"The Miller's Sons" in Géarthnuns

Jobauths (Joe) lé fuzh:

>English version:
>Long ago, in a quiet village in France, there lived a miller. That miller
>had three sons and two daughters.  The oldest son wanted to become a knight
>one day, but his father had no money to buy a horse.  The middle son wanted
>to become a monk, but the nearest monastery had no room for him.  The
>youngest son didn't know what he wanted to do.  We don't know what the
>daughters wanted, because stories in those days didn't talk about such
>things.
>
>---
In Géarthnuns:

Chauk Ékhlüvarsaup chöi Zhbetsöis

Írfust ferü, Fransav sí haulsív méazhlentelív, söi zhbets lü han.
Chöi zhbets helket lé sauk ékhlüvarsauch tourauch zhö sal krömensam
pungenam ven. Chau ékhlüvars gdhaider lé sí pshels odaltheu ba vanöi
üraf, arkfö vö dhakhs lé fau jaflenhímsaut íaülemaut, öre söi
skatsöit ba vazh ven. Chau ékhlüvars chechevír lé sö hídesíöbs ba
vanöi üraf, arkfö vö hídesíöbörhenekhsöv ftégökhöv éhö fí afs lé
faumauk miçnakh. Vau ékhlüvaums shem lé vepsat bé dravnath bé üraf
sferül. Feg lav, gü chal krömensazh lé chansat höihüraf sho, sferül,
vaçte vök sfadökhsöp lü ferü vek kfözhanegsech vdanagech möl.

írfust - (adv.) in days of yore
ferü - (adv.) in days of yore
("írfust" and "ferü" are synonyms; like the Japanese "mukashi
mukashi", when put together, they take on the meaning of "once upon a
time")
Fransav - France (4th decl., locative, affirmative)
sí - a (6th decl.)
haulsív - village (6th decl., loc., aff.)
méazhlentelív - quiet (6th decl., loc., aff.)
söi - a (5th decl.)
zhbets - miller (5th decl., nominative, aff.)
lü - trascendental auxiliary
han - live, dwell
chöi - the (5th decl.)
zhbets - miller (5th decl., nominative, aff.)
helket - that (5th decl., nominative, aff.)
lé - past aux.
sauk - plural indefinite article (2nd decl.)
ékhlüvarsauch - sons (2nd decl., accusative, pl., aff.)
tourauch - three (2nd decl., accusative, pl., aff.)
zhö - and
sal - dual indef. art. (4th decl.)
krömensam - daughters (4th decl., acc., dual, aff.)
pungenam - two (4th decl., acc., dual, aff.) (could be deleted)
ven - have
chau - the (2nd decl.)
ékhlüvars - son (2nd decl., nom., aff.)
gdhaider - elder, eldest (2nd decl., nom., aff.)
lé - past aux.
sí - a (6th decl.)
pshels - knight (6th decl., nom., aff.)
odaltheu - one day (referring to the future)
ba - verb linker (present)
vanöi - become
üraf - want
arkfö - but
vö - the (1st decl., negative)
dhakhs - father (1st decl., nom., neg.)
lé - past aux.
fau - indef. art. (2nd decl.)
jaflenhímsaut - money (2nd decl., acc., neg.)
íaülemaut - no, any (2nd decl., acc., neg.)
öre - in order to
söi - a (5th decl.)
skatsöit - horse (5th decl., acc., aff.)
ba - verb linker (present)
vazh - buy
ven - have
chau - the (2nd decl.)
ékhlüvars - son (2nd decl., nom., aff.)
chechevír - middle (2nd decl., nom., aff.)
lé - past aux.
sö - a (1st decl.)
hídesíöbs - monk (1st decl., nom., aff.)
ba - verb linker (present)
vanöi - become
üraf - want
arkfö - but
vö - the (1st decl., negative)
hídesíöbörhenekhsöv - monastery (1st decl., loc., neg.)
ftégökhöv - near  (1st decl., loc., neg.)
éhö - most (superlative adv.)
fí - a (6th decl., neg.)
afs - room (6th decl., nom., neg.)
lé - past aux.
faumauk - him (2nd decl., dative, neg.)
miçnakh - exist, there be
vau - the (2nd decl., neg.)
ékhlüvaums - son (2nd decl., nom., neg.)
shem - younger, youngest (2nd decl., nom., neg.)
lé - past aux.
vepsat - what (5th decl., acc., neg.)
bé - verb linker (past)
dravnath - do, make
bé - verb linker (past)
üraf - want
sferül - know
feg - he/she/it (7th decl., nom., neg)
lav - present impersonal aux. (when combined with a 7th decl.
pronoun, it translates like French "on", German "man", etc.)
gü - "that" (subordinating conjunction)
chal - the (5th decl., dual, aff.)
krömensazh - daughters (5th decl., nom., dual, aff.)
lé - past aux.
chansat - what (5th decl., acc., aff.)
höihüraf - want (discoursive mood)
sho - marks the end of an imbedded subordinate clause
sferül - know
vaçte - because
vök - the (1st decl., pl., neg.)
sfadökhsöp - stories (1st decl., nom., pl., neg.)
lü - transcendental aux.
ferü - (adv.) in days of yore, in those days
vek - the (7th decl., pl., neg.)
kfözhanegsech - things (7th decl., acc., pl., neg.)
vdanagech - such (7th decl., acc., pl., neg.)
möl - speak, talk

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