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#1Mekori by Slorany
MekoriEnglish

Nat rerna newea natsko reruker sted, en bosht'arke ker newea natsko pusir. Newea eka'arke jafikero kada upnu bana ofor'arke newea kel'arke shukir meksher. Ir parsh'arke nakom, newea kshfokmuir.

If you never sharpen your sword, you will never be able to cut right. You must train and train again, over a hundred times, until you are certain you will succeed. Without this mindset, you will get killed.

Your sword you-(never)-sharpen if, (impersonal)-cut right you-be-able-to(future) never. You-(frequence)-train-(imperative), try-amount(count) 100 over/above, you(doubt)-succeed(future) you-certain until. This mindset without, you-get-killed(future).

LEXICON

WordGramm. cat.Translation
arken.manner, way (of)
markerAlso used to mark some adverbs
Bosht'arkeadv.Correctly, right, well
Ekan.Frequency, repetition
Enpron.Impersonnal pronoun. Similar to "it rains". Also used as a means to change the subject back to a former one, when two were previously used
Irdem.This, that
Jafikerv.to train, to learn, to exercise
Kadan.try, attempt
Keln.Doubt
Kerv.To make
markerthe make of, the act of making... (fiselker : rope-making)
kshfokmuerv.to kill, to be dead, to die, to violate (a corpse), to 'unspark' (a "spark" being a soul, to unspark would be to destroy the soul completely)
Meksherv.to be certain, to be sure, to ascertain, to make sure
Nakomadv.literally : "not-with"
Natposs.Indicates a possessor-possession relation
Natskoadv.Never
Oforn.(a) bonus, (a) plus
Parshn.thought, mind
Pusirv. to can, to be able to, to have the power to
Rerv.to cut
Rernan.sword
Neweapers. pron.Mixed gender (masc+fem) plural 2nd pers
Shukerv.to pass (an exam), to overcome (an obstacle), to succeed
Stedpart.Interrogative or conditional particle.
Upnun.count, number, amount
adv. most, many
-ukermarkerto make so... (attached to a verb), applies to the last object used

SYNTAX AND GENERAL NOTES

Genders

Feminineusually ends in -a
Masculine-e
Mixedends in -ae or -ea
Neutral-e-i

The mixed gender can be used for someone you don't know the gender of.
It is an insult to use the neutral gender when speaking about a person.

Possession

Possessive pronouns are always 3 letters long.
The first letter indicates the gender of the possessor, the second their number. The third is for the number of the object.

The possessor can befeminineL
masculineM
mixed/undefinedN
and alsosingularE
pluralA
The object can besingularT
pluralS

The object of the possession is always considered neutral in gender.

Example :

Feminine singular possessor, plural object :les
Mixed plural possessor, plural object :nas
Masculine plural possessor, singular object :mat

Nouns

Nouns don't decline according to gender. Or number.
All words can be compounded together to make another word having a general meaning consisting of both words used.

Verbs

The infinitive takes-ar to mark the past
-er to mark the present
-ir to mark the future

Tense markers are at the end of a verb.
The verb is always preceded by the personal pronoun corresponding to the subject.
Imperative is formed by adding -o at the end of a verb.

Adverbs

Adverbs go after the word(s) they modify or, if they directly modify a verb, inside the verb, between the personal marker and the infinitive.

Example :

Text :Etsko-kom, ta kwesidje'arke ayatair.
Gloss :Time-company, [casual 2nd pers sg] (slow+adverb marker) learn(future).
Translation :With time, you will slowly learn.

Numeration

Numerals are constructed in a base-10 system. They are all made of dissylabic words (except units) which take from these roots :

0NiUnit
1Ba
2Pa
3Ta
4Da
5Ka
6Ga
7Je
8Ye
9La
10MaTens
100NaHundreds
1000RaThousands
HalfSe
QuarterShe

Some words can have several forms.
Examples :

4 : Da or Dani
37 : Tamajeni
50 : Kama or Séna
718 : Jenapamayeni
4001 : Darapani

Particles

Some particles change the meaning of the whole clause. They go at the end of the clause they modify.