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Re: Deep Water: Re- Conlanging

From:Doug Ball <db001i@...>
Date:Tuesday, April 4, 2000, 3:30
And on request,Deep Waters in Skerre:

Enska uhek aka sta vik i totar i tari.
A kella ukanî hok çu cerren i kaska ûra.
Ov korska ukrein ja kæl
a hak ureta to sujar.

Interlinear:
ENSKA     UHEK   AKA    STA    VIK    I    TOTAR    I    TARI
Language  be     path   INS     way   GEN   river   GEN  time

A    KELLA    UKANÎ    HOK    ÇU        CERREN    I    KASKA    ÛRA.
ERG  it (this)leads    us     towards   home      GEN  ones     ancient.

OV    KORSKA    UKREIN    JA    KÆL
but   no.one    arrives   LOC    it (that)

A     HAK    URETA    TO    SUJAR
ERG   REL    fears    water deep.

Abbreviations:
ERG=ergative
INS=instrumental
GEN=genitive
LOC=locative (at is usually the best translation)
REL=relative pronoun

Re-translation
Language is the path by way of the river of time.
It leads us towards the home of the ancient ones,
but no one at it
who fear deep water.

Pronunciation Guide:
{c}=[T]
{ç}=[s] (as in French)
{î}=[ai]
{û}=[au]
all others as in the IPA
-Doug