Happy Xmas (War is over)

I heard this song* (originally, I think, by John Lennon) for the first time today and decided I'd translate it.  (Thanks, Colbert Report!)  It asks a really good question, of course- that being... "what have you done?"

Nothing new in this song, just the same old.  I had to rig the vocative just right to make it work (since it's an extra syllable and the translation below is singable, Oh Joy.)

*Sorry for this video.  It is surprisingly the only one with lyrics I could find that didn't have images of carnage.  ...Sigh.

Order of Texts: Sandic -- Smooth English of Sandic -- Original English

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Ba mohn ân ora 

a kiab péxma

ba ivlú basem

rep juti baahl

ba mohn ân ora

opémas ra

lēé ta zumin, usein

lēé ta lēlain, nabein

mohnab lēaira

ivlúb lēai

wenai obaahl

temab kahami

ba mohn ân ora

lēian paelain, levin

kalēlétin, kahamin,

lenai ara aŵ

ba mohn ân ora

lēian mauin, glénin

lēian éoin, lēian pîrin,

otaŵneot madîjj.

dîjj batesem

ba wîc pé

dîjj batesem

nalēu

--

The day of giving,

but what have you done

the year is ending

it's the beginning of another one

the day of giving

be very happy

you who are here, you who are loved

you who are old, you who are young

A very happy day

a happy (new) year

let it be beautiful

and without fear

the day of giving

to you, the strong and the weak

the having and lacking,

our existence is wrong.

the day of giving

to you, the white and the black (ones),

to you the yellow (ones) and the red (ones),

let us not fight.

War will stop

(according to) your want

war will stop

now

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So this is Xmas

And what have you done

Another year over

And a new one just begun

And so this is Xmas

I hope you have fun

The near and the dear one

The old and the young

A very Merry Xmas

And a happy New Year

Let's hope it's a good one

Without any fear

And so this is Xmas

For weak and for strong

For rich and the poor ones

The world is so wrong

And so happy Xmas

For black and for white

For yellow and red ones

Let's stop all the fight

War is over, 

if you want it

War is over 

now

** Image from here.

Lēé îbú - O moon

Last night as I was falling asleep, this song popped into my head.  It's yet another one from the CD of chants I had as a kid. Needless to say, I ended up scribbling it out in Sandic.

The picture below is of my actual writing-out of the song as I worked on it (at one in the morning, trying to get it out of my head so I could sleep).  I figured someone might get a kick out of seeing the actual messiness that translations can sometimes produce.

Yes, I write things down in Sandic script.  I've been doing it for so long that it's sometimes easier this way- particularly if I'm sleepy.

As to the formatting of the picture- yes, I know it's horrible and could do with some cropping.  I can't for the life of me figure out how to do it on a linux machine, though. I give up. It's seeable!  That's all I really care about.

The text on the left-hand is what appears below.  The text on the right side reads (albeit sideways) - "Lēé îbú iadkai / kabrelēi pal nât" ("O moon, helper / shining (there) outside").
(If you look closely, you can see that I forgot to dot the "a" on "pal" there, too.)

Order of texts: Sandic -- Smooth English of Sandic -- Original English

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Lēé îbú iadkai

kabrelēi pal toa

fian opétaen

bamée ba marka

Lēé îbú kasai

ici pébrelē

fian opétamal

raactab opétaen

--

O moon, helper

shining up above

smile down to me

your face is showing

O moon (which) is knowing

you are shining silver

inspire me

shine truth (to me).

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Moon, sister moon

Shining so high

Smile down upon me

Full face in the sky

Moon, sister moon

with your silver glow

Whisper your secrets

Tell me what you know

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I know, I'm a horrible person.

>.>

I'll update this at some point... someday.
  D;

Uxmici kaevo

I enjoy this chant, so I translated it.

The funny thing about chants is that I remember them when I want to sing them for fun, but almost never when I actually need them. ;)  I have panic attacks over ridiculous things, so the few times I remember them they're wonderful tools to get myself back into alignment.  (Something about the rhythm and repetitiveness breaks the panic feedback loop for me.)

They're so useful.

"talēl yahl", the last line, is not really "I am changing".  It's something more like... "I am, changingly"- "My being is change", or even "I am change".  "I am changing" is just "katalēli yahl".  Still, "I am changing" is the easiest English for that spot, so I've left it as the others are ugly.

Order of texts:  Sandic -- Smooth English of Sandic -- Original English
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Uxmici kaevo

kamalēimi béno

kamai hélo

talēl yahl 

Water has birthed (me)

Cleansing powerfully

Acting for healing

I am changing

Born of water

cleansing powerful

healing changing

I am

*image from here.

Ba perad bafac

When I was a child and there was work to be done, a group of us together would sing a song to distract our minds and help the time pass.  This is true even today, though I have no group to sing with.  The old method has been adapted to my ways, and I still sing to myself or hum to myself when I've got something to do.

I was cleaning the house today and simultaneously surfing the web (this is possible, I assure you) when I came across this song on youtube.  It's about six minutes through, and by the time the first playthrough was done, I was singing along in Sandic.  A spontaneous translation!

Anyway, I thought it worth sharing here.  Perhaps one day I will collect all the Sandic songs and make a CD. :)

A note: At first, I was singing "ba reejilian" ("towards the ocean"), but I changed it later to "ba reejil gre" ("until the ocean/to the ocean") because it preserves the original rhyme.  Both work here, I guess.  It's just a matter of personal preference.

Order of texts: Sandic -- Smooth English of Sandic -- Original English

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Ba perad bafac, 

bafac wî bazefa

ba perad bafac

ba réjil gre

lēé ama iab o(lēé)kre

gezo lēé yahl felē

lēé ada iab o(lēé)kre

ba réjil gre

---

The river flows,

it flows and grows

the river flows

until the ocean

O mother, carry me

I myself am your child

O father, carry me

until the ocean

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The river is flowing,

flowing and growing

the river is flowing

down to the sea

Mother, carry me

your child I will always be

Father, carry me

down to the sea

* image from here

Féd pa lēeya

I'm not entirely sure where I heard this song yesterday, but it got stuck in my head and I ended up falling back on my flawless method for removing it (or at least rendering its irritating properties ineffective): translation.

"Sleigh ride" by Leroy Anderson and Mitchell Parish is translated below (and is singable, if you dare).  I may record this later; I'm not sure, though, as the only recording device I currently have access to is a camera and it's awkward singing to a little peeping eye.  The audio version might have to wait until I get my new laptop (which should be in a few weeks, hooray).

Perhaps I will translate more carols as the season goes on?

Order of texts: Sandic - Smooth English of Sandic - Original English

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Sandic

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Féd pa lēeya 

ta matenabin lēeya ybra,

kamatenin oahl

otaŵféd ra pa lēeya

iné bataen ba buce

bayum jéjé pal nât

tasnidan aŵ ŵiab ogre

otaŵféd ra pa lēeya

iné bataen ba buce

otaŵféd otaŵféd otaŵféd

iné pa jéjéb otaŵféd

pa úldib jéjéi aŵféd lēeya

otaŵféd otaŵféd otaŵféd

ufe me pa ufe pé

kalēanein lēeya aŵahl

kakantain lēain

gasan aŵ gréin oahl

pa lēeya katéwúin

pal aŵ aŵahl ŵhé

methîan kasein

ba ikuceab otaŵféd

iat kakantain

otaŵféd ra pa lēeya

iné bataen ba buce

then ba ivlú baahl

pal mead ba felokâ grré

sem baahl auzeri faé mohn auzoi

kantabin aŵtekant

otiab aŵmac gre kala ân kant

pal heon karaugin ta makmabin

kalein! red ole!

Lēain aŵahl, erini 

ŵian baneot ahl dék

troukâ aŵ zum úraj

kadamin

wena ma aŵ baahl ân stalob 

makania katema

jégú wenain ta aben

gre kala aŵtelēlét

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Smooth English of Sandic

A trip in the sleigh

I hear the sleigh bells

and they are ringing

let's go in the sled

the weather is nice

outside there is snow falling

our friends are waiting for us

let's go in the sled

the weather is nice

let's go, let's go, let's go,

look, let's go into the snow

we're riding into snowy magic

let's go, let's go, let's go

my hand in yours

we're gliding in the sleigh

singing happily

the sides of our faces* are warm

(we are) happy in the sleigh

we're next to one another like

baby birds in love

let's go along the street

still singing

let's go in the sled

the weather is nice

There is a birthday party

at the place of the farmer "grey"

it is a good end to a good day

we will sing those songs

we like to always sing

at the hearth watching the chestnuts

jump!  they're jumping cooked!

We are happy,

money seems to mean little to us right now

our family is gathered here

eating (together)

the beauty of what we are doing is such that a picture

might be painted by some painter!

these beautiful memories

we will have for eternity.

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Original English

Sleigh Ride

Just hear those sleigh bells jingling 

Ring ting tingling too. 

Come on, it's lovely weather 

For a sleigh ride together with you.

Outside the snow is falling 

And friends are calling 'Yoo-hoo.'

Come on, it's lovely weather 

For a sleigh ride together with you.

Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up, 

Let's go, Let's look at the show, 

We're riding in a wonderland of snow.

Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up, 

It's grand, Just holding your hand, 

We're gliding along with a song 

Of a wintry fairy land.

Our cheeks are nice and rosy 

And comfy cozy are we 

We're snuggled up together 

Like two birds of a feather would be.

Let's take that road before us 

And sing a chorus or two 

Come on, it's lovely weather 

For a sleigh ride together with you.

There's a birthday party 

At the home of Farmer Gray 

It'll be the perfect ending a perfect day 

We'll be singing the songs 

We love to sing without a single stop, 

At the fireplace while we watch 

The chestnuts pop. 

Pop pop pop. 

There's a happy feeling 

Nothing in the world can buy, 

When they pass around the chocolate 

And the pumpkin pie 

It'll nearly be like a picture print 

By Currier and Ives 

These wonderful things are the things 

We remember all through our lives.

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* Sandic has no word for "cheek", so I used here the word "gas", "side of the face".
** Picture from here.

Happy Thanksgiving. :)

I am an impatient kind of person when it comes to learning.  If I am being taught something and I feel that my progress is too slow or that the material is being dumbed down for me, I'll go off on my own and try to find a more efficient way.

I'm impatient to the point that it is very difficult for me to accept instruction from others.  I tend to teach myself things that I want to know, not only because of the personal satisfaction I get out of guiding my own learning, but also because I am uneasy about being thought ignorant due to a lack of knowledge. :)

it's silly, of course, but this is the way I am.

After an incident this week in which someone was trying to show me something and I wanted to barrel ahead, I sat down with a calligraphy pen and scrawled this down.

Order of texts: Sandic - Gloss of Sandic - Smooth English of Sandic

Otefialēr ân san otoma fian

gezotob oteneot temra felē

skra man san op fian

lēé ta katiadin, otegre felē.

sugg-I-allow that knowledge should-they-do to.me

child-like-acc sugg-I-not fear-really I

because doings knowledge theirs to.me

O.you.pl the actv-help-adj-pl, sugg-I-wait I.

May I be accepting of instruction

and not be afraid of others thinking me less

because of the teaching that I recieve

O helpers, may I be accepting/patient.

I'm horrible.

Uploaded this to Reddit, completely forgot to post it here. >.>

This is Baljek, folks.

It liiiiiiiiiiiives (in a limited form and is only good so far for a handful of predetermined things)!

The script on the left is not mine.  It's one I found on omniglot.  That was part of the challenge I was doing- we had to pick and use another person's script.

The one to the right, though, is Baljek's own script.

Jia pérao baljekat!

:)  A little while ago I found a challenge on /r/conlang in which a person is supposed to develop a conlang to a "workable" point.  the goal is to have the conlang sufficiently developed by November 10th to translate the first paragraph of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

I decided that I'd put on my "challenge accepted" face and give it a shot!  My monster of choice is Baljek, Sandic's up-until-recently hardly-known cousin-language.

The Wytn equivalent of English's hybridness, Baljek has a Weyr substrate and a large number of Badis-language borrowings in the vocabulary.  The result of the crossbreeding of old Weyr and old Badis is Baljek, which sounds and looks quite a bit different than its southern cousin.

I present below the first six or seven McGuffey Reader exercises, which I've been using to help me flesh out the language's grammar.

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Lesson I.

Lé kola
Lé kola te daen.
Lé kola so daen.
Lé kola daen.

Lesson II.
Lé meka.  Lé samer.
Lé meka daél to samer?
Lé meka daél to samer.
Lé meka te daél to samer.
Lé meka so daél to samer.

Lesson III.
Lé hîsa daél to ufei éka?
Lé gal alét hîsat.
Da daél pa ufei éka.

Lesson IV.
Lé tali ran daél to "box".
Lé nibo te daen dé "box".
Lé tal damal en?

Lesson V.
Jia pérao!  Raba jia pérao.  Anat jia pérao.
Jia pérao!  Egat alét rab.
Ana émal uj rabat?

VI.
Ana émal uj rabat.
Jia peerao! Egat é élét.
Ana émal res lî rabat.
Jia péén fiat l'iares rabat.


VIII.
Ned so aél l'atan ian lé tal.


-- On a side note, who thought it was a good idea to skip from "Can Ana catch Rab?" to "Ned has fed the chicken?"  What??  Simple verbs to complex past tenses??  Brain-breaker, that one!  I had only just puzzled out how I wanted to handle "let me ____" :p

Anyway, I can now use complex future and past tenses in Baljek!  Hopefully the Universal Declaration of Human Rights will get done this weekend before the deadline. :)

Paro - La Espero

Kicking around Youtube this evening, I found some songs in Esperanto.  Inevitably, I suppose, these two great conlangs in my life have finally met.  Certainly there was some pollination from Esperanto in Sandic's early days (The greatest example of influence I can think of off of my head is the inclusion of -ian (Esperanto -en) as an allative.), but carefully I kept the baby language incubated away from this larger, better-developed and loved language.

Now that Sandic stands on its own and hardly skins its own knees anymore, I've decided it's safe to play with others.

So when I found a video of "La Espero" and remembered the beauty of that song and the happiness it brought into my life during my learning of Esperanto, I thought- what better way to pay homage to the language that instilled in me the idea that a constructed tongue can be as wonderful and functional as a naturally-arising one by translating the best-known work in that language?

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pa imprîab baxféd recsa nabei, 
ó imprîâ malēî paelai biab bamée.
lēacan ba lēyuc katiadi,  
dé mead meadian obaféd

---

Into the world came a new feeling
on the earth a strong call showed itself
by the wings of the helping wind
may it go from place to place.

Jae - Language

Found this on Reddit* last night and liked it so much that I actually sat down to think about how to handle the idea of a "ford" (turns out it's simple- "path through a river").  

Order of texts: Sandic -- Smooth English of Sandic

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Jae baahl fiahc ba peradab ba srît dru

meadanian ta jutin bamée, lēiaia pet aŵ biab oxféd 

a biab kaneot méâ ân féd ba kémâ, kaevob erini katem

Language is a path across the river of time

it shows the way to the places of the others who went before our attempt

But that person cannot go along it who fears deep water.

* here and here.

Dabin erinin otiab opétade san! - Learn important things!

I forget what this story's original title was, but I do remember that I found it in an anthology of stories by the Brothers Grimm.  I never finished it, but rather left it at this level middle part.  I liked it because it dealt with "invented" languages.

This story was first translated in 2009, which makes it one of the first substantial things to have ever been written in Sandic.  This is the updated 2012 version, which I've re-done for the anthology that I will hopefully be finishing early next year. :)

Order of texts: Sandic - Smooth English of Sandic

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Baxahl ân pa Kura kaxmect kémâ lēlai, wî ân jéd ba kémâ tré drialēzkab kaxlēlét nu. Ba drialēzka kaxahlra jémai, wî kaxneot méâ ân masan frn ân ma daniab.

Ada ka, kaxmî: “Iab opébra, pé ofoŵ me. Pian yneot méâ ân ma ân opésa frn ân ma daniab. Opéféd ébian, wî kémab opésu, faé me frnsai okaahl siad. Iad jéb ba kémâ opétade san ân ma daniab!”

Ba ada kaxgre ivlúb, wî eĵ safpaian kaxféd ba drialēzka, wî ba ada kaxbas: “Pé ofoŵ me, kiab péxade san?”

“Pé ada me, jaeactab ta kolén biab exade san!”

“Ah!” kaxmî ba kame lēlai, “Bal frn ba jaeact ta kolén péxma san?! Eĵ dé me ébian opéféd, wî eĵ opétade san ân ma daniab!”

Eĵ kaxgre ba ada ba tavel jémai, wî lēiaia ivlú, eĵ safpaian kaxféd ba drialēzka.

Eĵ kian kaxmî ba ada: “Pé ofoŵ me, kiab péxade san?”

Rial kaxmî ba drialēzka: “Jaeactab ta thîân biab exade san!”

“Pé ba jémarai! Ivlúbin oahl jé otiab exgre ân opéma san frn ân ma daniab, a nu péxade san jaeactabin ujinin! Opéféd éj ébian- a fî ân gre ba ivlú péteneot sa frn ân ma daniab, siad eteneot mî ân yahl ada pé!” Kajilēri ébian kaxféd ba tavel jémarai, wî kaxgre ba ada ân okaféd eĵ. Gre ba ivlú, eĵ kaxféd ba tavel, wî so lēiaia ba bas ada ka, kaxmî: “Jaeactab ta kaéthan biab exade san.”

Éngúrai kaxahl ba ada, wî kaxmalēî ta kemanian ka. Otian kaxmî:

“Ynnéhî kémâ, faé me kaahl neousai. Siad yneot wîc ân raug kiab.”

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There was living in Kura an old man, and this man had only one son.  The son was a complete idiot, and he did not know how to learn to do anything at all.

The boy's father said: "Listen to me, my son.  I cannot teach you to do anything.  Go from me now and find a person wiser than I.  With that person's help, learn to do something!"

The father waited for a year, and then the son came back home again and the father asked: "My son, what have you learned?"

"Oh my father, I have learned the language of the dogs!"

"Ah!" The old man said.  "Have you only learned the language of the dogs?!  Go away from me again, and learn once more to do something!"

And so the father of the idiot boy waited again, and before the year was up, the son came home once more.

And to him the father said yet again: "O my son, what have you learned?"

In reply the son said: "I have learned the language of the birds!"

"You idiot!  I have waited two years for you to learn to do something, and you have only learned imaginary languages!  Go away agin- but if after another year you will not have learned to do anything, I will no longer say that I am your father!"  In tears the boy left once more, and the father waited for him to come home again.  After the year, the young man came home again and before his father could ask, he said: "I have learned the language of the crickets."

Enraged, the father called to his servants.  He said to them:

"Behold this person, which is unknown to me.  I do not wish to see him any more."

Kriani baahl hamar aww

I had a rather musical childhood, and for that am eternally grateful to both my parents and my environment in general.  I have a song for about every mood!  Sometimes they appear to me unexpectedly even when I haven't heard or thought about them in a long while- that's the case with this particular one.

"May the circle be open" is a common parting-song at paganish gatherings, and is sung while moving counterclockwise along the circle-area which is used for workings.  Sometimes people sing it just by itself, though- which is what I started spontaneously doing at work the other evening. :)  Being that I am who I am, of course this song was Sandicified.



Order of texts: Sandic - English of Sandic

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Kriani baahl hamar aŵ,
iné uxtiaktai
he deya aŵ pa rave pé obaahl

lēain aŵtúraj
lēain iné aŵféd
iné lēain ejj aŵtúraj

---

Our circle is whole/full

behold it is knitted together

may the peace of our honored one be in your heart

happily we meet

behold happily we depart

behold happily we meet again.

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A note on the translation:
The first two lines in English in the original are "May the circle be open but unbroken".  I translated this as "Our circle is whole/full, it is knitted together."  Why?  I liked the imagery for that better, and no one else but me is likely to ever sing this song in Sandic. :D

To be more accurate, though, and supposing someone wanted something truer to the original English, one could also say "Kriani baahl hamar aŵ, gator utepéti", "our circle is whole/complete, and will never be broken".  This also fits the melody of the song.

The third line, "he deya aŵ pa rave pé obaahl", "May the peace of our honored one be in your heart" is rendered in the original English as "may the peace of the god(dess) be ever in your heart".  Being that some people I know don't have gods or goddesses as the central part of their practice (myself included), I figured "honored one(s)" to be a good compromise.

Again, if one would want to be more faithful to the original English, one could say "he jwia aŵ" (the peace of our goddess) or "he jwr aŵ" (the peace of our god), or even "he jwran aŵ" (the peace of our gods).  As an added bonus, "he lēiakéman aŵ" (the peace of our ancestors) also fits in that spot. :D

*from here.

Lé jebé - The body

I spent some time doodling on the porch today, and spontaneously came up with a body-parts sheet.

I am proud of myself. Of these, I only had to look up three of them.

Amusingly, "anen", the word for mouth, was remembered in my head as "anenab" because of a song that I translated not too long ago, "aal iz well". The word for mouth otherwise has been very rarely used, so it was the accusative form (from the phrase "anenab opeemajten", "open your mouth") which sprang to mind.

I wonder why the picture came out so small?  If I have time later, I will upload a more better-er one or just type out a list of what's there.


Also, continuing my recent prayer flag kick, I have over the past few days graduated to cloth flags. :)
These below read (top first, then bottom, left to right):

"lēaactab, damdabin, kunkabin, 

éwúb ân gre, safpab."

"Happiness, food, companions,

patience, shelter."

The flying prayer flag.

A detail from the prayer flag- "Jwrian", "to god".

(Read bottom to top.)

:]  I did some porch sitting today and ended up stringing the prayer flag up.  It didn't want to fly straight for some reason.  I should learn to make better ones (perhaps on fabric in the future?).

Here you go.

I was sprawled out on the porch on a blanket, taking video from below it.  Enjoy.

A different view, later in the day:

Lēithad

During the day, I work in a drive-thru.  I often get bored and end up doodling on things.  A large number of the conlang syntax test questions, for example, have been translated there.  Today I got bored and once again found myself scribbling on some things.  The results are below.

A prayer flag. "Jwrian skra amalan ba felē ykaja."

"I thank God for its inspirations."

I plan to fly this tomorrow, if the weather is nice. :)  Perhaps I will take a video to share.

A reminder mark. "Lēithad."

"Costume / Distraction / Nonreality."

I plan to get this tattooed in this spot, actually.  "Lēithad" reminds that what one sees and experiences is not direct reality.  Day-to-day life is a distraction.  One must focus on the true goals and true tasks in life, not the petty interpersonal conflicts one encounters.

Mér lēnial ba mlî

I love fall.  Every day seems to call my name and ask me to go walking in it.  As today was my off day, I did take a few moments to just sit out and enjoy everything.  I had chores, though, so I had to wait until the evening- just around dusk.  Nature didn't disappoint!  I heard a crow calling, the leaves rustling- and some little noises.

Just then, on the roof, a rather heavily post-pregnant squirrel scolded me and jumped up and away into the branches- probably trying to lead me away from her babies.

I've tried to write the English in a way which approximates the emphasis of the Sandic.

As with all tree/plant names, "jjúrna"- the "default" word for oak- points to a single species.  This particular word refers to the white oak (quercus alba).  Different kinds of oak are specified off of this one word (for example, swamp white oak is jjúrna giamji ("the oak of leaves like plates") and shumard oak is jjúrna tekadani ("the oak of leaves with knives").

The melody?  I have no idea what it's from.  Might be original.  I hardly ever know with the songs/tunes that pop into my head...

Order of texts: Sandic - English
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Mér lēnial ba mlî

Mér lēnial ba mlî

Pal uvén ta kaécan ba jjúrna exovo

Mér lēnial ba mlî

Mér lēnial ba mlî

Pa nât ba safpa malēîbin otiab felē exbra

Mér lēnial ba mlî

Mér lēnial ba mlî

Fian atiab axmée ba jtev ó toâ amai

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During dusk
During dusk
underneath the branches of the (white) oak, there I stood
During dusk
During dusk
just outside the house I myself heard the cries
During dusk
During dusk
To me she showed herself there on the roof, the mother squirrel

Mother of all Things Spoken Sandic

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A "mother of millions" plant.

In this particular post I aim to collect all the things I have recorded/videoed in the Sandic language, so that there can be an easy reference page for people seeking those kinds of things.  I imagine it will be mostly for my own reference- but just in case, here you are.

These are arranged chronologically. 

This list was last updated 08 Dec 2013!

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Audio:
(06 May 2012)  The sickness which makes one happy --- Matalao malëai
(06 May 2012) Every child has known (a) god --- Ivi ta gezon frn jwr kasa
(14 May 2012) A forgotten language --- Jaeact uxsorei
(17 May 2012)  Do you exist? --- Bal lëétoka?
(23 May 2012)  Lëé kolé
(12 Jun 2012)  I quite like rivers --- Frn peradan bal ân emac ra
(22 Jun 2012)  Behold, the grave of a wicked man --- Iné hamad kémania amatéi
(24 Jun 2012)  Ancestors --- Lēiakéman
(05 July 2012) A fian neotab axmî
10 Sep 2012)  Lēé ta kapetin ân zefa
(12 Sep 2012)  Mér lēnial ba mlî
(30 Sep 2012) The circle is open yet unbroken --- Kriani baahl hamar aww
(06 Dec 2012) The River is Flowing -- Ba perad bafas
--- 2013
(17 Apr 2013) The Prayer of White Bison Woman -- Tsam ba ame ba jjum maui
(04 Jun 2013) In the name of Allah --- Bee-enuu Ala
(18 Jun 2013) The Stranger -- Ba neousai
(07 Jul 2013) Jae ba wenai
(21 Jul 2013) Spirit of the Fire --- Le:ena ba hel
(22 Jul 2012) Pal wwak exkep fele: 
(23 Jul 2013) The one Ring --- Tsune baahl tree
(23 Jul 2013) Mother of Darkness --- Ama ba gleenra
(27 Jul 2013) Animal Spirits --- Beeno ankoan
(30 Jul 2013) Ey Ana --- Le:ee Ama
(03 Aug 2013) Reflection --- Onaha
(05 Aug 2013) Salt Woman --- Ba ame ba hija
(15 Aug 2013) O you up there -- Le:ee ba pal toa
(15 Aug 2013) Watch over my words --- Miibin me ole:eetjeer meer jae
(16 Aug 2013) Sitting here, awaiting their arrival -- Zum kakepi, feedab op kagrei
(17 Aug 2013) Zum atemale:lnia
(18 Aug 2013) Le:ee le:ifeestus
(24 Sep 2013) Le:ee le:ifeestus ba gamiai
(06 Oct 2013) Taram
(10 Nov 13) Fragment of the Tablets of Thoth -- Ialthnia ta platalan smaratin ba ~Taut
(17 Nov 2013) The Song that Never Ends -- Ba Kant Kahami Semab
(23 Nov 2013) Prayer of St. Francis --- Tsam ba Frransis ba deyai
(26 Nov 2013) Clean Up Song --- Okamale:im
(01 Dec 2013) Miracles -- Uuldi
(03 Dec 2013) Elephants according to blind men --- Lee ialifant mii ta gisin
(03 Dec 2013) Santa Claus is coming to Town --- Ian met ba orakeem kafeed

Audio and Video:
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*Image from here.

Lēé ta kapetin ân zefa

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Ayabin pa mafél aŵ exraug, kapetin oahl ân zefa.  Otiab dé mafél exade, wî otiab o giamjéb expútú, pa jédrub ân ba yéâ otiab obasu.  Jéd kamai, kant fian sisi baxféd, o paéb biab exhaec.

I saw some garlic in our fridge which was trying to grow.  I took it from the fridge and placed it on a plate in the window so that the light could find it.  As I was doing this, a song came whisperingly to me, which I wrote down on paper.



Lēé ta kapetin ân zefa
ŵak pa jédru ba jam ân dam aŵ
lēiab etetiad krianact méâ me
lēé ta kapetin ân zefa

"O you who are trying to grow
there in the window of our kitchen
I will help you with all of my ability
O you who are trying to grow"


(Side note: Sorry about all the recent updates coming so closely together.  This blog is sort of organically updated whenever I feel I have something worth sharing- or at least, it has been until nowish.  I think I'm going to try and space out updates a little more, maybe, so that I don't feel guilty about flooding the conlang blog aggregator.  If you're a CBA reader and have an opinion on the proper amount of time between posts that I should follow, please leave me a note below.  I don't much like the idea of being a nuisance.)

* image found here.

Conlang Syntax Test Sentences

I forget how exactly- probably the zbb is to blame for this- but recently I discovered the conlang syntax test sentences.  I printed a copy and have been going through them gradually.  It occurred to me that as I don't have an in-depth grammar for my conlang, sentences with glosses, etc might be helpful.  To whom?  I don't know.  But helpful.

I'm not much for grammatical vocabulary, but I'm pretty good at translating stuff into Sandic. :)

This will be updated on a "whenever I feel like it" basis, most likely.  I've gotten around 3/4ths of the sentences already translated; the issue comes with putting them here.  I have to find the time to enter them and also wrangle with a bad back ;)

I'll do my best to get this over with quickly.


UPDATE, 29 Sept 2012

Down to 106 now.

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Update, 28 Sept 2012

I've got about 90% of these done on paper now.  I'm just bad at typing them in.  I added a handful more (down to 87); hopefully more tomorrow or the next day.

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Update, 14 Sept 2012

Still adding these.  I'm just too easily distracted, it seems.  I've got about one and a half more pages (I think?) left of these to translate.  The rest are already done, just waiting for me to stop being lazy, haha. :)

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Update, 12 Sept 2012

I've started to notice that I lack entire expressions for some things.  I have, for example, no way of saying "directly across from"- or "solstice" - or "mile".  Until I have these words/concepts, there are some sentences I can't translate.  Others are a bit more difficult for me syntax-wise, so they've been left blank for further meditation.

These sentences are great for illustrating gaps which I was not previously aware of.  I'm enjoying the challenge. :)

Hopefully I should have this whole list done soonish. :D

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1. The sun shines.

Sandic: Ba mlî babrelē.
Gloss:  The sun it-shine.

2. The sun is shining.

Sandic: Kabrelēi baahl ba mlî.
Gloss: Actv.shine.adj it-is the sun.

3. The sun shone.

Sandic: Baxbrelē ba mlî.
Gloss: It-past-shine the sun.

4. The sun will shine.

Sandic: Batebrelē ba mlî.
Gloss: It-will-shine the sun

5. The sun has been shining.

Sandic: Baxbrelē wî babrelē ba mlî.
Gloss: It-past-shine and it-shine the sun.

6. The sun is shining again.

Sandic: Ba mlî ejj babrelē.
Gloss: The sun again it-shine.

7. The sun will shine tomorrow.

Sandic: Jémohn ba mlî batebrelē.
Gloss:  Tomorrow the sun it-will-shine.

8. The sun shines brightly.

Sandic: Sahe babrelē ba mlî.
Gloss: Bright it-shine the sun.

9. The bright sun shines.

Sandic: Ba mlî sahei babrelē.
Gloss: The sun bright.adj it-shine.

10. The sun is rising now.

Sandic: Nalēu ba mlî biab bamée.
Gloss: Now the sun it.acc it-show.

-OR

Sandic: Nalēu ba mlî biab kaméei baahl.
Gloss: Now the sun it.acc actv.show.adj it-is.

11. All the people shouted.

Sandic: Ta kéman ivin oxmalēî.
Gloss: The people every.adj.pl they-past-shout.

12. Some of the people shouted.

Sandic: Midin ta kéman oxmalēî.
Gloss: Some the people they-past-shout.

13. Many of the people shouted twice.

Sandic: Érain ta kéman jé oxmalēî
Gloss: Many.adj.pl the people two they-past-shout.

14. Happy people often shout.

Sandic: Ta lēain guc omalēî.
Gloss: The happy.adj.pl often they-shout.

15. The kitten jumped up.

Sandic: Tŵian ba menax baxle.
Gloss: Up.towards the kitten it-past-jump.

16. The kitten jumped onto the table.

Sandic: O platab baxle ba menax.
Gloss: On table.acc it-past-jump the kitten.

17. My little kitten walked away.

Sandic: Ébian baxtrékâ menax kéi me
Gloss: Away.towards it-past-walk kitten small.adj my.

18. It's raining.

Sandic: Kîmî batoka.
Gloss: Rain it-happen.

19. The rain came down.

Sandic: Kîmî baxyum.
Gloss: Rain it-past-fall.

20. The kitten is playing in the rain.

Sandic: Pa kîmî kapiati baahl ba menax.
Gloss: In rain actv.play.adj it-is the kitten.

21. The rain has stopped.

Sandic: Siad ba kîmî baneot oka.
Gloss: More the rain it-not happen.

22. Soon the rain will stop.


Sandic: Sun ba kîmî batesem ân oka.
Gloss: Soon the rain it-will-stop to happen.


23. I hope the rain stops soon.


Sandic: Felē emahae ân ba kîmî sun batesem ân oka.
Gloss: I I-hope "that" the rain soon it-will-cease "to" happen.


24. Once wild animals lived here.

Sandic: Gre srîtnia zum oxmect ankoan neourecin.
Gloss: After time.uncertain here they-past-live animals not_touched.adj


25. Slowly she looked around.

Sandic: Grel meadab biab axraug.
Gloss: Slow area.acc it.acc she-past-look


26. Go away!

Sandic: Opéféd!
Gloss: Sugg-you-go

-OR


Sandic: Opéféd ébian!
Gloss:  Sugg-you-go away.towards

-OR


Sandic: Opéjard!
Gloss:  Sugg-you-flee/run_away

27. Let's go!

Sandic: Otaŵféd!
Gloss: Sugg-we-go


28. You should go.

Sandic: Opéféd.
Gloss: Sugg-you-go

29. I will be happy to go.

Sandic: Lēai eteféd.
Gloss: Happy.adj I-will-go

30. He will arrive soon.

Sandic: Sun kateféd.
Gloss: Soon he-will-go/arrive.


31. The baby's ball has rolled away.

Sandic: Béecú ba ander fovian baxfas.
Gloss: Ball the baby away it-past-flow/roll.


32. The two boys are working together.

Sandic: Jégú ta kanan oahl jé bera osantâ.
Gloss: Those the boys they-are two together they-work.


33. This mist will probably clear away.

Sandic: Ba lēava ébian batefédnia.
Gloss: The fog away.towards it-will-go.uncertain


34. Lovely flowers are growing everywhere.

Sandic: Enfelan wenain pal ivi ozefa.
Gloss: Flowers pretty/beautiful at every they-grow.


35. We should eat more slowly.

Sandic: Grel siad otaŵdam.
Gloss: Slow more sugg-we-eat.


36. You have come too soon.

Sandic: Lēas péféd tjura.
Gloss: Soon/early you-go/arrive too_much.

37. You must write more neatly.

Sandic: Wena siad pétjere ân haec.
Gloss: Pretty more you-must to write.

38. Directly opposite stands a wonderful palace.

Sandic: -
Gloss:

39. Henry's dog is lost.

Sandic: Utofei baahl kolé ba hianre.
Gloss: Lost.adj it-is dog the "henry".

40. My cat is black.

Sandic: Nax me gléni batara.
Gloss: Cat my black it-is(perm.)

41. The little girl's doll is broken.

Sandic: Saupéti baahl ___ ba aén nabei. (young)
Gloss: Broken.adj it-is (doll) the girl young.adj.

OR

Sandic: Saupéti baahl ___ ba aén kéi. (small)
Gloss: Broken.adj it-is (doll) the girl small.adj.

42. I usually sleep soundly.

Sandic: Guc he felē ekaté.
Gloss: Often peacefully I I-sleep.

OR


Sandic: He felē dúsniat ekaté.
Gloss: Peacefully I normally I-sleep

43. The children ran after Jack.

Sandic: Kakféin ta gezon oxen jjakian.
Gloss: Actv.follow.adj the children they-past-run jack.towards.

44. I can play after school.

Sandic: Gre ân fian otesem ân masan, eteméâ ân piat.
Gloss: After that to.me they-will-stop to teach, I-will-can to play.

45. We went to the village for a visit.

Sandic: Mitian aŵxféd ân pose.
Gloss: Village.towards we-past-go to visit.

46. We arrived at the river.

Sandic: Pal onj ba perad aŵxsem ân féd.
Gloss: At side the river we-past-stop to go.

47. I have been waiting for you.

Sandic: Piab exgre wî egre.
Gloss: You.acc I-past-wait and I-wait.

48. The campers sat around the fire.

Sandic: Hamar pal griawan ba hel oxkep ta kenakan.
Gloss: Circle at edges the fire they-past-sit the tenters.


49. A little girl with a kitten sat near me.

Sandic: Aén kéi, menaxab axlēlét, fúl faé me axkep.
Gloss: Girl small, kitten.acc she-past-have, near "to" me she-past-sit.


50. The child waited at the door for her father.

Sandic: Ba gezo pal ba pag adab ae axgre.
Gloss: The child at the door father.acc her she-past-wait.


51. Yesterday the oldest girl in the village lost her kitten.

Sandic: Lēamon ba aén siadlēlai aahl faé ivin pa ba mit, menaxab ae biab axtofe.
Gloss: Yesterday the girl more.old.adj she-is "to" every.adj in the village, kitten.acc her it.acc she-past-lose.


52. Were you born in this village?

Sandic: Zum pal jéd ba mit bal ân umeci pétara?
Gloss: Here at this the village is_it "that" born.adj you-are_perm.?


53. Can your brother dance well?

Sandic: Bal ân auzo kasa ân tréj kada pé?
Gloss: Is-it "that" good he-know "to" dance brother your?

54. Did the man leave?

Sandic: Bal ân ba kame ébian kaxféd?
Gloss: Is-it "that" the man away.towards he-past-go?

55. Is your sister coming for you?

Sandic: Kolnú pé bal ân piab ade ateféd?
Gloss: Sister your is-it "that" you take she-will-go?

56. Can you come tomorrow?

Sandic: Bal ân jémohn péteméâ ân féd?
Gloss: Is-it "that" tomorrow you-will-can "to" go?

57. Have the neighbors gone away for the winter?

Sandic: Mér féúluc bal ân fovian oxféd ta onjkan?
Gloss: During winter is-it "that" away.towards they-past-go the neighbors?

58. Does the robin sing in the rain?

Sandic: Pa kîmî bal ân bakant ba "rabin"?
Gloss: In rain is-it "that" it-sing the "robin"?

59. Are you going with us to the concert?

Sandic: Bal ber aŵ kansirtian péteféd?
Gloss: Is-it with us concert.towards you-will-go?

60. Have you ever travelled in the jungle?

Sandic: Bal srîtnia pa erinjéb péxféd?
Gloss: Is-it time.uncertain in forest.acc you-past-go?

61. We sailed down the river for several miles.

Sandic: -
Gloss:

62. Everybody knows about hunting.

Sandic: Ivi kasa frn ân jjace.
Gloss: Every he-know "about" "to" hunt.

63. On a Sunny morning after the solstice we started for the mountains.

Sandic: -
Gloss:

64. Tom laughed at the monkey's tricks.

Sandic: Tam skra talēlan ba jemé kaxaen.
Gloss: Tom because tricks the monkey he-past-laugh.

65. An old man with a walking stick stood beside the fence.

Sandic: -
Gloss:

66. The squirrel's nest was hidden by drooping boughs.

Sandic: Tiakta ba jtev uxlēniali baxahl skra ta kaécan kaklicin.
Gloss: Basket/nest the squirrel hidden it-past-is because the branches actv.bowing.adj.

67. The little seeds waited patiently under the snow for the warm spring sun.

Sandic: Pal uvén ba jéjé, hein oxgre ta iaman kéin ân biab obamée ba mlî grécoi ba kéfaluc.
Gloss: At bottom the snow, peace.adj they-past-wait the seeds small.adj.pl "that" it.acc sugg.-it.-show the sun warm.adj the spring.

68. Many little girls with wreaths of flowers on their heads danced around the bonfire.

Sandic: Neskaton nabein érain, ó kilún op oxahl raman, hamar pal griawan ba hel oxtréj.
Gloss: Girls young.adj.pl many.adj.pl, on heads their they-past-are wreaths, circle at edges the fire they-past-dance.

69. The cover of the basket fell to the floor.

Sandic: Mamant ba tiakta ó graŵib baxyum.
Gloss: Make-close the basket on ground.acc it-past-fall

70. The first boy in the line stopped at the entrance.

Sandic: -
Gloss:

71. On the top of the hill in a little hut lived a wise old woman.

Sandic: Pal toâ ba ire axmect ame lēlai, frnsarai.
Gloss: At up/top the hill she-past-reside woman old.adj, wise.adj.


-OR

Sandic: Pal toâ ba ire axmect ame lēlai wî frnsarai.
Gloss: At up/top the hill she-past-reside woman old.adj and/also wise.adj

72. During our residence in the country we often walked in the pastures.

Sandic: Mér aŵxmect pa lorin, guc pa loran ta juman aŵxtrékâ.
Gloss: During we-past-live in fields.adj, often in fields the cows we-past-walk.

-OR

Sandic: Mér aŵxmect pa lorin, ohî aŵ baxahl ân trékâ pa loran ta jjuman.
Gloss: During we-past-live in fields.adj, habit our it-past-is "to" walk in fields the cows.

73. When will your guests from the city arrive?

Sandic: -
Gloss:

74. Near the mouth of the river, its course turns sharply towards the East.

Sandic: Fúl faé sem ba perad, fac kaevo ba biab unî enkian barúm.
Gloss: Near "to" end the river, flow water its it.acc suddenly east.towards it-turn.

75. Between the two lofty mountains lay a fertile valley.

Sandic: Pal eslēam jégú ta jjujjan oxahl jé, graté mazefai baahl.
Gloss: at center those the trees they-are two, valley fertile.adj it-is.

76. Among the wheat grew tall red poppies.

Sandic: -
Gloss:

77. The strong roots of the oak trees were torn from the ground.

Sandic: Ta ratcubin paelain ta jjurnan dé graŵi uxvuri oxahl.
Gloss: The roots. acc strong.adj.pl the oaks away.from ground pulled.adj they-past-are

78. The sun looked down through the branches upon the children at play.

Sandic: Dru ta kaécan baxraug ba mlî, ân raug ta gezobin ŵak kapiatin.
Gloss: Through the branches it-past-looked the sun, "to" look the children.acc there playing.adj

79. The west wind blew across my face like a friendly caress.

Sandic: Ba lēyuc dé lēra klé markab me baxfac, baxahlco ŵhé rec fian frn tasnid.
Gloss: The wind away.from west along face.acc my it-past-flow, it-past-is like touch to.me from friend

80. The spool of thread rolled across the floor.

Sandic: -
Gloss:

81. A box of growing plants stood in the Window.

Sandic: Pa jédru baxahl tida frn felan kazefain.
Gloss: In window it-past-is box "of" plants growing.adj.pl

82. I am very happy.

Sandic: Lēai yahlra.
Gloss: Happy.adj I-am-really.

83. These oranges are juicy.

Sandic: Kîfin oahl jégú ta naramadan.
Gloss: wet.adj they-are those the oranges.

84. Sea water is salty.

Sandic: Kaev ba réjil gúcab hijai balēlét.
Gloss: Water the sea flavor.acc salt.adj it-have.

85. The streets are full of people.

Sandic: Siadin pa ba ikuceab oneot méâ ân féd!
Gloss: more.adj.pl in the street.acc they-not can "to" go!

86. Sugar tastes sweet.

Sandic: Gúcab kinéri balēlét ba saga.
Gloss: flavor.acc sweet it-have the sugar.

87. The fire feels hot. (to me / factual)

Sandic: Gréi fian biab bamée ba hel.
Gloss: hot.adj to.me it it-show the fire.

OR


Sandic: Gréi biab bamée ba hel.
Gloss: hot.adj it.acc it-show the fire.

88. The little girl seemed lonely.

Sandic: Uxnui fian axmée ba aén nabei.
Gloss:  left.adj to.me she-past-show the girl young.adj

89. The little boy's father had once been a sailor.

Sandic: Srîtnia réjkém kaxahl ada jéd ba kan.
Gloss: Time.uncertain sailor he-past-is father that the boy

90. I have lost my blanket.

Sandic: -
Gloss:

91. A robin has built his nest in the apple tree.

Sandic: tiaktab ka ba rabin ŵak pa ba jémé tumadi biab kaxma.
Gloss: basket/nest.acc his the "robin" there in the tree apple.adj it.acc he-past-make.

92. At noon we ate our lunch by the roadside.

Sandic: -
Gloss: 

93. Mr. Jones made a knife for his little boy.

Sandic: Tekadab biab ba km.  jjons kaxma faé ofoŵ ka nabei.
Gloss: knife.acc it.acc the sir "jones" he-past-make "to" son his young.adj.

94. Their voices sound very happy.

Sandic: Lēainnia fian omée mîn op.
Gloss: hot.adj it.acc it-show the fire.

95. Is today Monday?

Sandic: Jémon bal "monday"?
Gloss: this.day it.is "monday"?

96. Have all the leaves fallen from the tree?


Sandic: Bal ivin ta kéamjén dé jémé oxyum?
Gloss: is.it every.adj.pl the.pl leaf.pl away.from tree they-past-fall?

97. Will you be ready on time?


Sandic: -
Gloss:

98. Will you send this message for me?


Sandic: -
Gloss:

99. Are you waiting for me?


Sandic: Bal iab pégre?
Gloss: is.it me.acc you-wait?

100. Is this the first kitten of the litter?


Sandic: Jéd ba menax bal tréi faé ba gezon baahl?
Gloss: That the kitten is.it first.adj "to" the children it-is?

101. Are these shoes too big for you?


Sandic: -
Gloss:

102. How wide is the River?


Sandic: Diapoi tju baahl ba perad?
Gloss: wide.adj how.much it-is the river?

103. Listen.


Sandic: Opébra.
Gloss: sugg.-you-listen.

104. Sit here by me.


Sandic: Zum pal me opékep.
Gloss: Here at me sugg-you-sit.

105. Keep this secret until tomorrow.


Sandic: -
Gloss:

106. Come with us.


Sandic: Ber aŵ opéféd.
Gloss:

107. Bring your friends with you.
108. Be careful.
109. Have some tea.
110. Pip and his dog were great friends.
111. John and Elizabeth are brother and sister.
112. You and I will go together.
113. They opened all the doors and windows.
114. He is small, but strong.
115. Is this tree an oak or a maple?
116. Does the sky look blue or gray?
117. Come with your father or mother.
118. I am tired, but very happy.
119. He played a tune on his wonderful flute.
120. Toward the end of August the days grow much shorter.
121. A company of soldiers marched over the hill and across the meadow.
122. The first part of the story is very interesting.
123. The crow dropped some pebbles into the pitcher and raised the water to the brim.
124. The baby clapped her hands and laughed in glee.
125. Stop your game and be quiet.
126. The sound of the drums grew louder and louder.
127. Do you like summer or winter better?
128. That boy will have a wonderful trip.
129. They popped corn, and then sat around the fire and ate it.
130. They won the first two games, but lost the last one.
131. Take this note, carry it to your mother; and wait for an answer.
132. I awoke early, dressed hastily, and went down to breakfast.
133. Aha! I have caught you!
134. This string is too short!
135. Oh, dear! the wind has blown my hat away!
136. Alas! that news is sad indeed!
137. Whew! that cold wind freezes my nose!
138. Are you warm enough now?
139. They heard the warning too late.
140. We are a brave people, and love our country.
141. All the children came except Mary.
142. Jack seized a handful of pebbles and threw them into the lake.
143. This cottage stood on a low hill, at some distance from the village.
144. On a fine summer evening, the two old people were sitting outside the door of their cottage.
145. Our bird's name is Jacko.
146. The river knows the way to the sea.
147. The boat sails away, like a bird on the wing.
148. They looked cautiously about, but saw nothing.
149. The little house had three rooms, a sitting room, a bedroom, and a tiny kitchen.
150. We visited my uncle's village, the largest village in the world.
151. We learn something new each day.
152. The market begins five minutes earlier this week.
153. Did you find the distance too great?
154. Hurry, children.
155. Madam, I will obey your command.
156. Here under this tree they gave their guests a splendid feast.
157. In winter I get up at night, and dress by yellow candlelight.
158. Tell the last part of that story again.
159. Be quick or you will be too late.
160. Will you go with us or wait here?
161. She was always, shabby, often ragged, and on cold days very uncomfortable.
162. Think first and then act.
163. I stood, a little mite of a girl, upon a chair by the window, and watched the falling snowflakes.
164. Show the guests these shells, my son, and tell them their strange history.
165. Be satisfied with nothing but your best.
166. We consider them our faithful friends.
167. We will make this place our home.
168. The squirrels make their nests warm and snug with soft moss and leaves.
169. The little girl made the doll's dress herself.

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170. I hurt myself.
Iab ypur.
me.acc I-hurt.

171. She was talking to herself.
172. He proved himself trustworthy.
173. We could see ourselves in the water.
174. Do it yourself.
175. I feel ashamed of myself.
176. Sit here by yourself.
177. The dress of the little princess was embroidered with roses, the national flower of the Country.
178. They wore red caps, the symbol of liberty.
179. With him as our protector, we fear no danger.
180. All her finery, lace, ribbons, and feathers, was packed away in a trunk.
181. Light he thought her, like a feather.
182. Every spring and fall our cousins pay us a long visit.
183. In our climate the grass remains green all winter.
184. The boy who brought the book has gone.
185. These are the flowers that you ordered.
186. I have lost the book that you gave me.
Ba diiob, fian biab peexora, biab extofe.

OR

Ba diiob extofe, fian biab peexora.

The book.acc, to.me it.acc you-past give, it.acc I-past-lose.

OR

The book.acc I-past-lose, to.me it.acc you-past-give.
 
187. The fisherman who owned the boat now demanded payment.

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188. Come when you are called.
Umale:ii-i opeefeed ra.
Called sugg-you-go emph.
 
189. I shall stay at home if it rains.
Fii aan kiimii bateyum, pal safpa iab etefiale:r.
If "that" rain it-will-fall, at home me.acc I-will-leave/let/allow.
 
190. When he saw me, he stopped.
Meer aan iab kaxraug, kaxsem (aan treekaa, etc)
During "that" me.acc he-past-see, he-past-stop ("to" walk, etc)
 
191. Do not laugh at me because I seem so absent minded.
192. I shall lend you the books that you need.
193. Come early next Monday if you can.

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194. If you come early, wait in the hall.

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195. I had a younger brother whose name was Antonio.
Kadab exle:leet, bee-enuu ka baxahl 'antoneo'.
brother.acc I-past-have, name his it-past-is 'antonio'.

196. Gnomes are little men who live under the ground.
"Nom"an oahl keeman keein, pal pa ba grawwi omect.
Gnomes are people small.pl.adj, at in the ground they-live.

197. He is loved by everybody, because he has a gentle disposition.

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198. Hold the horse while I run and get my cap.
Tiamab ba klamek opeehos meer feed me en aan eek okiab me.
Line/rope.acc the horse sugg-you-hold during going my runly "to" take.up hat.acc my.

199. I have found the ring I lost.
Ba tsuneb exsu, biab extofe.
The ring.acc I-past-find, it.acc I-past-lose.

200. Play and I will sing.
Opeerec, wii fele: etekant.
Play(an instrument), and I I-will-sing.

201. That is the funniest story I ever heard.
Jeed ba kambaa mataeni baahl siadra faee ivin ta frn me ubrain!
That the story funny/amusing.adj it-is more.emph "to" all.pl.adj the "from/of" me heard!

202. She is taller than her brother.
Kjjai aahl siad faee kada ae.
Tall.adj she-is more "to" brother her.

203. They are no wiser than we.
Frnsain oneot ahl siad faee aww.
Wise.pl.adj they-not are more "to" us.


204. Light travels faster than sound.
yeeaa bafeed faee bracan natul siad.
light it-goes "to" sounds fast more.

205. We have more time than they.

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206. She has more friends than enemies.
Akekan ae oahl siadin faee ta tasnidan ae.
Enemies her they-are more.pl.adj "to" the friends her.


207. He was very poor, and with his wife and five children lived in a little low cabin of logs and stones.

Jini kaxahlra, wî pa safpa frn jéda wî pelan jelaci kaxmect ber ame wî gezon ka oxahl pén.
Gloss: poor(adj) he-past-is-emph., in house of wood and stones ruined(adj.) he-past-live with woman and children his they-past-are five.

208. When the wind blew, the traveler wrapped his mantle more closely around him.

Mér ba lēyuc baxskéra, ba fédka kiab toga ka kaxlēij né siad.
Gloss: During the wind it-blew-emph., the traveller him.acc cloak his he-past-wrap close more.

209. I am sure that we can go.

Ydévara ân aŵ(te)méâ ân féd.
Gloss: I-beleve-emph "that" we-(will)-can "to" go.

210. We went back to the place where we saw the roses.

Ejj aŵxféd ba meadian, pal ŵak ta yîtébin aŵxraug.
Gloss: again we-past-go the place-to, at there the roses.acc we-past-see

211. "This tree is fifty feet high," said the gardener.
Jeeb ba jeemee kjjai baahl ___an oahl soiranwwalpeen," kaxmii ba felkeem.
This the tree tall.adj it-is "feet" they-are fifty," he-past-say the gardener.

212. I think that this train leaves five minutes earlier today.

Ydéva ân jéb ba "train" baterep lēara faé lēamohn ___an oahl pén.*
I-believe "that" this the "train" it-will-start earlier "to" yesterday minutes they-are five.

213. My opinion is that the governor will grant him a pardon.

Faé mî me, ba ere kiab katefialēr.
To opinion my, the ruler him he-will-"allow"/"let".

214. Why he has left the city is a mystery.

Délew baahl frn skra kia dé ba wwar ébian kaxféd.
Secret it-is "of" reason why from the city towards.away he-past-go.

215. The house stands where three roads meet.

Ba safpa bamect pal úraj ta ikucen oahl ké.
The house it-lives at meeting the streets they-are three

216. He has far more money than brains.

Dékab kalēlét siadra faé erin ba meka ka.
Money.acc he-have most/more to amount/size the brain/mind his.

217. Evidently that gate is never opened, for the long grass and the great hemlocks grow close against it.

Fian bamée ân jéd ba pag gator ujteni baahl, skra pal ba néra ozefa graoam kjjai wî hiamlakan erinrain.
To-me it-appears that this the door never refl.opened.adj it-is, because at the nearby they-grow grass tall and hemlocks big.very.adj


218. I met a little cottage girl; she was eight years old, she said.

Aénab exsu- axmî ân ivlún ae oahl geté.
Girl.acc I-past-find- she-past-say "that" years her they-are eight.