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About the stars
There are four kinds of stars, namely: planets, real stars, meteorites,
and comets.
The first type is called "traveling stars", because they move through
heaven.
The second type is called "standing stars", because they stay without
movement in their position, far away from the Sun.
The third type is called "falling stars", because they fall towards
the Earth.
The fourth type is called "fire-tails", because they are seen far from
the Sun, and they have a bright tail, full of fire.
The Sun, burning with rage, belongs to the same tribe as these star
types.
Šufer ardeš
Spycherde hynza ardum gvares, minarde: planetai, ardeš syreš, meteoreš
cha kometai.
Zuder hynzi burmui jenu "ardeš kraitandeš", ukas za syrains darš tsivau.
Zuder hynzi undui jenu "ardeš šendeš", ukas za lekens šyñ syraitakš
en fyzud suvud, firo af šunau.
Zuder hynzi durdui jenu "ardeš chazandeš", ukas za chazans añk
toki.
Zuder hynzi gvadurdui jenu "fygorvoroi", ukas za spychurde firo af
šunau, cha supuš ade oroš charkis cha fygorulis.
Šunaj, itandis en eišades, sehenide zo sefsenai švonai gve hynza ule
ardum.
ABOUT THE INTERLINEAR
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The first line contains the original Askaic text. Sentences or paragraphs are separated by two slashes (//)
The second line contains basic information about the word type. Within
the context of this relay text, it can be:
ADJ
- adjective
ADV
- adverb
CONJ
- conjunction
NOUN
- noun
NUM.CARD - cardinal numeral
NUM.ORD - ordinal
numeral
PART.ACT - active voice
participle
PART.PASS - passive voice participle
PREP
- preposition
PRON.PERS - personal pronoun
PRON.POSS - possessive pronoun
PRON.DEM - demonstrative
pronoun
VERB
- verb
The third line contains a modifier.
For nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and participles:
NOM
- nominative case
GEN
- genitive case
DAT
- dative case
ACC
- accusative case
LOC
- locative case
s
- singular
p
- plural
For verbs:
ACT
- active voice
PASS
- passive voice
3s
- third person singular
3p
- third person plural
ABOUT THE LANGUAGE
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There is not much to say about Askaic right now. Word order is, in general,
SVO, but this can be changed according to the speaker's or writer's taste
(read: its creator's wishes).
Please note that adjectives, numerals and the like are always placed
after the nouns they refer to, and that personal pronouns in the nominative
case are usually omitted, unless special stress is intended.
There is no article.
In this text all verb forms, including the participles, are in the
present tense!
The Askaic equivalent of the verb "to have" is "jenze" (to be) + dative.
Spychuze "to see", when used in the third person and in the passive
voice, can also have the idiomatic meaning: "there is/there are".
You will encounter the following "special" characters:
Š = uppercase s-haczek
š = lowercase s-haczek
ñ = lowercase n-tilde
INTERLINEAR
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Šufer ardeš //
PREP NOUN
ACC.p
šufer ard
Spycherde hynza
ardum gvares, minarde:
VERB
NOUN NOUN NUM.CARD
PART.PASS
PASS.3p NOM.p GEN.p CARD
NOM.p
spychuze hynzu
ard gvares minaze
planetai, ardeš
syreš, meteoreš cha kometai. //
NOUN
NOUN ADJ NOUN
CONJ NOUN
NOM.p
NOM.p NOM.p NOM.p
NOM.p
planeta ard
syris meteor cha
kometa
Zuder hynzi burmui jenu
"ardeš kraitandeš",
VERB NOUN NUM.ORD NOUN
NOUN PART.ACT
PASS.3s DAT.s DAT.s NOM.s NOM.p
NOM.p
zuze hynzu burmis jenu
ard kraitaze
ukas za syrains
darš tsivau. //
CONJ
VERB
PREP NOUN
ACT.3p
GEN.s
ukas za syraize
darš tsivu
Zuder
hynzi undui jenu "ardeš
šendeš",
VERB
NOUN NUM.ORD NOUN NOUN
PART.ACT
PASS.3s DAT.s
DAT.s NOM.s NOM.p NOM.p
zuze
hynzu undis jenu ard
šeze
ukas za lekens
šyñ syraitakš
en
CONJ
VERB PREP NOUN
PREP
ACT.3p GEN.s
ukas za lekeze
šyñ syraitak
en
fyzud suvud,
firo af
šunau. //
NOUN PRON.POSS
ADV PREP
NOUN
LOC.s LOC.s
GEN.s
fyzu suvis
firis af
šunaj
Zuder hynzi durdui jenu
"ardeš chazandeš",
VERB NOUN NUM.ORD NOUN
NOUN PART.ACT
PASS.3s DAT.s DAT.s NOM.s NOM.p
NOM.p
zuze hynzu durdis jenu
ard chazaze
ukas za chazans
añk toki.
//
CONJ
VERB PREP
NOUN
ACT.3p
DAT.s
ukas za chazaze
añk toku
Zuder hynzi gvadurdui
jenu "fygorvoroi",
VERB NOUN NUM.ORD
NOUN NOUN
PASS.3s DAT.s DAT.s
NOM.s NOM.p
zuze hynzu durdis
jenu fygorvoroš
ukas za spychurde
firo af
šunau,
CONJ
VERB
ADV PREP
NOUN
PASS.3p
GEN.s
ukas za spychuze
firis af
šunaj
cha supuš
ade oroš charkis
CONJ PRON.PERS
VERB NOUN ADJ
DAT.p
ACT.3s NOM.s NOM.s
cha seš
jenze oroš charkis
cha fygorulis. //
CONJ ADJ
NOM.s
cha fygorulis
Šunaj, itandis
en eišades,
sehenide
NOUN PART.ACT
PREP NOUN
VERB
NOM.s NOM.s
LOC.s ACT.3s
šunaj itaze
en eišad
sehenize
zo sefsenai
švonai gve
hynza
PREP NOUN
ADJ CONJ
NOUN
DAT.s
DAT.s
NOM.p
zo sefsena
švonis gve
hynzu
ule
ardum.
PRON.DEM NOUN
NOM.p
GEN.p
uls
ard
GLOSSARY
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af (+GEN) - of, from
añk (+DAT) - to, towards
ard
- star
burmis -
first
cha
- and
charkis - light,
bright
chazaze - to fall
darš (+GEN) - through
durdis -
third
eišad
- anger, fury, rage
en (+LOC) - in, within
firis
- far
fygorulis - full of fire
fygorvoroš - fire-tail
fyzu
- place
gvadurdis - fourth
gvares -
four
gve
- how, like, as
hynzu
– sort, kind, type
itaze
- to burn
jenu
- name
jenze
- to be
kometa -
comet
kraitaze - to travel,
to wander
lekeze -
to stay, to remain
meteor -
meteore
minaze -
to name, to call
oroš
- tail
planeta - planet
sefsena - tribe
sehenize - to belong
seš
- they
spychuze – to see
suvis
- their (when the subject is masculine or neuter)
syraitak - movement
syraize - to move
syris
- real, true
šeze
- to stand
šufer (+ACC) – about, concerning
šunaj
- Sun
švonis -
same
šyñ (+GEN) - without
toku
- Earth
tsivu
- heaven, sky
ukas za - for that
reason, that; because
uls
- that, those
undis
- second (2nd)
zo (+DAT) - to, till
zuze
- to give