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#9Focurc by Merch
FocurcEnglish

Ach, is síte!
i mjúsiç in i flúars i ood bighns þurhijdn.
Amgon er, sibh we i amgon er in dwame.
fijur, is culure jin, 'sgarinit tebhi hót afór i nicht.
It i murcnis, 'sbóne furi masc tesí ben.
'sis i gréfeit?
i bhódís þit a brúane bhuics brédnit anen.
Geje smurtng in spíarin in i murcnis.
i swifnis i sódjursr rininwe.
i fluit ei gtars þurgrítn weit.
nócnsíe çlés i wéns werin it i murcnis.
amflín wío, weit a wí bhaçe.
i bríds déch i lasís quhijt clésr flitn weit.
we a wabh;
s'birlin in, sątje.

oh, this city!
The old buildings cover the music and the flowers.
I cross, like I cross a dream.
Fire, this colourful one, it makes it hot before the night.
At the darkness, it is beautiful to see through the masks
Is this it's wealth?
The people who resemble a goblin book are beautiful
Go smiling and asking in the darkness.
The soldiers run with speed.
They cry with the flute of the guitars.
The children wear invisible clothes at the darkness.
I fly well, with a little bat.
The girl's clothes move with the bread's dough.
With a web.
It turns and, disapear!

VOCAB


  • i = the
  • fluit = flute
  • is = this
  • swifnis = speed
  • clés = clothes
  • wío = well
  • nócnsíe = invisible
  • teghe = to go
  • flúar = flower
  • mjúsiç = music
  • bighn = building
  • it = at
  • ood = old
  • tehijd = to hide
  • in = in
  • tegher er = to cross
  • sibh = same
  • we = with
  • þit = that, relative pronoun
  • dwame = dream
  • fijur = fire
  • culure = colourful
  • jin = one
  • bóne = beautiful
  • teghar = to cause, to make
  • tebhi = to be
  • hót = hot
  • afór = before
  • nicht = night
  • murcnis = darkness
  • mascs = masks
  • bríd = bread
  • déch = dough
  • lase = girl
  • bóde = person
  • sódjur = soldier
  • tebréd = to resemble
  • gtar = guitar
  • terin = to run
  • tesí = to see
  • ben = through, within, across
  • brúane = sprite-like, fairy-like
  • gréf = wealth
  • buiç = book
  • smurtng = smiling
  • tewer = to wear
  • teflit = to move
  • wabh = web
  • tebhurô
  • tesąt = to vanish, to disapear
  • tegrít = to cry, to weep, to sob
  • spíarin = asking
  • anen = again
  • wén = child
  • quhijt = white
  • baçe = bat


PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES


  • 's- = it is
  • -s = genitive suffix
  • fur- = accusative suffix of direct objects of infinitive verbs
  • e- = of
  • -r = plural progressive nominal enclitic
  • -je = imperative suffix
  • 'sis = is this
  • -eit = its (possessive)
  • -s, -ís = plural suffix
  • -in, -n, -lin progressive verb suffix
  • am- = 1st.sg present tense prefix
  • þur- = 3rd.pl present tense prefix
  • -it = it
  • -s = singular progressive nominal enclitic

INSTRUCTIONS


Focurc is an OSV language. Adverbs always follow the verb. Adjectives precede the noun. When a noun beginning in <c> follows an adjective ending in a vowel, the <c> becomes <ç>. There are many nominal and verbal affixes used in this text so make sure to reference this affix list at the very bottom. Beware of phonological alternations which I will explain

-gon- is an irregular progressive of the verb teghe "to go"

Verbs take the infitive prefix te- which will cause lenition on the intiial consonant. The infinitive prefix drops when inflected. The mutations are:

  • g > gh
  • b > bh
  • c > ç
  • p > ph


If a noun ending in a lenited consonant takes the plural, the lenitied consonant unlenites. If a noun beginning in <g, b, c, p> takes the definite article then the consonant will lenite as shown above