Justin B Rye 1995–2001
glossary sounds numbers nouns adjuncts pronouns verbs phrases syntax coinages examples lexicon

SECTION XI: EXAMPLES

XIa – Example Sentences

XIb – Example Text

No prizes for identifying the following much-translated passage from a certain well known work.  The affix-separating dots used elsewhere in this guide have been left out in order to give a more accurate impression of the natural appearance of an extended text; and some of the vocabulary for this exercise isn't given in the lexicon – that is, it has been generated specially, by means of regular derivation and/or random syllabification (see coinages section).  However, the grammar is all pretty straightforward, so I'd expect even casual readers to be able to guess bits of it.

1. Iasommara siburel erepithes ∼ emmera, ta desenés ∼ sorekha.
2. Ukouo roenkhondon ores nana, tep guchara Sin-ar nikhomeson ámbies khufual, ta nuch balul.
3. Narfai en etamma: ¡ Alme, upathar anthokum, éria tulisannaum !  Upathar ida dede ∼ jabainedon kaummos, ta pimmopabo ida dede ∼ thuitagadon kaummos.
4. Narfai: ¡ Alme, jurdurfe ta sathenuot dedem orfeum, lemmo gerallekes buenekhon nomothukhes !  ¡ Jinkeus dedem anthokum, melmo iasommara siburel bikharosa fonies tamioseukhomor !
5. Silal Iakhuékh uduth ana lemmo jurdurfe ta sathenuot e kuadijarla orfe numaukh.
6. Iakhuékh narfai: Ua; emmera mufene, ta emmera erepith sumfada fakanes; ta khajueotellu ondaimpi.  Ukouo seach, e ankat serau, ida or manfilleanesor.
7. ¡ Darach uduth anaum, erepith jeojékum, lemmo ida en desen miasauokhor !
8. Nuch Iakhuékh la ida iasommara siburel bikharosa fonies tamiose, ta jurdurfe orfeukor rirekies.
9. Daruo onjinkemos Babel, alba nuch Iakhuékh iasommara siburel erepithes jeojék, ta nuch Iakhuékh la ida iasommara siburel bikharosa fonies tamiose.

SECTION XII: Lexicon