Ring B: 20/22: twisspraak

Clayton Cardoso

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twisspraak

Song av de broud en de broudgom

Oh mog yie sagge al geestly werren dies looven:

Laat us geve yu al danken fur de heele shoone ding.
Laat us geve al danken fur tu macke warmd en fur de lightyaar.
Laat us geve al danken fur tu beshutte de stooring av de kreiger in de evenland.
Laat us geve al danken tu mucke mannen, welk hav de pluck av usser korn.
Laat us singe tu de moond en tu de sternen, welk shein dur de heele naght.
Laat us singe tu de wind welk feruorsaak tu regne naad an us.
Laat us singe tu de haasel welk shadde us.
Laat us singe tu de lucklieheed med sundheed en maght.
Laat us heve de handen fur tu fereere de geestly wer welk gev tu de kidden.
Laat us singe tu dies guodheeden en yunge lieven.

Dat find guodheed in tu geve een broud een broudgom.
Dat find guodheed in tu geve een broudgom een broud.
Oh mog yie werre luckly in dies yaar en in al kommende yaaren.

Smooth Translation

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Grammar

Twisspraak is a SVO, V2 language. As to noun phrases, it is generally left-branching, but not with relative clauses.

Nouns don't decline for case. The plural of nouns is made with the suffix "en" (the previous consonant is doubled in some cases) or "n".

Adjectives don't decline for case or number. They end either with a schwa (the previous consonant is doubled in some cases) or a long vowel.

Personal pronouns have the nominative, the objective and the genitive case. Other pronouns, as "dies" and "al", don't decline for case or number.

Verbs don't inflect for person or number. The infinitive form ends either with a schwa (the previous consonant is doubled in some cases) or a long vowel. The infinitive form may be preceded by the preposition "tu", depending on the preceding verb.

An object may be marked by a preposition or unmarked. When a verb has two unmarked objects, the first one is indirect.

The cohortative mood is marked by the construction "laat us" + infinitive verb. The optative mood is marked by the construction "mog" + subject + infinitive verb.

Vocabulary

al	pron.	all
an	prep.	on
av	prep.	of
beshutte	v.	to protect
broud	n.	bride
broudgom	n.	bridegroom
dank	n.	thank
de	art.	the
dur	prep.	through
een	art.	a, an
en	conj.	and
evenland	n.	plain
fereere	v.	worship, honor
feruorsaake	v.	to cause, to make
finde	v.	find; dat finde v. there to be
fur	prep.	for
dies	pron.	this, these
geestly	adj.	ghostly, spiritual
geve	v.	give
guodheed	n.	goodness
haasel	n.	hazelnut tree
hand	n.	hand
have	v.	have
heele	adj.	whole
heve	v.	raise, heave
kid	n.	child
kommende	adj.	coming, future
korn	n.	grain
kreiger	n.	warrior
in	prep.	in
laate	v.	let
liev	n.	love
lightyaar	n.	light-year
loov	n.	promise
lucklieheed	n.	happiness
luckly	adj.	happy
macke	v.	make
maght	n.	power
man	n.	man
med	prep.	with
mogge	v.	may
moond	n.	moon
mucke	adj.	many, much
naad	n.	grace
naght	n.	night
oh	interj.	oh
pluck	n.	harvest
regne	v.	rain
sagge	v.	say, tell
shadde	v.	shade
sheine	v.	shine
singe	v.	sing
song	n.	song
stern	n.	star
stooring	n.	trouble
sundheed	n.	health
tu	prep.	to
us	pron.	we
usser	pron.	our
warmd	n.	warmth
welk	conj.	which, who
wer	n.	being
werre	v.	be
wind	n.	wind
yie	pron.	you, ye
yunge	adj.	young