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#7Emend by Sumericus
EmendEnglish

A, ni muang!
Ibsag do met, liiche nanga xua slechtmei membai speil.
Nga balan, mamud oi.
Noks vu, saiyong izi ningsasa lah.
Mes vu, ibsag do naa-gaak igigub.
Ni mei, za anapeñodze iir?
Jan, ibsag do liber oi, goblin met
Mes vu foi do igizalsur do peñodze gher!
Soda daibien foi.
Gigid i sanlya gagig.
Uurjan, huku ki, i huku noks naa-gaak speil,
Bien barash, uur arkab oi.
Uurkobieta ge shiro huku, uurghleb foi do oi;
Liiche ge kurbad han,
Ash ge nidi oi;
Balan i pesh.

Ah, this city!
With beauty, music and flowers cover up the bad things.
I cross, like a dream.
At night, Colorful flames are burning.
In the darkness, a beautiful mask is seen.
“This thing, how much does it cost?”
A person, like a beautiful story with a goblin
Goes, smiles, gives the money in the darkness!
Soldiers march very well.
A child, wearing clothes- the clothes mask the night.
Flying well, like a bat.
A girl’s white clothes, moving like dough,
Above the music,
Like spiderwebs;
Turn and disappear.

Words (in order of appearance):

  • A = ah
  • Ni = this
  • Muang = city
  • Ibsag = to be beautiful
  • Do = a particle that changes verbs to nouns and also joins verbs together
  • Met = with
  • Liiche = music, musical notation
  • Nanga = and, with
  • Xua = flower
  • Slechtmei = bad things
  • Membai = blanket
  • Speil = to do
  • Nga = I
  • Balan = to turn, cross, circle around
  • Mamud = dream
  • Oi = to be similar to
  • Noks = nighttime
  • Vu = in, at
  • Saiyong = colorful, rainbow-like
  • Izi = flames, fire
  • Ningsasa = hot, burning
  • Lah = emphasis, for introducing new concepts (very universal and hard to translate word, sorry)
  • Mes = darkness, blackness, etc.
  • Naa-gaak = mask
  • Igigub = to see
  • Mei = thing
  • Za = you
  • Anapeñodze = (literally) what money?
  • Iir = to need
  • Jan = person
  • Liber = book, story
  • Goblin = goblin (sorry, I loaned this one)
  • Foi = to go
  • Igizalsur = to smile
  • Gher = to give
  • Soda = soldier
  • Dai- = very, much
  • Bien = good, well
  • Gigid = reed flute
  • I = and
  • Sanlya = guitar
  • Gagig = to cry
  • Uur- = new, young
  • Huku = clothing
  • Ki = to wear
  • Barash = to fly
  • Arkab = bat
  • Kobieta = female
  • Ge = possessive particle
  • Shiro = white
  • Ghleb = bread
  • Kurbad = top of, above (lit. mountain top)
  • Han = similar to “vu”, although more verb-like
  • Ash = spider
  • Nidi = nest
  • Pesh = to disappear

Emend is a SOV language, with postpositions rather than prepositions.
Adjectives always come before the nouns/verbs, but adjectives are in the same
form as adverbs, which are permissible after the verb.