Re: Kontaxta

Henrik (and anyone else interested),

Interlinears as requested.  I actually messed up a couple of things
in the text I posted previously:
 - "sekte" in line 4 should be "sektale"
 - "vaulete" in line 5 should be "vauletala"
 - "aqeudooyale" in line 6 should be "aqeuðooyale"

The former two are me changing the verbs used after initially writing
the text and forgetting to conjugate the new ones (d'oh), and the latter
one is because the language recently underwent a minor phonology reform
and I'm not yet used to some of the new words! :-)  The following text
contains the corrections.

Note on some of the less obvious labels I've used to describe suffixes
and stuff:

GER: gerund
DIR: direct object marker
C2N: "clause-to-noun" particle
SUG: suggestive
CAU: causative
COP: copulative suffix
DES: desiderative
C2A: "clause-to-adjective" particle

Let me know if there's a "standard" way of notating this kind of thing;
I've pretty much made it up here...!



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babelli kÿvakona

Babel-of tower


1. ama eki erðate eni taxta ya kasi þenoa laasala.

and all earth-in one speech and equal word exist-PAST.


2. axtala, esi ta kateanui vareten menu xinar arkote sinøtaqe terøðe na, ya
hiveko ruxtala.

happen-PAST, some it east-from travel-GER when Shinar country-in plain-DIR
find C2N, and that-place remain-PAST.


3. ta "komutai vekite ya asteliu ðaoþe he" tai taxtala.  kortau komutaiqe ya
komulahau moleðauqe teltala.

it "brick make and thorough-ADV burn SUG" it-to say-PAST.  stone-ADV
brick-DIR and mortar-ADV tar-DIR have-PAST.


4. taxtala, "kovai ya kÿvakona komuðe he, kÿvakonali hÿti keltai sektale.
saqe leikella telanou he, eki erðali þextesta apirkoyuven nøðeu."

say-PAST, "city and tower build SUG, tower-of top heaven-to extend-FUT.
us-DIR reputation have-CAU SUG, all Earth-of surface-across
scattered-COP-NEG-GER so_that.


5. ama ekaðami teulali italaxa akomði kovaiqe ya kÿvakonaqe ðenen nøðeu
vauletala.

and God person-of child-by built city-DIR and tower-DIR see-GER so_that
descend-PAST.


6. ekaðami taxtala, "ila teulana eniuye ya eni taxta tele, niko, ta hita
velen kÿsÿnala.  velavai ka eki nÿlaqe himenunui tai aqeuðooyale ma."

God say-PAST, "lo people one-ADV-COP and one speech have, thus, it that-it
do-GER begin-PAST.  do-DES C2A all thing-DIR this-time-from it-to
inconvenienced-COP-FUT NEG."


7. "ta tali taxta korakapayuve na nøðeu vaulete ya taxta koranoe he."

"it it-of speech understand-POT-NEG C2N so_that descend and speech confuse
SUG."


8. ama ekaðami taqe hivekonui eki erðali þextesta pirøkala.  ta kovaiqe
komuðen takuala.

and God it-DIR this-place-from all Earth-of surface-across scatter-PAST.  it
city-DIR build-GER cease-PAST.


9. ekaðami hiveko eki erðali taxta koranoala vona, "babel"-u akellanoyala.
ama ekaðami taqe hivekonui eki erðali þextesta pirøkala.

God this-place all Earth-of speech confuse-PAST because, "Babel"-ADV
entitled-COP-PAST.  and God it-DIR this-place-from all Earth-of
surface-across scatter-PAST.

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IB.