Zhyler
David Peterson

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By means of which well a person sees.
One can cut all wells to pieces.
One well is of many wells.
The first well is the moving well which rushes quickly through the sky.
The immobile one is another because it always is.
Another name is the giving well or the dying well which, in time, falls from the black sky.
The last well is not a well at all.
One can see it for a long time, so it shows itself.
Just like many tears, it breaks its strengths.

iZb2l.ej.vet.ejet zixMvitetnem mattakka
las.aja.r iZb2l.eje.r edZde.kin.jMr.kM.
al iZb2l tSe.j.yf iZb2l.eje.f mek.
ev.le iZb2l alne ZenDe mek, enedwi.kum tes.e ev.jar.bol.
ef.kiN.gin.b2l dor ZenDe mek, tSot menje mek.p2l.
dor ZenDe el.le iZb2l, saj.le.ten iZb2l.ten mek, volg2.n2j dZel.gam enedwi.gMm jez.b2l.
mez iZb2l iZb2l.rez mek.jar.
volg2.dZo.kel mat.kMn.bol.ka, ras joN.ga.bol.
gMrDa.ja.r.bol.ga tSe.j.leZ Sezga.ja.leZ ug.bol.

Gloss

1.  iZb2l-PL.-INT.-INSTR.  zixM-INT.-INSTR.-CONJ.  mat-PRES.-HAB.-3psg.gen.-NOM.
2.  las-PL.-ACC.  iZb2l-PL.-ACC.  edZde-ABIL.-INTENS.-3psg.gen.-NOM.
3.  al-NOM.  iZb2l-NOM.  tSe-PL.-GEN.  iZb2l-PL.-GEN  mek-PRES.
4.  ev-ADJ.-NOM.  iZb2l-NOM.  alne-NOM.  ZenDe-NOM.  mek-PRES. enedwi-TRANSL. / tes-ADV. / ev-INTENS.-3psg.
5. ef-ABIL.-INVRS.-NMNL.-NOM  dor-NOM.  ZenDe-NOM.  mek-PRES.  tSot  menje  mek-3psg.neu.-NOM.
6. dor-NOM.  ZenDe-NOM.  el-ADJ.-NOM.  iZb2l-NOM.  saj-ADJ.-DISCINC.  iZb2l-DISCINC.  mek-PRES.  volg2-PROE. / dZel-EXLT. / enedwi-EXLT. / jez-3psg.-NOM.
7. mez-NOM.  iZb2l-NOM.  iZb2l-NEG.  mek-INTENS.-PRES.
8. volg2-AUG.-DUR.  mat-ABIL.-3psg.ACC-3psg.NOM.  ras  joN-RECIP.-3psg.NOM.
9. gMrDa-PL.-ACC.-3psg.-RECIP.  tSe-PL.-SIM.  Sezga-PL.-SIM.  ug-3psg.-NOM.

NOM. = nominative
ACC. = accusative
GEN. = genitive
INSTR. = instrumental
PL. = plural
3psg. = third person singular
3psg.gen. = a general third person pronoun, e.g., "one", in English
3psg.neu. = third person singular neuter
CONJ. = conjunctive (used to combine two or more nouns, like the word "and".
So, "x and y" becomes "x, y-CONJ."
PROE. = proessive, which in this case means "after", in the temporal sense
EXLT. = exlative ("x moves *out of* y").
PRES. = present
NEG. = negative
INVRS. = inverse/reversive
NMNL. = nominalizer
ABIL. = abilitive (indicates ability, in that "x can do y"--attaches to verbs)
SIM. = similative (indicates likeness, so "x-SIM." = "like x")
RECIP. = reciprocal/reflexive
AUG. = augmentative
DUR. = durative (so "x-DUR." = "for x amount of time")
INTENS. = intensive (intensifies a verb)
ADJ. = adjective
HAB. = habitual
DISCINC. = discriminatory inclusive (so, "x, y-DISCINC." = "either x or y or
both")
ADV. = adverbial
TRANSL. = translative ("x-TRANSL." = "through x")

1.)
iZb2l = (water) well (n.)
mat = to see (v.)
zixM = person (n.)

2.)
edZde = to cut up, to dice up (v.)
las = all (adj.)

3.)
al = one (adj.)
mek = to be (v.)
tSe = much (sg.), many (plu.) (adj.)

4.)
alne = first (adj.)
enedwi = sky (n.)
ev = to move, to go (v.)
tes = quick (adj.)
ZenDe = name (n.)

5.)
dor = other (adj.)
ef = to move, to go (v.) [variant of /ev/]
menje = always (adv.)
tSot = because (conj.)

6.)
dZel = black (adj.)
el = to give (v.)
jez = to fall (v.)
saj = to die (v.)
volg2 = a period of time (n.)

7.)
mez = last (adj.)

8.)
joN = to show (v.)
ras = therefore, so, and so (conj.)

9.)
gMrDa = strength (n.)
Sezga = tear(drop) (n.)
ug = to break (v.)