In these examples I will first write the Gladilatian, then a morphemic analysis of the Gladilatian, then the English translation, and possibly some notes. In the morphemic analyses words in parentheses are used for descriptions of the morphemes, words without parentheses are translations of the morphemes, and dots are used to separate morphemes in the same word. The implied "to be" is in square brackets.
Nrau mehyohot mset.
(Topic-of-sentence).(nominalizer) [is]
associated-with.gladifer.(abstractor) language.
This is an example of Gladilatian.
This is the sentence written in Gladilatian near the top of
the main Gladilatian page.
Fmu mehyohot hyamset u.
I [am] associated-with.gladifer.(abstractor) user-of.language someone.
I speak Gladilatian.
Napu mzafmu nyfyhyaehna u?
You [are] directed-to.I (question).potentially.user-of.sight someone.
Can you see me?
This means "can you see me?" in the sense of "are you able to look at me?".
"Can you see?" in the sense of "are you not blind?" is
Napu xvehehna nyfyvuhu? , literally "are you
able to be aware using sight?"
Fmu rletnapu hrnuzlahrmu hyaxryna hluryt.
I [am] for-the-benefit-of.you three.thirty-six.eighteen using.kiss giver.
I give you 126 kisses.
Note that rletnapu modifies
hyaxryna and not
hluryt.
Xryna actually means "affectionate
touch" and not "kiss". Gladifers do not kiss. To denote a human kiss
a gladifer would include the prepositional
hyavrene, "using the mouth". In that
case the two prepositionals modifying
hyaxryna would have to be joined by
a conjunction so that one does not modify the other, i.e.
za rletnapu we hyavrene.
Xa rzou we mrslotu fmawesnekmlomuk.
Because which.thing therefore not.functioning.thing [is]
my.(plural).small.energy-source.
Why are my batteries broken?
Wesnau hyarek mnekfyxfa.
(Plural).intelligent.one [are] using.cake (imperative).potential.eater.
Let them eat cake.
Rek is actually more general than "cake".
It means any sweet baked food.
U fohrakfzofrekfa mrou. Fozmrsrefa mek mlele.
Something [is] at.unique.more.past.position no.(nominalizer).
At.(relative).future.position (topic-of-previous-sentence) [is] explosion.
In the beginning, there was nothing. Then it exploded.
The first sentence is an example of how u
as a complete independent phrase is used to express "there is/are/was/were".
hrakfzo, "uniquely more", is the standard way
to express "most".
Mrxrtfmu matxme fmu za mrslzynofla we hnfe hyaryk wnek.
not.verified-by.I having.thought I [am] both not.very.possibly.pregnant and
Terrestrial using.Gladilatian-mouse-like-animal exchanger.
I don't know, but I think I bought a pregnant mouse.
1) "not.verified-by.I having.thought I" is a little less literally
translated as, "I, having a thought (or thoughts) which I'm not sure of".
2) A ryk is a small furry Gladilatian animal,
and hnfe ryk or
"Terrestrial ryk" is the standard way to describe a mouse.
3) My translation actually says "I exchanged something for a pregnant
mouse.". To make it explicit that it was money which was exchanged
za mrslzynofla we hnfe hyaryk would be replaced
by za za mrslzynofla we hnfe hyaryk we xvehalat
This illustrates the difference between the prepositions
hya meaning "using for the sake of using" and
xve meaning "using as a tool". In an exchange,
the item acquired is marked by hya and the item
given by xve.
4) Zy, which means "possibly", is perhaps
better translated as "possibly not". Modifying it by the state
sl "very" emphasizes the chance that it
is not true, and modifying it by the states
mrsl "not very" emphasizes
the chance that it is true, which is what the English "I think" does.
5) The phase "I think I bought a pregnant mouse" is ambiguous. My
translating interprets it as "I bought a mouse and I think it's pregnant."
To say "I bought something and I think it's a pregnant mouse" the states
mrslzy would modify
ryk To say "I did something and I think it was
buying a pregnant mouse" the states mrslzy
would modify wnek.
Mnefmu mrxou xa napu we mrhry srefmu.
desired-by.I not.true.thing [is]
because you therefore not.living future.I
Please don't kill me.
Mrsnau fetwefyuxy fetwehfena snranau.
no.sentient.(nominalizer) [is] with-respect-to.(plural).ant
with-respect-to.(plural).name remembering.(nominalizer)
Nobody remembers the names of ants.
Somewhat literally, "No one is a remembering one with respect to the
names with respect to ants.", although fyuxu
is really Gladilatian creature similar to an ant.
A Terrestrial ant is a hnfe fyuxu, but the
difference is not relevant to the proverb.
I had a lot of problem figuring out if the proper form is
mewefyuxy
(associated-with.(plural).ant) or fetwefyuxy.
It hinged on whether a name
was intrinsicly something which only exists in its relationship to its
referent, or if a name is something which exists in and of itself and also
has referents. Fet is used in
fetwehfena because remembrance only
exists in its relation to something remembered. I decided
that gladifers would consider a name
without a referent to not really be a name, and thus they would use
fet.
Compare this with mset, "language".
A language can be a language without any speakers,
so "language of the gladifers"
(i.e. "Gladilatian") is mehyohot mset.
Note than when I wrote "only exists" I meant "only exists as such". For
instance, fonat, "mother", takes
fet (as in
fetMrenep fonat, "mother
of Mrenep") because even though a gladifer exists whether or not she's a
mother, she exists as a mother only if she is a mother in relation to
another gladifer.
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