CONLANG Translation Relay 16

Pinuyo (Ring C)

René Uittenbogaard

This page has been slightly reformatted compared to the torch sent to Alex Fink.

The Text

		"Feeling morals" All souls cause everyone to feel each other's morals, which causes them to act with compassionate responsability.
		Because of vitality and needs of everyone's soul, [one] tries to act determinedly with compassionate responsability, but, oh surprise, few people feel doubts about feeling morals.

Lexicon

	noun	doubt
	noun	morals, morality
	noun	need
	noun	person
	noun	responsability
	noun	soul
	noun	title
	noun	vitality
+	plural marker

	verb	act
	verb	cause
	verb	feel
	verb	try
	adjective	compassionate
	adjective	determined
	adjective	surprised
	numeral	all
	numeral	few

Grammar: Boxes and Connectors

	noun box (nominative; accusative)
	noun box (genitive) (orientation does not matter, but the tip points to the possessed noun)
	noun box (instrumental)
	compound noun (as if all logograms had been joined with "and")
	compound noun or embedded clause
	verb box (aorist tense, used for general truths etc.)
	verb box (auxiliary) (orientation does not matter)
	present participle as adjective; (Esperanto's -anta)
	verbal noun/gerund

	adjective/numeral box
	discursive (adverb)
	adverb of manner
	interjection

	simple connector (used in case there is not enough space to connect boxes directly)
	apposition (identity)
	reciprocality
	but, however (orientation does not matter)
	about
	because/therefore (can be orientated differently, but always points from reason to consequence)

Grammar: Misc

In general, it is irrelevant at which side boxes touch each other, except for expressing cases (roles of verbs):
- The nominative is expressed by making the noun (or noun phrase) touch the verb (or participle, or gerund) box on its top side.
- The accusative is expressed by making the noun (or noun phrase) touch the verb (or participle, or gerund) box on its bottom side.
Pinuyo is pro-drop: the subject of a verb may be omitted.
In general, the orientation of boxes is important, unless noted otherwise in the box overview.
An apposition can touch an empty noun box. In this case, the empty box is considered to contain the same logogram.
Auxiliaries touch their main verbs as adverbs would and are never conjugated.

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page started: 2008.Dec.09 Tue
last modified: 2008.Dec.28 Sun
form originated by qiihoskeh;
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