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About stars
They saw four star-types named: planets, veritable stars, meteors, and
comets.
He gave the name "star-wanderers" to the first type, because they move
across the sky.
He gave the name "stars standers" to the second type because they stand
with no movement in their place, far [from] the sun.
He gave the name "stars fallers" to the third type because they fell
themselves toward Earth.
He gave the name "fire-tail" to the fourth type because they see far
[from] the sun and have tails that are bright and fill fire in
themselves.
The sun that burns in intense anger binds itself to the tribe of these
star-types.
Eti kovaki
Derkov kwetu kova’-geitsai o omof: meiako, verolan kovaki, kuvoni, ak
aktirai.
Geunalge a onim "kovak-duravi" huri a puref geitsa, dai' regesa piros
a kivan.
Geunalge a onim "kovaki bavi" huri a duep geitsa dai' robesa sa nai
rasa len suvei' gera, makir a salus.
Geunalge a onim "kovaki tedani" huri a trei' geitsa dai' rel tedanesa
huri Erdhom.
Geunalge a onim "pehu-gurelan" huri a kwetu geitsa dain 'erkesa makir
salus a' kardesa gurlani sol gomesa ak pelatesa pehur 'e' relme.
A sulun sol 'el 'efta' len pertino, kendan tetuel vio kova’-getsail.
Lexicon
a the
ak and
aktira comet
bavei stand, be established, be in a state resulted from building
dain because
derkei to see; to meet; to acknowledge; to know (slang)
duep second
duravei to journey; to wander; to seek; to go on a quest
erdhom the earth; this world
gera place; battle
getsa type, kind, species
geunei to give; to smile
gomei to shine; to be bright
gurelan tail
huri toward (dative, allative)
kardei to have
kendei to own; to bind oneself ritually; to promise
kivan sky; inside of a domed roof
kovak star
kuvon meteor; archaic genitive of "sky"
kwetu four; fourth
len in, on, at
makir far, long, distant (used as a preposition sometimes)
meiako planet; god's private abode
nai no, not
o (passive particle)
omei to name; to call for, beckon
onim name
pehur fire
pelatei to fill to overflowing; to spill; to be drunk or sloppy
or stupid
pertin anger
piros through, past
puref first
rasa movement, motion; distraction; fast
reftei to burn (natively transitive)
regei to move
rel (reflexive particle)
relme (reflexive pronoun)
robei to stay; to be determined; to defend
sa with (not using; not instrumental)
salus sun
sol that
suvei they
tedanei to drop intentionally; to fall
tetuel tribe
treik third
verolan veritable, true; honest, open
vio those
Sandhi
When two consonants with the same place of articulation are next to
each other, the one which is more like a vowel takes over. Thus, fricatives
over stops, glides over fricatives, voiced over unvoiced. (Nasals are considered
fricatives.) If all else fails, omit the second one. Note: /Z/ is an allophone
of /g/ here, and /r/ and /l/ are at the same place of articulation.
I was nice and replaced these missing letters with apostrophes. I wouldn't
do that for myself.
Noun declension
There are only two noun cases besides nominative (well, three, actually,
but one is almost never used, even when being ultra-formal): genitive (inalienable
or incorporeal relationship) and possessive (physical ownership). The genitive
is formed with -(o)n (plurals -en and -v), and the possessive with -el
(plural -il; the e in the first usually replaces final vowels). I don't
think I used either of them here. Nouns have four plural options. These
options depend on what the word ends in and how plural you want it. For
normal plurals, use -i if it ends in a consonant or |a|, and use -d if
you can't use -i. For class plural, use -(d)o. (I think you know when to
use which.) The class plural can also be an intensifying affix, though
it is rarely used thus.
Verb inflection
Infinitive –ei
Present
I -em
We -in
You -ut (sing.)
You -uk (pl.)
He -ag
They -o
Past
I -er
We -i
You -at
You -ang
He -alge
They -ov
Future (near)
I -e
We -is
You -on
You -ul
He -am
They -oth
Future (distant)
I -eri
We -ika
You -uste
You -ulka
He -ado
They -eidi
Aorist
Singular -an
Plural -esa
(Aorist denotes long-term or habitual actions.)
-All about particles
Particles are special words that give extra (often important) information
about a noun, verb, or whole sentence. These are not exactly adjectives
or adverbs as English knows them. There are very few noun particles. Particles
come precisely and just before whatever they affect. Their meanings are
in the lexicon.