Rhu u lai draazu yuraim, ki histatis'na otok' miriom.
Nagesie zduais' o "Kraza, yai draazu yur-ak tecurya."
Tant zduaim o "Yai tecurud laazat."
Rhu eya draaz so tak'em iz'aim.
Jic'akitadve otok'a kain miriom.
Kai an-rhebyobas' as'e, ki du tai kai z'akor polz as'e.
Rhu u lai draaz-u yur-aim, ki histat-is'-na otok'-0 mir-iom.
Nages-ie zdu-ais' o "Kraza, yai draaz-u yur-ak tecur-ya."
Tant zdu-aim o "Yai tecurud-0 laaz-at."
Rhu eya draaz-0 so tak'em iz'-aim.
Jic'akit-adve otok'-a kai-n mir-iom.
Kai an-rhebyobas' as'e, ki du tai kai z'ako-r polz as'e.
GLOSSARY OF SUFFIXES
-0 - accusative case (unmarked accusative on consonant stems) -a - genitive case (for consonant stems) -adve - gerund (works like an adverb) -ak - infinitive -aim - 1st person singular, past tense (-ak v.) -ais' - 3rd person singular, past tense (-ak v.) -at - 2nd person singular, presnet tense (-ak v.) -ie - adverb -iom - 1st person singular, past tense (-ek v.) -is' - 3rd person singular, present tense (-ek v.) -n - accusative case -na - turns verb into modifying clause: VERB-is'-na NOUN = the NOUN which VERBs -r - genitive case (for vowel stems) -u - dative case -ya - 2nd person singular imperative (-ek v.)GLOSSARY OF WORDS
an- - (prefix) very as'e - "to be", 3rd person singular, past tense du - that, the fact that ... draaz - house eya - that, that one histat.ek - be in trouble, distress, despair iz'.ak - to enter jic'akit.ek - to be surprised, startled kai - wife ki - and kraza - please laaz.ak - need lai - your mir.ek - see nages - confused o - object marker particle (omitted when object precedes verb) otok' - man polz - the whole, the entirety rhebyobas' - pregnant rhu - (and) so... so - with (takes instrumental) tai - his/her ... (3rd person singular possessive adjective) tak'em - 3rd person sg. pronoun, instrumental tant - 3rd person sg. pronoun, dative tecur.ek - to help tecurud - help, assistance u - to (takes dative) yai - my yur.ak - to go zdu.ak - say z'ako - problem
Rhean (Rheava Izka) is a language with relatively "free" word order, but with a strong "preference" for the Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) construction in simple sentences. When a subject or object comes after the verb, it can be marked with a particle like ai for subject, o for object. These are also used for subject and object emphasis.Adjectives usually come before the noun to which they refer, as do modifying clauses.
There are no articles (the, a, an). The verb "to be" is irregular (of course!) so I gave the forms for it when it appeared. I also gave the forms for irregular pronouns.
Verbs are given in the infinitive .ak / .ek, and I've marked this with a period.
Nouns have five cases: nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, and instrumental. I have given the cases taken by nouns following the prepositions used here. The genitive case used ON ITS OWN without any preposition indicates possession, or the meaning "of".
So I went to your house, and I saw a distressed man.
He said confusedly, "Please, help me get home."
I said to him "You need my help." **
So I entered that house with him.
I saw with surprise the wife of the man.
She was very pregnant, and I realised that his wife was the whole problem.** This sentence in the Nesheti version didn't seem to make any sense: "Amun ishunzi genziwan." "me-DAT need-3pl help". So keeping in mind the rule about passing on something that makes sense, I guessed.