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#14Carisitt by Jasper
CarisittEnglish

Zyz oi hor quelghet ep ta.
E ne magghont naevondu ad marut fét.
E naevont, que ymbom teuiiz, fe cheudghont tafr istrý oiý.
Eur, quebbet istr fer!
Rit, eur, que vijý, nae dall elhis, que yulý.

His sour berry sang near it.
They didn’t go swimming to my world.
They swam, using eyes of time, that hid under your (pl.) berry.
You (pl.), find your (pl.) berry!
Run, you (pl.), with intelligence, swim tongue of air, with salt.

[zei̯z u xue̯r kʰie̯ltʃet ep tˢɛ]
[ie̯ ne mɛgʒon nœvandu ɛd mɛrut fœt]
[ie̯ nœvon kʰe ei̯mbom tˢyjɨz fe ʃydʒon tˢɛvər ɨstrui̯ ue̯jui̯]
[yr kʰɨbet ɨstər fie̯r]
[rɨt yr kʰe vɨʒui̯ nœ təlk ie̯ʎɨs kʰe jului̯]

LEXICON

adprepositionto + acc, at + dat
cheudghechverbto hide (intransitive)
dallnounclass I, c.tongue, language (poetic)
elhnounclass III, c.air
epprepositionnear + dat
fer ~ far-nounclass II, n.berry, fish egg
fétnounclass I, c.world
horadjectiveclass I-IIsour, bitter
istrpronounpossessiveyour (plural)
magghechverbto do, to make, to go + pres. part.
marutpronounpossessivemy
naechverbto swim
neparticlenot
oinounclass I, c.berry
queprepositionwith + dative
quebbechverbto find
quelghechverbto sing
ritchverbto run
tafrprepositionunder + dative
teui ~ toi-nounclass II, n.time
vij ~ vej-nounclass II, n.intelligence, wit
ymbnounclass II, n.eye
yulnounclass II, n.salt
zyzpronounpossessivehis, her, its, their

GRAMMAR

NOUNS

In this text, three noun classes can be found. The first is always a common gender and can be primarily traced back to PIE -os and -eh₂. A table can be found below.

Sing.Plural
Nom.-u
Acc.-ut
Gen.-iz-u
Dat.-am

The second noun class is always neuter can be primarily traced back to PIE -om. Some words have a second stem; this stem is used for all plural forms. A table can be found below.

Sing.Plural
Nom.
Acc.
Gen.-iz-u
Dat.-om

The third class can be traced back to PIE -tēr and -is. A table can be found below.

Sing.Plural
Nom.
Acc. -i-it
Gen.-is-u
Dat.-im

ADJECTIVES

Only class I-II adjectives appear in the text. These agree in case, gender and number with the noun they’re accompanying. They use class I for the common gender and class II for neuters. Adjectives usually follow the noun.

CASES

Several cases in Carisitt may seem to have an unusual use. The accusative forms are used in vocative constructions.

VERBS

All infinitives end on -ch. Luckily enough for you, all verbs in the text are in the past tense (and I haven’t fleshed out the other tenses yet). The suffixes are as follows:

  • 1S -Ø
  • 2S -es
  • 3S -et
  • 1P -om
  • 2P -et
  • 3P -ont

When following another vowel, a -v- is inserted. The 2s imperative is -Ø and the 2p imperative is -(e)t. The present participle is -ond and behaves like a class I-II adjective while agreeing with the subject.

PRONOUNS

Possessive pronouns agree in case, number and gender and always precede the noun. They behave like class I-II adjectives.
The personal pronouns can be found below:

1s2s3s m3s f3s n1p2p3p m3p f3p n
Nomijtehehaideletetóre
Accmetetetaidinreurtue
Genmimteteurteurerinreurtartorer
Datmequitippteumtychýiminreureztémtámim

The relative pronoun is genderless and agrees in number with the word it belongs to, but has the case of the function it serves in the clause. A table can be found below:

Sing.Plural
Nom. fidfe
Acc. fidfe
Gen. ferfér
Dat.fimfép

SYNTAX

Sentences are SVO without exception.