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#2Kardii by jayelinda
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J'tek vin uwen lemana

Uwen raa kartiiche lemana ekumi. Pri, kartiiche lemana ekumi.
Dejache vree min sindike lo, jenudi rin nis.
Say l'namache yda i'iee lo kin tree!

Uwen lipel awi a uruleche d'tu i vin. Pri, uruleche d'tu i vin.
Dejache tini kin say kaanche min kaan sathasche.
Iila ponke i'iee an irastase kin chintase!

Song of the garden fruits

Ground fruit kills the summer garden. Yes it kills the summer garden.
If it seems blue then pick it, 3 leaves are pointy.
We must not touch it and red!

The fruit in winter is kept strongly. Yes, it is kept strongly.
If it seems green and we chew them, teeth will hurt.
Therefore wait for them to grow big and become bright!

  • a | locative particle
  • an | 3pl
  • che | present tense/neutral verb suffix
  • chinta | (adj.) bright, vivid, (verb) to become bright
  • di | plural suffix
  • deja | to seem, look like
  • d'tu | strong
  • i'iee | emphasis particle
  • iila | therefore
  • irasta | (adj.) big, (verb) to become big
  • jenu | leaf
  • j'tek | song
  • kaan | (noun) tooth, (verb) to chew
  • kartii | kill
  • ke | imperative verb suffix
  • kin | and
  • lemana | field, garden, orchard
  • lipel | tree
  • l'nama | to touch, be in contact with
  • lo | this/that (topical pronoun)
  • min | if, then (X min Y = if X, then Y)
  • nis | pointy
  • pon | to wait
  • pri | (noun) action, (verb) to do, (in isolation) yes
  • raa | ground
  • rin | 3, 3rd
  • say | inclusive "we"
  • sathas | to hurt, be in pain
  • se | clausal verb suffix
  • sindi | to collect, gather, pick
  • tini | (adj.) green (verb) to turn green
  • tree | (adj.) red (verb) to turn red
  • urule | to keep, store
  • uwen | fruit
  • vin | genitive particle
  • vree | (adj.) blue (verb) to turn blue
  • yda | must not, should not

Note: I've used the seasons from the Shela calendar, which differ slightly from ours:

  • Hijen: The rainy season, hot and humid
  • Awi: The cool season (it doesn't get very cold in the Shela kingdoms), the end of awi is harvest season
  • Ekumi: Hot and dry

SVO word order

Head-modifier word order

Pro-drop

The plural form of the modified noun is what distinguishes quantitive from ordinal numbers. Apart from this, the plural form is rarely used outside of formal speech.

The "i" particle seperates the verb phrase from the direct object. Anything coming before it belongs directly to the verb (eg. adverbs and indirect objects).

"Vin", when placed directly after "i", indicates passive voice.

When saying "[noun] is [adjective]", no copula is used.

That's basically it - hope I haven't missed anything :)