/r/conlangs Chat Network Relay Game - Discord Conlangers Relay the Sixth

⇐ Previous step | Full Relay | Next step (Car Slam) ⇒

#1Old Sumrë by Merch
Old SumrëEnglish

Sụcwe Panararẹ

Sumátye, lasbbuálid lámyûm lelwepẹmyûm,
Éstye mâlémûm táres suiltása ñaclonmúsa,
Ac sótrye mâlemyụmë rạdnü,
Atónye ayosvárun mâlémûm hálrwo,
Ac sótrye mâlemyụmë lastásë mayụma,
Éstye mâlémûm týlcat!

The Song of The Whale

"Come, you creature of the wet path,
Carry us on your endless swim,
And recieve from us a purpose,
Give us breath under the surface,
And recieve from us the fruits of the land,
Carry us to *Tolc!"

Glossary

  • ac: and
  • atónen: to give
  • ayósvar: sea surface
  • ésten: to bear, to carry
  • hárlu: breath
  • lelwépë(m): wet
  • lom 1: path
  • lasb: creature
  • lústas 2: fruit
  • ma: land
  • mâlémûm: us, 1s.pl.acc
  • mâlemyụmë: from us
  • ñaclónmu: endless
  • panararẹ: song
  • rạdna: destination, purpose
  • sécu 3: whale
  • sótren: to recieve, to take on, to accept, to gain
  • súilta: swim (n/)
  • sumáten: to come
  • tar: 2S, you
  • Tylc: city in sumric mythology. (Just adapt it to your lang’s phonology)

Grammar summar:

Old Sumrë is a fighly fusional SVO language. There are 20 noun cases but I’ll list only the ones you’ll need for this text. Old Sumrë has a mobile pitch accent (marked via acute accents and underdots) but besides definiteness it has no grammatical function so you can just ignore it.

Adjectives and possessive pronouns must agree to nouns in case and number. Adjectives follow the nouns they modify.

Definite nouns in Old Sumrë are marked via mutating the first vowel. There are several patterns which a noun can follow so I will list each alternation with a number and that number by a noun in the glossary.

  • 1: o > a
  • 2: u>a
  • 3: e>ụ

PS: translate the title also.

Cases

  • Accusative singular (when noun ends in -u): -wo
  • Accusative plural: -ü
  • Allative (meaning “to, at”): -at
  • Nominative singular: unmarked
  • Nominative plural: -ëë, -ë
  • Genitive: -we
  • Comitative: -es, -sa
  • Complimentary vocative (meaning “O great X”): -ualid
  • Delative (meaning “from, of”): -yûm
  • Subessive (meaning “under”): -un

Verbal inflection

  • -ye: imperative
  • -en: verb infinitive