CONLANG Translation Relay 16

Azurian (Ring C)

Lars Finsen Sun, 9 Nov 2008 23:36:50 +0100

1. The text translated into Azurian

Tath er sann vihtra firr kvaim ath vuisa sidprjoutharar vuidsuin ok samhuk. Tjænslå æth kver mænskha tjer henne ui sthanta ath tjetna tath koude joa adrem mænskher. Tai moa royna ath vuisa vuidsuin ok samhuk vid kvert sidproth. Hehta er tath neidsuinlekastha khrøv jartes. Bert foa fålkh ruith ehter tath sæm tai låst vuitha. Ek er sjålv itje viss.

2. Relevant grammar

Azurian nouns are marked for number, definiteness, and case. There is a number of classes which are grouped in masculine, feminine and neuter. There are three cases, nominative, dative and genitive, but the dative is marked only on the definite forms, and the genitive is very sparsely used, only in archaic fossilised phrases and in some pompous or formal utterances. For the purpose of this text you only need to know the most common endings of the three main groups.

Feminine:

SI SD PI PD
NOM - a er etne
DAT - en er em
GEN ar enar a ena

Masculine:

SI SD PI PD
NOM - en ar atne
DAT - a ar em
GEN s ens ars atnes

Neuter:

SI SD PI PD
NOM - e - a
DAT - ei - em
GEN s es s as

Uses of the various cases:
NOM - for the subject, for the direct object, for the target of motion, and after most prepositions,
DAT - for the indirect object, for marking location, and after the prepositions ui, firr, mæd, vid, and joa,
GEN - marking ownership and certain other originative things.

Personal pronouns are inflected for number, person, gender and case.

Singular:

1 2 3F 3M 3N
NOM ek ty hon han tath
DAT mæk tæk henne hannem tui
GEN muin tuin hennar hansar tess

Plural:

1 2 3F 3M 3N
NOM vi ti tai tai tai
DAT ohk tihk taim taim taim
GEN ohkar tihkar taira taira taira

There is a number of indefinite pronouns, of which I will mention only the relevant ones here:

SF SM SN PF PM PN
NOM kver kver kvert kver kver kver
DAT kveri kvaim kvui kvaim kvaim kvaim
GEN kverjar kvers kvers kverja kverja kverja

SF SM SN PF PM PN
NOM atnar atnar atnad adrar adre atnar
DAT adre adrem adrem adrem adrem adrem
GEN atnarar atnars atnars atnara atnara atnara

The 3N singular pronoun is used as a demonstrative as well, and works night shifts as a definite article, so it's a busy something. The definite article will require a noun to take the definite form, except in some formal or pompous utterances.

Adjectives agree with nouns in definiteness, number and gender. Only the positive has different definite and indefinite endings.

Positive:

F M N
SI - - t
SD a e a
PI ar er -
PD e e e

Comparative:

F M N
S ara are ara
P are are are

Superlative:

F M N
S astha asthe astha
P esthe esthe esthe

The singular neuter form of an adjective may be used as an adverb.

Verbs are divided into a wide variery of classes, with weak and strong as superclasses. They are marked for mood and tense, and in addition there are the infinitive and the present and past participles. Another form is the middle, but this is rather a derivational than a grammatical category today, and the middle forms will have to be considered separate verbs. Weak verbs form the past tense with endings, while the strong ones don't rely on such crutches, but change the root vowel instead. Often the root vowels in strong verbs are different in past participles as well.

There are 4 classes of weak verbs:

INF PRES PAST PPART IMP
WA a ar å ad a
WJA ja - te t -
WT a er te t e
WTH a er the th e

Of the strong verbs I'm mentioning only the one that occurs in the text.

INF PRES PAST PPART IMP
2 ø-a ui- oy- ou-en ou-

Many verbs are too irregular to fit in such a scheme, so I'll just enter their inflected forms in the vocabulary.

SVO is the common syntax and attributes are generally prepositioned, but sentences may be rearranged for emphasis.

3. Vocabulary

ath (ART) - infinitive marker
atnar (PRON, NUM) - other, second
berr (ADJ) - only
ehter (PREP) - after, for
er (VI) - present indicative of the verb vera, 'be'.
firr (PREP) - for
foa (ADJ) - few
fålkh (NN) - people
hehta (PRON) - this
itje (ADV) - not
jarte (NN) - heart
joa (PREP) - with, of
khrøv (NN) - demand, requirement
koud (ADJ) - good
kver (PRON) - each, every, everyone, all
låst (VI) - PRES IND of loatast - pretend, believe
moaja (VWJA) - must
mænskha (NF) - person, human being
neidsuinlek (ADJ) - necessary
ok (CONJ) - and
royna (VWT) - try, seek
røtja (VS2) - dig for roots, investigate, question
samhuk (NM) - compassion
sann (ADJ) - true, real
sidprjouthar (NM) - wrongdoer, sinner
sidproth (NN) - wrong, fault, sin
sjålv (PRON) - self, myself
sthant (NM) - condition, preparedness
sæm (PRON) - which, that
tath (PRON, ART) - it, the
tjer (VI) - PRES IND of tjera - do, make
tjetna (VWTH) - know, recognise
tjænsla (NF) - sensibility, feeling, emotion
ui (PREP) - in
vid (PREP) - at, by, on
vihtra (NF) - wisdom
viss (ADJ) - sure
vuidsuin (NN) - broadmindedness, forbearance, tolerance
vuisa (VWTH) - show, display, practice
vuitha (VI) - know, be certain of
æth (PREP) - of, belonging to

4. Abbreviations used

1 - 1st person
2 - 2nd person, or class 2
3 - 3rd person
A - a-class
ADJ - adjective
ART - articles and stuff
CONJ - conjunction
D - definite
DAT - dative
F - feminine
GEN - genitive
I - indefinite, or irregular
IND - indicative
INF - infinitive
IMP - imperative
JA - ja-class
M - masculine
N - neuter, or noun
NOM - nominative
NUM - numeral
P - plural
PPART - past participle
PREP - preposition
PRES - present
PRON - pronoun
S - singular, or strong
T - t-class
TH - th-class
V - verb
W - weak

5. Smooth English translation

It is a true wisdom for everyone to be broadminded and compassionate towards wrongdoers. The sensibility of each person enables them to recognise the good in all people. They must try to be broadminded and compassionate towards all faults. This is the heart's most needful demand. Only few people investigate that which they pretend to know. I am myself not sure.

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