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Concerning The Stars
The set of stars has four subsets.
The first subset is called "movers", because they move through the
night sky.
The second subset is called "stayers", because they are far from the
sun.
The third subset is called "ones who die" or "ones who fall", because
they fall from the sky to the ground.
The fourth subset is called "strangers", because they become visible
far away, but not for a long time, in the night sky. They are the
thingummies of the earth, which the goddess has very angrily burned up.
sera'a lo tarci
.i lo'i tarci zo'u lo klesi be ri cu vomei
.i lo pamoi klesi cu se cmene zo muvdu .iki'ubo muvdu fo lo nicte tsani
.i lo remoi klesi cu se cmene zo stali .iki'ubo darno lo solri
.i lo cimoi klesi cu se cmene zo mrobi'o .a zo farlu .iki'ubo farlu
lo terdi lo tsani
.i lo vomoi klesi cu se cmene zo cizra .iki'ubo se kakne viska binxo
vujenaize'u lo nicte tsani .ibo ra du lo terdi broda noi lo fetcevni cu
ba'o fegrai jelgau ra
Glossary:
.a or
ba'o perfective aspect marker
be incorporates object into a denominal
verb
binxo become
broda (n) widget (noun whose meaning depends on the
context)
cevni god, deity
ci three
cizra (n) stranger, exotic (v) be strange, be exotic
cmene (n) name; (v) has the name of
cu separates subject from predicate
darno (adj) far; (v) be far from
du copula
farlu (n) one who falls; (v) ditransitive: fall to
... from ...
fegrai very angry, wrathful (-rai is a superlative ending)
fet- female
fo see muvdu
.i separates sentences
.ibo separates closely related sentences; may
have particle between .i and bo
je and
jelgau burn (transitive)
kakne be able to
ki'u because, justified by reason
klesi class, set, subset (of)
lo article; the, an, some
lo'i the set of
mei suffix meaning "group of size N", where
N is the prefix
moi suffix meaning "Nth", where N is the
prefix
mrobi'o (n) one who dies; (v) die (lit. become dead)
muvdu (n) mover; (v) move (with "fo" = move along path)
nai negative suffix
nicte night
noi which; non-restrictive relative clause
marker
pa one
ra it/they, not so recently mentioned
re two
ri it/they most recently mentioned
se inverse voice: interchanges subject
and object
sera'a about, concerning
solri sun
stali (n) one who remains; (v) remain
tarci (n) star(s), (v) be a star
terdi earth, ground (positional, not = dirt), the Earth
tsani sky
viska see
vo four
vu (prep) a long way from
ze'u (prep) during a long interval of time
zo makes next word into a one-word
quotation
zo'u separates topic from comment in topic/comment
sentences
Note: the appearance of "broda" in this text reflects the fact
that
the text I got had a noun which was not in the supplied glossary.
I did my best with it.