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#7Sjonna by Clausangeloh
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Wēje Sefȳssjen Nekelganjjen

Merjan wyllister pannīrnt nekunēnt,
Bēr mirjān skāpte, bdesse
nekunēnt pannīrnt wyllister merjan,
Skāpte mirjān bēr,
Esprekjē 'ntsses ganisses,
Merjān ganjjīn nekunēn

Jēnō nauvō, trasjō, trasjō
antsses glamēr
dwideim wamnembana
eni, kalām; ārā 'ntsses!

Berry Field Song

Summer moves all things together,
Roots are moved away, indeed
Summer moves all things together,
Roots are moved away,
They become more grue this season,
They moved fruits together

Frozen leaves, strong, strong
They melt this season
Heals the toothpain
Thus, we wait; they shine this season!

  • ant-a (-e,-i,-o) demon. this, particularly this, that, the aforementioned
  • āre v. I shine
  • bama n. pain
  • bdesse adv. yes, indeed, accurate
  • ber n. root; carrot
  • dwedam v. I help someone; I heal someone
  • eni adv. (formal) so, thus, therefore
  • ganjji n. fruit; sweet vegetation
  • ganjo n. time; weather; season
  • glemar v. I melt something
  • jēno n. vegetable, leaf
  • kelam v. I stay; I remain
  • merjon v. I move something, I change the position of something
  • nekel-a (-e,-i,-o) adj. small, little, short
  • nekunen adv. collectively, together, in a group
  • newe n. I freeze something
  • pannir n. material, thing
  • prekjes v. to be purple/blue/green
  • skāpte adv. far, away, distantly
  • sefȳssi n. dale, valley
  • trasj-a (-e,-i,-o) adj. strong, powerful
  • wami n. tooth
  • wyllister n. summer; full moon period; full moon

Word order

Rigidly non-configurational.

Alignment

Tripartite.

Nouns

There are four genders: masculine (aka A-gender, because all masculine suffixes end in -a(C) in the absolutive case), feminine (E-gender for the same reason), vegetal (O-gender), inanimate (I-gender). The consonants that can occur in said suffixes are n, s, m, r.

Declension

Sing.Pl.
Abs.-a-ā
Ess.-as-ās
Erg.-ar-ār
Acc.-an-ān
Gen.-ai-ās
Dat.-ais-ās
Rec.-ai-ā
Loc.-sa-sā
Abl.-san-sān
All.-sar-sār
Via.-sais-sās
Ins.-nar-nār
Com.-nai-nā
Abe.-nais-nās
Cau.-nas-nās

Paucal is constructed by adding -t to the singular suffixes; collective by adding -t to the plural ones.

The other genders are conjugated pretty much like that.

Adjectives

They must agree with the noun in case, number, and gender. They are declined the same as nouns.

The comparative is formed with the prefix es-. The comparative prefix can be even attached to verbs or nouns.

Verbs

the verbs' dictionary form is in active voice, first person singular, indicative.

Voice: Grammatical voice is denoted by gradation of the root's vowel. The system is fairly regular and predictable.

  • -e- active voice
  • -a- middle voice
  • -o- reciprocal voice
  • -i- passive voice
  • -u- antipassive voice
  • -y- causative voice

Aspect

Aspect consonantal infixes are placed right after the root's vowel. If there is no infix, then the aspect is perfective.

  • -Vn- imperfective aspect
  • -Vs- gnomic aspect
  • -Vl- inceptive/inchoative aspect
  • -Vr- cessative/terminative aspect

The next five aspects operate like the previous ones, but they diphthongise the root's vowel; V > Vy while *V̄ > Vu*:

  • -VV- habitual aspect
  • -VVn- momentane aspect
  • -VVs- stative aspect
  • -VVl- prospective aspect
  • -VVr- defective aspect

Paradigms of the indicative

1st-jon-am-is-e-es-ar
2nd-jen-aim-ys-i-eks-er
3rd-jan-eim-us-a-ei-eir
4th-jan-oim-as-u-ay-or

Paucal is formed by attaching a -t. Plural is formed by ellongating the vowel; if there are two vowels, the second one is dropped. Collective is formed by attaching -t on the plural form.