CONLANG Translation Relay 16

West Germanic (Ring A)

Sean Carl Anderson

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:43:14 -0000

West Germanic Text

Man„ tąt fǫlgę his halaɉnesǫn ǫnd met rįdęlǫn his jeléveęnę ąltid hąf jesųnd gastliŧ rimeǫn.

NOTE: the punctuation following 'man' is a double comma and not a quotation mark. Its functions are not important in this text.

Introduction

West Germanic is derived mostly from Old English, with more complex words significantly influenced by the Anglish form of Modern English constrained writing in addition to OE cognates with foreign words, and the usage of vocabulary/grammar influenced greatly by Dutch and German.

Grammar

Articles

There is no indefinite article. The definite article is 'tąt' for neuter words. Since grammatical gender corresponds directly to biological gender in West Germanic, you will only encounter the neuter in this text.

Adjectives/adverbs aren't inflected.

Nouns

Where there is no article, the nouns themselves are inflected to show case.

Nominative: no inflexion

Accusative: -ǫn

Genitive: -ęnę

Dative/instrumental: -ųm

Nominative:	no inflexion
Accusative:	-ǫn
Genitive:	-ęnę
Dative/instrumental:	-ųm

Word order

The word order is mostly V2 (verb-second), but it can be free, especially where stylistics or emphasis are concerned.

Verbs

The infinitive ends in -ǫn or -iǫn, and the supine and imperative are identical to this form. There is no inflexion for grammatical person and, although there is for tense, only the present indicative is found in the text.

Lexicon

ąltid - adverb: always

foljiǫn - verb: to follow

gastliŧ - adjective: spiritual

hąbǫn - verb: to have

halaɉnes - noun: religion, holiness

his - possessive adjective: his

jelévę - noun: belief

jesųnd - adjective: healthy

man - pronoun: one

metǫn - verb: to meet

ǫnd - conjunction: and

rįdęl - noun: sieve, crisis

rimę - noun: rim, border, barrier, boundary

tąt - definite article: the/relative pronoun (nominative): that, who

ąltid	- adverb:	always
foljiǫn	- verb:	to follow
gastliŧ	- adjective:	spiritual
hąbǫn	- verb:	to have
halaɉnes	- noun:	religion, holiness
his	- possessive adjective:	his
jelévę	- noun:	belief
jesųnd	- adjective:	healthy
man	- pronoun:	one
metǫn	- verb:	to meet
ǫnd	- conjunction:	and
rįdęl	- noun:	sieve, crisis
rimę	- noun:	rim, border, barrier, boundary
tąt	- definite article:	the/relative pronoun (nominative): that, who

Smooth English

One who follows his religion and meets a crisis of his belief always has a healthy spiritual barrier.

Etymology

ąltid - Old English 'eal'+'tid' < Dutch 'altijd'

foljiǫn - Old English 'folgian'

gastliŧ - Old English 'gastlic'

hąbǫn - Old English 'habban'

halaɉnes - Old English 'halignes'

his - Old English 'his'

jelévę - Old English 'geleafa' < Dutch 'geloof'

jesųnd - Old English 'gesund'

man - Old English 'man'

metǫn - Old English 'metan'

ǫnd - Old English 'and'

rįdęl - Old English 'hriddel' ('sieve') < Greek 'krisis' < 'krinein' ('to separate, decide, judge') < PIE '*krei-' ('to sieve, discriminate, distinguish'), cognate with Old English 'hriddel'

rimę - Old English 'rima'

tąt - Old English 'þæt'

ąltid	- Old English 'eal'+'tid' < Dutch 'altijd'
foljiǫn	- Old English 'folgian'
gastliŧ	- Old English 'gastlic'
hąbǫn	- Old English 'habban'
halaɉnes	- Old English 'halignes'
his	- Old English 'his'
jelévę	- Old English 'geleafa' < Dutch 'geloof'
jesųnd	- Old English 'gesund'
man	- Old English 'man'
metǫn	- Old English 'metan'
ǫnd	- Old English 'and'
rįdęl	- Old English 'hriddel' ('sieve') < Greek 'krisis' < 'krinein' ('to separate, decide, judge') < PIE '*krei-' ('to sieve, discriminate, distinguish'), cognate with Old English 'hriddel'
rimę	- Old English 'rima'
tąt	- Old English 'þæt'

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