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Babel text in LW

From:Mau Rauszer <maurauser@...>
Date:Friday, December 20, 2002, 15:42
And finally here is the Babel Text in Long Wer:

Noyenge Babel

Qen, ú Mbeaman ya ualongad qi newolongad.
Qen yi menu de Sesedwo, gemwundide tyézunna Shinarad qi upaendiyanwe.
Yassifundiya new "Hye, udjíyundie shagwaunna qi udjáyundienwe." Twafundiya shagwaunna
didossim qi grepunqonna gwiunqonq.
Qen yassifundiya "Hye, noyáyundie wahutanna noyengesse, gwindi taqe Petem, qen
e-ngwayu urendinyu won tuatayulura Mbepaedwo".
Mí ya Ingonyama de "Enge pu wape ualongad, uyinwude qenna; qen úra téma tengwad e-fuq udod.
Hye, yíe wind e-qi uangíendie longarwenna won tentifura ammunna."
Qen wangí Ingonyama de qi uatafendidenwu Mbepaedwo qi géfundide noyahutienna.
Ú qe erení gedaga Babel taqeq - won uangindi Ingonyama de Longamanna. Gedil,
uatandinwu Ingonyama de Mbepaedwo.

And the interlinear:

Abbreviations:
P - past
F - future
PF - perfect
PPART - passive participle
ATT - attaching vowel
A - singular
I - dual
U -plural
SOC - sociative
TRAN - transitive affix
IMP - imperative
T - negation

Qen, ú Mbe.aman ya ua.long.ad qi new.o.long.ad.
Then, be all.world P one.language.PPART and together.ATT.PPART.

Qen yi men.u de Ses.e.d.wo, gem.wu.ndi.de tyézu.nna Shinar.a.d qi upae.ndi.ya.nwe.
Then go man.U P East.ATT.LOC.to, find.3U.TRAN.PPF desert.ACC Shinar.ATT.LOC and
inhabit.TRAN.P.3A-ACC

Yassi.fu.ndi.ya new "Hye, udjí.yu.ndi.e shagwa.u.nna qi udjá.yu.ndi.e.nwe."
Speak.3U.TRAN.P together "Hey. make.1U.TRAN.IMP brick.U.ACC and bake.1U.TRAN.IMP.3A-ACC."

Twa.fu.ndi.ya shagwa.u.nna dido.ss.im qi grepunqo.nna gwiunqo.nq.
Not-do.3U.TRAN.P brick.U.ACC stone.SOC.instead and tar.ACC mortar.DAT-MALE.

Qen yassi.fu.ndi.ya "Hye, noyá.yu.ndi.e wa.hut.a.nna noyenge.sse, gwi.ndi taqe Pet.e.m,
qen e-ngwa.yu urendi.nyu won t.uata.yu.lu.ra Mbe.pae.d.wo".
Then speak.3U.TRAN.P "Hey, create.1U.TRAN.IMP one.city.ATT.ACC tower.SOC reach.TRAN who sky.ACC,
then ATT-can.1U name.3U-ACC for T.scatter.1U.PASS.F all.earth.LOC.to"

Mí ya Ingonyama de "Enge pu wa.pe ua.long.ad, uyin.wu.de qe.nna;
qen ú.ra téma te.ngwa.d e-fu.q udo.d.
But say God PPF "If as one.nation one.language.PPART, begin.3U.PPF this.ACC;
then be.F nothing T.can.PPART ATT-3U.DAT future.LOC.

Hye, yí.e win.d e-qi uangí.e.ndi.e long.a.rwe.nna won te.nti.fu.ra ammu.nna."
Hey, go.IMP down.LOC ATT-and scatter.1A.TRAN.IMP language.ATT.3A-POSS.ACC for
T.know.3U.F theirselves.ACC."

Qen wangí Ingonyama de qi uata.fe.ndi.de.nwu Mbe.pae.d.wo qi gé.fu.ndi.de noyahutie.nna.
Then confuse God PPF and scatter.3A.TRAN.PPF.3U-ACC all.earth.LOC.to and
stop.3U.TRAN.PPF tower-making.ACC.

Ú qe erení ge.daga Babel taqe.q - won uangi.ndi Ingonyama de Long.aman.na.
be *this* [be ]named that.place Babel what.DAT - for confuse.TRAN God PPF language.world.ACC.

Ge.d.il, uata.ndi.nwu Ingonyama de Mbe.pae.d.wo.
That.LOC.from scatter.TRAN.3U-ACC God PPF all.earth.LOC.to.

--
Mau
Ábrahám Zsófia alias Mau Rauszer
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