Her Enyalie PennaTú embe ya mbelwe. Teyanwa ta sonyarilwéu ya, enge dulyessiqiludenwu. Tehyalí yenu ya enganundish, mí teqwiq ihye ya syiziewrenesseyo, qi teruqqa tassu ya ingonenutassuyo. Mí ilalí inpu nishan, qi hyalí yenu antah won enwabu Pet ya, myan, enwabúya.
ant- = v "to die"
dulyessí- = v "to chase away"
embe = pron "everything"
enga (engan-) = n "mount"
enwabu- = v "to become clear"
enyalí- = v "open"
her = n "time"
hyalí- = v "grow"
ihyí = n "stone"
ilalí- = v "to play"
ingonenut = n "dragon" (lit. "fire-lizard")
inp = n "cub"
mbelwe = adj "complete"
mí = conj "but"
myan = int "yeah, really" (emphatical interjection)
nish = adj "happy"
pet = n "sky"
qwiq- = v "cut"
rilwé = n "pig"
ruqqa- = v "to jab"
sonya = a "wild"
syiziewren = n "sword" (lit. "cutting-metal")
tasso = n "claw"
ú = irregural 3Sing form of the copula
won = conj "for, because"
yanwa- = v "come"
yen = n "flower"
3Sing of the u-stem verbs
It is formed by the lengthening of the final -u to -ú (ex. : enwabu - enwabú). The 3rdSing form of the verb is only used when the subject is a pronoun, else the basic form of the verb is used.Negation
Negative forms are formed with the prefix t(e)- (ie. before vowels or w it is t- but everywhere else it is te-)Past tenses
Past tense is formed by means of the suffixes -ya and -de. '-ya' indeicates a longer or unfinished action while -de stands for a dhort and point-like one. The latter can be translated as the Englidh present Perfect tense. These suffixes come away from the verb when the subject comes just after it and go after the subject. Ex. 'tú embe ya'Passive
It is formed by the suffix -qilu. It is also a splittable suffix, just as the tense markers, though in this text it is not at a splitted position. The subject of a passive construction is in the accusative case.Number
LW has threee numbers: singular, dual, plural .The singular form hes no endings. The dual is not used in this text. The original plural ending was -u which sometimes fused into word-final vowel. The plural of the - í -stems is -e, as in ihyí > pl. ihyeCases
Longwer has a lot of cases but in this text there are only examples of cases:The attaching vowel which comes between the stem and the suffixes when a forbidden consonant cluster arises can be -e- or -a- depending on the form of the stem.
- Nominative
- Accusative
- Locative
- Sociative
The Nominative case is a piece of cake, it denotes the subject of the noun. It has no endings at all.
The Accusative case denotes the object of the active or the subject of the passive sentences. It has the ending -nna. If the object of the verb is a pronoun then suffix accusativepronouns can be used that are put at the very end of the verb form. The only form used here is the 3plur suffix pronoun:
P/3 -nwu "them"The Locative case denotes a place or time where/when the action took place. Ending: -d or -nd. The basic locatival ending can be refined by means of auxiliary endings. One of them is -ish "near"Sociative: this is a multifunctional case. Basically it means that the action is done with or by the help of the noun-in-sociative. But it has many other meanings with auxiliary endings, like -yo "as, like". It is formed by the suffix -ss + the reduplicated stem-vowel [=last vowel] of the word.
Adverb forming
Adverbs are formed from adjectives by means of the suffix -an.The present participle
is formed with the suffix -ah. It is more or less the -ing-form in a construction like "the jumping dog" Ex. ant- + antahStem variation
Some nouns and verbs change to an older stem before endings. (ex.: enga --> engan-)Indirect Genitive
Sometimes the genitive ending is left out and a single nominative can stand with genitival meaning.
The Time of the Opening of the SkyThere was not everything complete. The wild pig did not come, perhaps they had been chased away. Flowers did not grow near the mountains, but stone did not cut like sword and claws did not jab like dragon. But the children were playing happily and the dying flowers grew again, for the Sky, o yeah, the Sky was clear.