T-shirt submission
From: | Padraic Brown <pbrown@...> |
Date: | Friday, October 6, 2000, 16:36 |
The following is the submission I just sent to Nicole:
Talarian:
xanto tî tenxwwanua martancat : ffarasâhto tî tenxwwarcat!
xanto tî tenxwwanua martancat :
IMPER 2s.pron N.s.posses N.s.dat.+demons.
ffarasâhto tî tenxwwarcat.
IMPER 2s.pron N.s.acc.+demons.
cat, demonstrative pron.: the [primary topic form]
ffarasâhem, athematic vb. compound: give birth (to)
martan, neuter action noun: dying, death
tenxwwar, neuter noun: language, tongue
tî, 2nd s. pron vocative: thou
xanem, athematic vb.: slay, strike dead
Literal translation: Slay the dying of languages - give birth to a
language!
Talarian has several written forms: a formal (ideogrammes with
modified cuneiform alphabet); a high usual (cursive letters derived
from cuneiform); and a low usual (alphabetic letters similar to
the Latin alphabet).
Yllurian:
venty ty dengymyy ha mererrivana : ddevty ty ta dengumya!
venty ty dengymyy ha mererrivana
IMPER 2s.pron N.s.posses. demons. C.s.acc.
ddevty ty ta dengumya
IMPER 2s.pron demons. N.s.acc.
ddevel, verb: make, set, appoint
dengymya, neut. noun: language
ha, article: the
mererrivanþ, common gender agent noun: death
ta, article: the
venel, verb: fight struggle; come, arrive
Literal translation: fight the death of language; make a language!
Yllurian has an alphabetic script.
Kerno:
Da-phuinyamur contre li bucce la morant le cante! - fa yn llingedech.
Da-phuinyamur contre li bucce la morant
prevb+1pl.dep.IMPER prep. def.art. f.s.dat. def.art. f.s.acc.POSSES
le cante
def.art. m.s.acc.POSSES
fa yn llingedech
2s/pl.IMPER indef.art. m.s.acc.
bucce, fem. noun [bucca]: mouth, face
cante, masc. noun [cants]: language, speech
contre, preposition: against
da, preverb [do-] before feminine object: roughly translates as "to"
fa, imperative of facker: make! create!
la, art. def. masc. accusative [possessive usage]: of the
le, def. art. fem. accusative [possessive usage]: of the
li, def. art. dative: to the
llingedech, masc. noun: language
puinyamur, 1pl deponent imperative of puinyar: fight
Literally: (Let's) put the fist in the face of the death of language!
- create a language!
Since the Talarian and Yllurian have native scripts, I've put the
examples at <http://www.geocities.com/elemtilas/samples/>.
Padraic.