10 commandments

> I've just been working on translating short forms of
> the 10 commandments into Ikanirae Seru.  Here they are:
The Seinundjei-reinterpreted Commandments: (in ascii-friendly
orthography)
There are only seven because three got subsumed under 6 and I ignored
the Sabbath one.

1.
Siin  Dhueg thaane.
One   God   be-1s
/si:n Dujg  Ta:ne/
I am the One God.

2.
Uun  thaane  Dhueg leinkinisj.
NEG  be-1s   God   idol
/u:n Ta:.ne Dujg   le:N.kinis`/
God is not in an idol.

3.
Uensj       velehar  Nein  Hayath zjullo   thiinjesj.
NEG-FUT-IRR walk-3s  I-GEN Name   dirt-VOC path-EPH-ESS
/ujn`s`     velehar  ne:n  hajaT  z`ul.lo  Ti:nes`/
My Name will not be spoken vulgarly. (idiomatic)

4.
Leines  Dhaatje Maatjes    thaach fisjpenu.
your-pl father  mother-COM be-3p  honourable
/le:nes Da:t`e  ma:t`es    Ta:S   fis`penu/
Your Father and Mother are to be honoured.

5.
Uun  baadi    dheinnjesein.
NEG  kill-IMP tongue-EPH-ACCpl
/u:n ba:di    De:n`.n`ese:n/
Do not kill a speaking being.

6.
Inhak thae   solof.
PROG  be-ACC true
/iJak Taj   solof/
Be continually truthful.

7.
Inhak theisi     lei     lein.
PROG  purify-ACC you-NOM you-ACC
/iJak Te:si le: le:n/
Be continually pure. :: Continually purify yourself.


Note: in indirect discourse, several of thee take different forms:

Iinu theirre ulujhul uunhensj kiinja nein hayath veleh zjullo thiinensj.
"The sparrow said that its name will not be spoken vulgarly."

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Shreyas Sampat