kinsi-rorotan
by Robert B. Wilson
The Text
1. dibiri moti dimoli.
2. myd, vizi da koji monim kins nares mokirti ask da kun kerosi suv.
3. birnar, areni vizi kojim mok.
4. birnar mones kinsi dadas:
"ysikinsa womoli naran!
erazuna moles motim eska iviz."
5. tasa moni kinsa: "beren keroses karna nadas."
6. tasa birnar, moti kapan wiz, tasa moni beren rotin dimoli.
Vocabulary
aren - this
ask - able
beren - now, already
bir - time
dadas - 3sg masc. agent (irregular)
kapan - angry
karn - know
keros - all, every
koj - watch
kun - good
mok - same, like, together
mokirt - holy book
mol - temple
mon - priest
mot - bad, evil, not good
myd - believe
nadas - 2sg masc. agent (irregular)
nar - 1pl
nar - that
rot - go
suv - more than, beyond
tasa - but
viz - hide
wiz - very, much
Grammar
Nouns
Agent:
sing. dual plur.
masc. -ad -av -an
fem. -a -ai -ey
neut. -i -it -im
Patient:
sing. dual plur.
masc. -adas -abas -at
fem. -asi -et -yr
neut. -es -iz -in
Instrumental:
the instrumental is formed from the agent form.
masc. wo-
fem. o-
neut.
sing. vo-
dual vjo-
plur. zo-
Genitive:
the genitive is also formed from the agent form.
masc. ro-
fem. jo-
neut.
sing. wo-
dual jo-
plur. ro-
Dative:
the dative is used to express many different things:
ask-(verb ending) + (dative)-X-(noun ending) = be able to do X
koz-(verb ending) + (dative)-X-(noun ending) = be allowed to do X
X(verb marked as dat. noun) + Y(instr.) = X is accomplished because of Y
the dative is formed from the patient form
masc. y-
fem.
sing. i-
dual i-
plur. y-
neut.
sing. i-
dual y-
plur. y-
Locative:
the locative is used to express "at", "in", "on", "beside", "near", "about"...
the locative is formed from the agent form
masc. di-
fem.
sing. di-
dual di-
plur. dy-
neut. di-
Verbs
Tense:
Past -i
Past Continuative -it
Past Perfective -in
Present -a
Present Continuative -ad
Present Perfective -am
Future -y
Future Continuative -yt
Future Perfective -yn
Infinite -o
Infinite Continuative -od
Infinite Perfective -om
Mood:
Indicative [no prefix]
Imperative ysi-
Optative era-
Obligative ama-
Adjectives and Adverbs
Adjectives and adverbs follow the word that they modify and do not decline.
adjectives and adverbs are just stems without any prefixes or suffixes.
word order: pronouns go after the verb, nouns go before.