Re: Cute little sentence

Me govanen!

Adrian Morgan tetent:
>
> I think the following sentence from my conlang is quite cute :-)
>
>      /tOnOT pregeTdris OroU tOnOT arOl ix/
>
> spelt,
>      Tonot* preget*drys oriu tonot* !rol ykk
>      where (t* == pi-shape) and (! == lambda-shape)
>
> means,
>      Constructing languages always causes happiness.
In Nur-ellen:

Ni kared e ljemb pallu on`n alm`r.

Interlinear:

Ni   kared     e       ljemb           pallu  on`n             alm`r
INST build.GER GEN.OBJ OBJ.language.PL always beget[.PRES.3SG]
[OBJ.]bliss

Comments:

(1) Nur-ellen is an active language.
(2) The subject (agent) slot of the verb is left blank.
(3) The noun _alm`r_ (bliss) as well as the gerund _kared_ (building)
    are inanimate and therefore take no explicit objective case marking.
(4) The noun _lamb_ (language) is animate and thus marked for objective
case,
    and of course for plural.
(5) The back-quote represents a very short epenthetic schwa.

Literally, "By building of languages, one always begets bliss."

Syld,
Jörg.