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| Sevelian | English | |
Léánidas iti šieteruli šienuli tehéllenivanainas sulma mindihyimitreu, iti aundra Medivanaizmenanolli azišursuvolli. Má syei grukisoneu, aide grukanéiu no héllenivanahyilivritzyas sufskulanéiu nyuiš kanifalameu. Eteryus mindéiu, ma marayéiu yaruiš. | Leonidas was zealous because of only these these men of the Hellenes* to send forth, because it had been greatly charged against them that they had Medized**: so he called them to war, wishing to know whether they would send some men or whether they would openly avoid the alliance of the Hellenes. They, though thinking other things, sent them in. | |
[l̪eˈɔnid̪as ˈit̪i ɕjɛt̪ɛˈruɫi ɕjɛˈn̪uɫi t̪ɛçel̪ːɛn̪ivaˈnaɪnas ˈs̪uɫma min̪d̪içiˈmitɾɛʊ ˈit̪i ˈaʊn̪d̪ɾa mɛdivan̪aɪz̪mɛn̪aˈn̪oɫːi az̪iʃuɾsuˈvoɫːi] | Leonidas.NOM because this-army-INST this-one-INST all-Greek-ish-PL.GEN.DEF only send-be_restless.3SG.PST, because REL Mede-ish-become-SBJV-3PL.PST.PASS GNO-accuse-PASS.3SG. Thus 3PL.M.ACC fight-invite-3SG.PST, Q fight-SBJV-3PL.PRS or Greek-alliance.ACC.DEF avoid-SBJV.3PL.PRS instantly know-wish-3SG.PST. army.ACC.DEF send.3PL.PST, however think.3PL.PST differently | |
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Sevelian follows a fairly strict SOV word order, though it can be free because of the inflection. Relative clauses generally always follow a subject (or come first if the subject is implied) and precede the main verb. There is a lot of agglutinating, compound words are extremely common and can become quite long. Verb stems are bound morphemes, thus to say "2SG [verb1].2SG to [verb2].INF" (ex. "you like to swim"), the verb which would be in the infinitive is prefixed to the main noun, as "(2SG) [verb2].[verb1].2SG" - ("(ne) vuervak-sel.ŭ" - "(you) swim-enjoy.2SG"). Verbs can also take nouns, like "Šeir-seri-" "to hide spoons". Both direct and indirect yes-or-no questions are introduced by "aide", direct take indicatives, indirect take subjunctives. Helpful hint: note the pronunciation. <é> /e/ and <á> /ɔ/ are fairly rare phonemes outside of the ends of words, this should be kept in mind in translating. The noun declensions (incomplete but enough)-a declension nouns
-u declension nouns
Note: definiteness is marked by -s after case markings, though -s can also be an unmarked nominative, especially in loanwords. There are a huge number of verb forms but you really only need a few.
Passive
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