SMOOTH TRANSLATION I hope you are well. I'm happy to write to you. And, I hope you enjoy this. I touch the heartbeat of God. My story follows. There are two souls in me. This soul is called Laki. That little soul is called Luki. Laki sings and plays happily. Do you like to sing? At the same time, Luki meditates. They share emotions. They live in the story. Are you happy? I am serene. They are good. Thus, the student becomes enlightened. Again, I hope you are well. —Laki Yikaodarilao Listen: I forget some of this story. It is fine if the speaker of a language changes next. Do you understand? ****** TEXT TRANSLATED INTO ANENA Uvhadi imedha domarho. Lhindi ibiel eo. I, uvhadi zom bielo. Pidedi ibhada sedra. Geghamu aune sedi. Eth, rheinti aus sedi. Ghanmu rheinzom Laki. Ghanmu rheinzet toli Luki. Aiumu i britimu Laki ibiel.Char, bielo aiu? Odrat, atathamu Luki. Dishaitimu iondriash. Shivratimu aus sauneu. Char, bielo? Ewhindi. Shivtimu. I, chesvhimu tradu. Dhadha, uvhadi imedha marho. — Laki Yikaodarilao Kas, nilto: Humdhadi ili saunezom. Bia, koinmu bia shalhmu ardou selhindem othi. Char, ingho? ****** DECLINING NOUNS Every noun has a root, which is what you see in the vocab list. The root is modified by a series of prefixes and suffixes. First Part: If applicable, case marker Second Part: Necessary; noun root Third Part: If applicable, number marker Fourth Part (Final suffix): If applicable, article or certain other words So, an example noun with all parts intact: s-edra-sh-u sedrashu- of the gods 1) The Case Marker no prefix if nominative “s” prefix for genitive “e” prefix for dative “i” prefix for accusative (If the root already begins with the same letter as the case marker, the marker is NOT added) 2) Root Of course, the only necessary part of a noun— it IS the noun. 3) Number Marker Nothing for singular “ti” for dual “sh” for plural 4) Final suffix Nothing for no article/indefinite article “u” for definite article “zom” for this/these “zet” for that/those (That’s all you need for this text) CONJUGATING VERBS Every verb has a root, with things added before and after it, just like nouns. First Part: Root Second Part: If applicable, number marker Third Part: Person marker For root and number markers, rules are the same as nouns (which may make it difficult to distinguish between nouns and verbs, but also makes them quite interchangeable). Person Marker: “di” for 1st person “o” for 2nd person “mu” for 3rd person (For two or more people, the appropriate number marker is put in between the root and the person marker) SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION 1) Introductory Particle 2) Conjugated Verb 3) Adverb/Adverbial Phrase 4) Direct Object 5) Anything Else (indirect object, time, etc. etc.) 6) Second verb (if infinitive, just root; if conjugated, has additional “do” prefix) INTRODUCTORY PARTICLES Introductory particles are extremely important, and are at the very beginning of a sentence, describing what kid of a sentence it is OR as a conjunction to the previous sentence or clause OR as other things like “there is”. Yet normal statements of fact don’t have them… which, of course, most sentences are. Transliterating Anena, the participle phrases have a comma after them— so it’s not too hard. ADVERBS Adjectives in the accusative. Simple as that. TO BE OR NOT TO BE There is no verb “to be”. If someone is happy, you take the adjective “happy” and add the number marker and the personal marker after it, treating it like a verb root. If there is a specific subject, it goes after a “conjugated” adjective like this as well. PRONOUNS Pronouns simply use the personal marker as a root, except that the genitive prefix is “se” instead of “s”. GENERAL “E”s are often added between parts of a word that aren’t especially easy to pronounce, or when consonants are repeated due to the addition of a prefix or suffix. VOCAB aiu- to sing ardo- speaker atatha- to meditate aune- story aus- in (when mobile takes genitive, when mobile (i.e. into) takes dative) bhada- heartbeat bia- particle or conjunction; means ‘if’ or starts conjunctional sentences biel- happy briti- to play char- particle, begins yes or no questions chesvhi- to become enlightened dhadha- particle or conjunction; again, once more di- I dishai- to share edra- god eth- particle, “There is/There are” ewhin- serene, calm, tranquil gegha- to follow ghan- to be called humdha- to forget, to lose i- particle or conjunction; and, thus, etc. etc. ili- some ingh- to understand kas- particle; makes following clause imperative koin- fine, okay Laki- Laki (a proper name) lhin- to write lhindem- language Luki- Luki (a proper name) marh- to have medha- health (to have health=to be well) nilt- to listen o- you odrat- particle or conjunction; “at the same time”, “meanwhile” ondria- emotions, feelings othi- particle or conjunction; next, after, following pid- to touch rhein- soul shalh- to change shiv- good shivra- to live in, to reside toli- little trad- student uvha- to hope Yikaodarilao- Yikaodarilao (a proper name) zat- that/those (can be final suffix, indeclinable) zom- this/these (can be final suffix, indeclinable)