t'ésöp'n kàlis, ke à küéba të'yisiröfàp'n të yírin mölítön të'yihalafàp'të.à gésë ka'ki'cílvëp'n të ka'ki'délap'n.
lúthian ka'ki'shírn'të à tacilú'cash,
të à nicsú ka'ki'fòranicip'n à delú'c,
të ka'ki'bontëfàp'n à dëlachón.hróvin yírin mölítön të'yihalafàp'të.
ní àn àlaclin ëatýmian na-nalàlip'të t'ésöp'të týtivicüm;
të à lúthi të'yishírn'un, ní à küéba ka'të'nàrip'n sénësi.
të tyàli, à küéba ka'të'nàrip'n sénësi.hróvin yírin mölítön të'yihalafàp'të.
t- eso -p -n kalis kE a kueba te- yisiro -fa -p -n te PT V IMP PRON ADV NOM.PR ART N PT V PASS IMP PRON CONJ yiri -n molito -n te- yihala -fa -p -te ADJ PL N PL PT V PASS IMP PRON a gese ka- ki- cilve -p -n te ka- ki- dela -p -n ART N NEG FT V IMP PRON CONJ NEG FT V IMP PRON luthi -an ka- ki- shir -n -te a tacilu -c -ash N PL NEG FT V IMP PRON ART N ACC POST te a nicsu ka- ki- fOranic -ip -n a dElu -c CONJ ART N NEG FT V IMP PRON ART N ACC te ka- ki- bOnte -fa -p -n a delachon CONJ NEG FT V PASS IMP PRON ART N hrovin yiri -n molito -n te- yihala -fa -p -te SUB ADJ PL N PL PT V PASS IMP PRON ni an alacli -n eatymia -n na- nalali -p -te t- eso -p -te tytiv -icum CONJ ART ADJ PL N PL NOM V IMP PRON PT V IMP PRON N POST te a luthi te- yishir -n -Un ni a kueba ka- te- nari -p -n senesi CONJ ART N PT V IMP PRON CONJ ART N NEG PT V IMP PRON ADJ te tya -li a kueba ka- te- nari -p -n senesi CONJ N POST ART N NEG PT V IMP PRON ADJ hrovin yiri -n molito -n te- yihala -fa -p -te SUB ADJ PL N PL PT V PASS IMP PRON
Notes about orthography:
The mërèchi love diacritics. The diacritics are mostly meaningless (they encode vowel pronunciation as well as stress, but stress is not usually important and vowel pronunciation is rarely other than standard). If you cannot read them, the interlinear is presented diacritic-free, and the vocabulary includes diacritic-free versions of all the words.The apostrophe is written by convention to indicate where certain prefixes and suffixes have been attached to a word. It is not pronounced.
All the vowels in the text presented have the standard values:
Additionally, y in some contexts (and ý always) is /i/.a, à /A/ e, è /E/ ë, é /e/ o, ò /O/ ö, ó /o/ i, í /i/ u, ù /U/ ü, ú /u/Consonants also have IPA values except:
c /k/ ch /x/ hl /l_0/ sh /S/ y /j/ (except after t, when it is /i/)Key to symbols/Glossary:
ACC (accusative) -c after vowels ADJ (adjectives) àlacli (alacli) young sénësi (senesi) empty yíri (yiri) all ADV (adverbs) kàlis (kalis) thus, that way ART (articles) à (a) definite article, singular àn (an) definite article, plural CONJ (conjunctions) ní (ni) but të (te) and FT (future tense) ki'- before consonants IMP (imperfective) -ip, -ap after consonants -n after liquids -p after vowels N (nouns) dëlachón (delachon) dragon delú (dElu) stone ëatýmia (eatymia) living creature gésë (gese) pig küéba (kueba) sky lúthi (luthi) flower nicsú (nicsu) sword tacilú (tacilu) mountain týa (tya) light tyàli (tyali) true ("with light") týtiv (tytiv) holy place; Paradise NEG (negation) ka- not NOM (nominalizers) na- that which, he/she/they who; one who does NOM.PR (nominal clause header) ke (kE) that, as in "that we did it" PASS (passive voice) -fà (-fa) PL (plural) -an after consonants -n after vowels POST (postpositions) -ash on (takes accusative) -icüm (-icum) in -li with PRON (pronouns; can be suffixed or standalone) -n third person, singular, neuter or unknown (after vowels) -të (-te) third person, plural -un (-Un) third person, singular, neuter or unknown (after consonants) PT (past tense) t'- before vowels të'- (te'-) before consonants SUB (subordinating conjunctions) hróvin (hrovin) because V (verbs) bòntë (bOnte) to hit cílvë (cilve) to come déla (dela) to leave ésö (eso) be (copula); subject & object both take nominative fòranic (fOranic) to break into pieces, to cut apart nalàli (nalali) to play, to do as one pleases nàri (nari) to become shír (shir) to grow yihàla (yihala) to complete yishír (yishir) to grow up, to mature, to finish growing yisírö (yisiro) to finish making
The grammar defaults to English-like unless otherwise specified.Mërèchi features postpositional phrases (just like prepositional only backwards). Overall sentence structure is SOV, and adjectives follow the noun.
Verbs take a tense or mood prefix, an aspect suffix, and a pronoun/agreement suffix. Pronouns can either be suffixed to verbs (if they are the subject of the sentence or are agreeing with a noun in subject position) or can occur elsewhere with an accusative or postpositional suffix. If the sentence appears to have no subject, the subject is the pronoun on the verb.
The relative pronoun na, if it is the subject of the subclause, becomes a prefix to the verb; otherwise it stands alone and can take case suffixes and postpositions.
New words created for this ring:
yisírö to finish making
hàla to do, yihàla to complete
gésë pig
nicsú sword
bòntë, to hit
fòranic, to break, to cut apart
yishír grow up
nàri to become
That was how the sky was made and all things were completed.The pig will not come and will not leave.
Flowers will not grow on the mountain,
And the sword will not break the stone to pieces,
And the dragon will not be hit.Because all things were completed.
But the young creatures who do as they please are in Paradise;
And the flower grew up, but the sky did not become clear.
And truly, the sky did not become clear.Because all things were completed.
And thus it was that the sky was created and all was completed.No pig will come, nor will he leave.
No flower will grow on the mountain,
nor sword break the stone into pieces,
nor blow strike the dragon.For all was completed.
However, the young animals who served themselves were in Paradise;
and the flower grew up, however the sky did not clear.
And truly, the sky did not clear.For all was completed.