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#8Sevelian by Persephonë
SevelianEnglish

aidranitzyas ažrai cireni siž anteiná
šilukan vuervaká kalliš
seritzais cirais vami irri vuervakitzami niž aziseunéie
ciryi niž ara
ažruli siže valita mež van vuervaka

I sing his prayer of salt to fruits
I often swim to this place
They indeed know of the hiding of the fruit by me during your swim
Find your fruit
With their salt go and swim to me.

GLOSSARY:

aidran-pray
ante-to sing
ar-to find
ažrusalt
cirifruit
irriduring
kallišoften
mežand
niž2SG possessive
ser-to hide
seun-to know
šilukathis place
siž3SG possessive
siže3PL possessive
valit-to go (impling going away)
vami1SG.INST
van1SG.DAT
vuervak-to swim

Basic Grammar:

Sevelian follows a fairly strict SOV word order. Modifiers follow what they modify, so Noun - GEN/POSS, verb - ADV. Gerunds are very common, taking an -itz- infix and declining as -a nouns. Note: definiteness is marked by -s after case markings, in possessive singulars it assimilates to -š. But note that -iš is also an adverbial marker. Also note that instrumental is a multipurpose case, it can signify cause, agent, and some temporal clauses as well as comitative.

The noun declensions (incomplete but enough)

-a declension nouns
Singular Plural
NominativeSevel-aSevel-aia
GenitiveSevel-ai Sevel-ina
Dative Sevel-anSevel-ana
AccusativeSevel-yaSevel-yai
InstrumentalSevel-amiSevel-amia
-u declension nouns
NominativeHasid-u Hasid-eiu
InstrumentalHasid-uliHasid-uliu
-i declension nouns
“Hyali" SingularPlural
NominativeHyal-i Hyal-iyi
GenitiveHyal-ai Hyal-ina
Dative Hyal-in Hyal-eni

Note that accusatives are always marked by palatalization.

There are a huge number of verb forms but you really only need a few.
Progressives are marked by the -in- infix (Izmen-in-á)
Prefix azi- signifies gnomic aspect

Present
1 SIzmen-á
2 SIzmen-ŭ
3 SIzmen-é
1 PlIzmen-áie
2 PlIzmen-ŭie
3 PlIzmen-éie
2SG IMPIzmen-a!

Sevelian makes extensive use of participles/gerunds, which are fully declinable.

Active:
Present
-aMelv-itz-a
-uMelv-itz-u
-iMelv-itz-i