and agentive cases convey different levels of control, of volition, and they are marked on the verbs through enclitic pronouns.
| 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 |
| oskhyra | to be dark | |
| men- | negativiser | |
| abhris | but, however | |
| tyza | 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 | |
| kyomena | eternally | adverb, from a participle |
| 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 | |
| gyps | friends-to-be; people, kin | plural indefinite |
| e- | intensifier | Used on pronouns. |
| menai | pronoun | Ris/Morphology#Pronouns |
| antir | pronoun | Ris/Morphology#Pronouns |