Proto-Drem text

Ýèyiara Şouyroúgžyûđ Kaiĝríibgamlýèssríiiêbsst Ýōmruĝĝ

Ýōmruĝĝâk Kaiĝríibgamlýèssríiiêbsst
Lab Źōsķûşnlúoori Kaipilţréen Žâş Kailâlrróđ
Lab Zèskríili Şoužōââđt Zèsţilţ Naţ Şúsblúouk

Yumruĝĝuĝâka Kailaridķiêlk
Yuzûllplounţuĝķûştlââos
Ýềzêllliayđèĝķeižķ
Yṓĝrùyâk Şouķûnđûrrđ

Ýềmruĝĝuĝâka Kailaridķiêlk
Lab Ýōĝlấuuķsźâlķûn
Žâş Ýōtlấâonnźâlķûn
Žâş Zèskríila Kaiĝàaşk

Ýềmruĝĝuĝâka Kailaridķiêlk Şes Kaizràieĝp
Žâş Ýōmruĝĝuĝklooţpâki Kaikelg Źōstrâuulpstodlgrâym

Proto-Drem glossary

-a, âk = a/the article
Ýè, Ýō = 3S inanimate
Yṓ = 3S animate
Ýề, Yu = 3SPoss inanimate
Ýès, Zès = 3P animate
Şús = 1PPoss (our)
Źōs = 3P Inanimate
Şes = 1P (We)
Kai, Şou = Present Tense
-uĝ, -èĝ = GENITIVE case marker
-i = DATIVE case marker
-a = ERGATIVE case marker
Yiar = n. Hunting camp
Yroúgž = v. To sing
Yûđ = about
Ĝríibg = v. To fall
-am = adverbal modifier
-l = Gerund modifier
Sríiiêbs = n. Leaf
Mruĝĝ = n. Season
-st = of
Lab = when, where, used for questions mostly.
Ķûş = large comparison of degree
Nlúoor = beast ( large predator )
Pil = become (Get)
Ţréen = v. Fall Ill, to become sick
Žâş = And
Lâl = Become (Grow)
Rróđ = v. Old, To be old
Kríil = n. child
Žōââđt = v. To plant
Ţilţ = n. Green plants ( usually thought of as barley or rye)
Naţ = For
Blúouk = n. Food
Lar = Last
-id, -od = adverbal marker
Ķiêlk = v. Hunt
ĝlấuuķs = n. Harvest time, Season
-źâl = To be, equates with ‘is’
Ķûn = Precision of Degree for ‘Absolutely does not exist’ or ‘Null’, used for ‘No’
tlấâonn = n. Winter season
ĝàaşk = v. To laugh
zûl = Seems like ( The storm resembles a tiger in it’s ferocity )
plounţ = n. Dragon
tlââos = n. mouth
liayđ = n. Reptilian (a species of sentient crocodile. Walks upright)
ķeižķ = n. claw
ĝrùy = n. hunter
đûrrđ = v. mercy, pity
zràieĝp = v. To Dance
Klooţp = n. The Sun; The main star of the Dremish system
Kelg = v. Obscures, to be obscured
Trâuulp = v. death, died, always thought of being dead.
Grâym = n. sign, signpost

Proto-Drem grammar notes

Normally in Proto-Drem, the Tonal changes and vowel harmony cause havoc to the roots, and affixes, but here, this piece got very lucky, and we don't have to do squat with those 2 important areas..

Onto the word order. Think SOV/SVO, but with twists

• Normally: The tried and true standard, usually people stick to this.
  • Noun phrase - verb phrase - noun phrase. This is the formal style that is changing albeit slowly. See below.
• Rarely: usually seen with initial particles/conjunctions, etc.
  • Particle - NP - VP. As seen above in a few lines...
  • Styles will rarely mix. See the last line which is a combo Rare-Formal sentence. This done to make a complete thought. Usage is shown as Particle - NP - VP - NP as seen above.
• Literary style: More free flowing, considered "odd" but "tolerable"
  • NP - VP, NP, Particle - NP, as seen above in a few lines.

What gives with no verb?

Well...the verb gets a adverbal marker and then an additional gerund marker making the verb now... a noun!, and so plops quite nicely into a NP as an adjective.

[Pronoun]+[verb]+[Adv mkr]+[grnd]+[root]

MOST OF THE TIME... Gender/Pronoun/Tense then modifiers then roots

Special case of "OF"

Since the root is usually always last in a phrase, the word is [stuff]+[Aragon of]+[Duke] meaning "The Duke of Aragon" where the word the speaker is using as the direct object is Duke, so obviously Duke has more importance to the speaker than Aragon.

The "of" will always come after the modifier to the root.

Smooth English translation

The smooth English translation from Kelen [this was the only smooth translation supplied -ed]:

The hunting camp sings about the season of fallen leaves.

The season of fallen leaves,
Where large beasts fall ill and grow old.
Where children plant plants for our food

The seasons last hunt,
As a dragons maw
As a Lizardmans claw
The hunter with no mercy

The seasons last hunt,
Harvest time has ended and
Winter has ended and
The children laugh.

The seasons last hunt,
And we dance,
And then the seasons’ sun
Obscures the sign of death