Flight (was: Memberlang pages)

Here's an Elet Anta version of the paragraph.  I had to make two new
words for this :-(

FLIGHT
That evening, I was considering whether I would eat my supper when the
man arrived at our house, hungry and exhausted.  He was tall, with hair
dyed blacker than a crow, after the custom of the North.  While he was
washing I had to dry his clothes for him in front of the fire.  He ate
voraciously and drank a cup of wine which made him sleep.  The next
morning he warned us to leave that place immediately, as the floods
would soon overwhelm it, and it was almost too late to escape.  All five
of us mounted the horses we had bought at the last festival and followed
him, but not without wondering fairly seriously whether he was in fact
insane.  How lucky we were!  Not two days later, the waters destroyed
our house and all the fields beyond it, and most of our neighbours, who
had mocked us fleeing, were pitiably drowned.

k=/x/  c=/k/  y=/j/  w=/w/  sh=/S/  th=/T/  ch=/tS/

RASCISHSU
In eb-bethenwa cenec ya, lyu ale foruc inye betheniara ow, cwand la
layta yu ey-yencwa antye colotonvew, en larba grondayarn.  En padan,
tali chisco va pe diak hishesy' anatalfaw sof shaarf harakvaw.  Ish
focosh, yamlaw in isel cos freca enlaw uraysfanentaw enye shefisa.  En
foruc varadwa, tali shast crup rayvisa, cwis cos yin sendi ena.
Aprilwa amant antlaw ya, ant doafgaw craf af-fancwara yarkaw, selfsu
tenafgaw yawra fana, tali ant elath crof shast yuvwa, atyawn suma.
Cesef lant brathonve, cwarla ant va zalath cortay' ayrowa, tali mlori
ena yu, dona cwiast oka torvaswa ya, en taswa rasha.  Clan ant eland!
Sosh ali tanatafgaw, imisas scach antye colota tal uricray lac tangcona,
tali sofsu ostayen antye, cwen va mimu anta rascishyand, eneshnaswa
cof la viguf.

ATR=attributive  ADV=adverbial  ACC=accusative  DEF=definitive
EMB=embedding particle  ANT=antecedent particle  REL=relative
ART=article  TO=towards  FROM=away-from  N=nominaliser

RASCISHSU
flee-N

In eb-bethenwa     cenec    ya,     lyu ale    foruc inye  betheniara
I  ART-evening-ADV consider EMB+ACC ??  FUTURE eat   I-ATR supper-ACC

ow,     cwand    la         layta ey-yencwa  antye  colotonvew
ANT+ADV REL-time PERFECTIVE come  ART-person we-ATR house-at-TO+ADV

yu,     en   larba     grondayarn.   En   padan,  tali chisco va
EMB+ADV s/he be.hungry be.exhausted  S/he be.tall and  hair   PAST

pe      diak hishesy'  anatalfaw            sof  shaarf    harakvaw.
PASSIVE dye  north-ATR custom-according-ADV more black+DEF crow-than-ADV

Ish       focosh, yamlaw        in isel cos  freca  enlaw
REFLEXIVE wash    EMB-while-ADV I  must make be.dry s/he-for-ADV

uraysfanentaw         enye     shefisa.     En   foruc varadwa,
fire-place-before-ADV s/he-ATR clothes-ACC  S/he eat   intense+ADV

tali shast crup rayvisa, cwis      cos  yin             sendi ena.
and  drink cup  wine-ACC REL-stuff make abruptly.become sleep s/he-ACC

Aprilwa     amant antlaw    ya,     ant doafgaw       craf  af-fancwara
Morning-ADV warn  we-to-ADV EMB+ACC we  not-after-ADV leave ART-place-
ACC

yarkaw,            selfsu  tenafgaw         yawra    fana,     tali ant
EMB-because.of-ADV flood+N slight-after-ADV overcome place-ACC and  we

elath  crof shast yuvwa,       atyawn suma.  Cesef lant   brathonve,
almost too  late  EMB-than-ADV avoid  N-ACC. Five  all-we horse-at-TO

cwarla     ant va   zalath cortay'      ayrowa,      tali mlori
REL-animal we  PAST buy    previous-ATR festival-ADV and  follow

ena      yu,     dona   cwiast oka        torvaswa      ya,     en
s/he-ACC EMB+ADV not.un wonder moderately important-ADV EMB+ACC s/he

taswa    rasha.  Clan ant eland!    Sosh ali tanatafgaw,   imisas
fact+ADV be.mad  How! we  be.lucky  less two day-after-ADV water-mass

scach antye  colota    tal uricray       lac tangcona, tali sofsu
smash we-ATR house-ACC and it-beyond-ATR all field-ACC and  majority

ostayen       antye, cwen       va   mimu anta   rascishyand,
beside-person we-ATR REL-person PAST mock we-ACC flee-at.time

eneshnaswa      cof     la         viguf.
pity-worthy-ADV be.made PERFECTIVE drown

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John Fisher   john@drummond.demon.co.uk   johnf@epcc.ed.ac.uk
Elet Anta website: http://www.drummond.demon.co.uk/anta/
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