Haloween Story: "Ku Volef" bok'ec 1
Jack Durst
more practice with the language by posting a scary story. I'd love to see
more original compositions or translations on-topic like this.
A note on the text: Pacing is important in horror stories, this story was
written to be read *while* translating, and is so a bit fast-paced if you
can sight-read NGL. The grammar is fairly simple and the vocabulary is
98% Ogden, so it makes a good starter piece for learning. These three
chapters taken together are also the longest publicly posted original
composition in the language so far. Interestingly, it seems to have a
much better flow to it than anything I've ever translated into Tokcir, the
language has a bit of a poetry to it when read aloud that I'd never
noticed before.
Required knowledge:
Ogden vocabulary with a few Tokcir/Zumirtok common words (all in dictionary)
Cheat-sheet grammar, including case marks and full TVS verb inflection
Basic PVS verbs
ŋTe no? questions
Standard derivation
Posessives
[I'd like to propose that future translations/Compositions contain
something like this]
Since it's a bit long to translate at a single sitting, I've split it into
three chapters. One will be posted every few days with the finale being
posted 31/10/1999. The other chapters won't have this heading. As
always, I welcome translations, comments, grammatical analyses, etc.
So, lets get on with it:
Vocabulary:
*volef - wolf
KU VOLEF
wi' Jack Durst
Bok'ec Ol:
No savemnot Martinom kaske u' kasmog'ekorac tibemno ace inyās; q inyās
sugorjemnos ezo tales yi'as & ōl valer, infčlitemnot tibem u' ace fo eco.
'A yeva konem xesade, aceijemnos tam lunasur q cutyaom yevza u' xiebe. 'A
yev konem q fuci, & loj tibemnot u' kasmog'ekor.
Ku kasmog'ekor mafe ta sugorjem & 'ayho'ekem intales, newiy nure ria'
'ekem ōl itānboyes. Martin gomcirfemnos wi' reol hibsig ta tibem ā giub q
kasmog'ekorom.
--Verne te no estānem ke savas q fuci? [tokemno Martinom]
--No savom, [tokem] newiy q fuciac 'ekom leh yercikig.
--ŋOxi'ne?
--U' tikes, col q su'itjan depasi: ā tikes, ā xieb, ā vita'a
--ŋTe no 'ekam dine u' vita'o fuci?
Et ezo ace, depasfemnot q tikes & ta su'ites, ol wi' ol & du wi' du, fesno
u' une fanci.
"Estānemes ōl kua'am," yasemnot, "dasamvas feār fo q cinci 'enyo. Ku
volefac to sahoam, & so to sahoam wi' med. Mori, mori mouk sugorjemes ke
no behtibeamzes newiy inčzo xieb, inčzo sugorci, inčzo xes." Tokem hibsig
'ekemnos nirig ā q tikes u' fuci. "ĄFeārdasamvas q volefad! fo u'tibeme
eco inyās." Et ezo ace, inyāsemnot; no xa inrčtofem Martin retose.
Yofemnot col zupo du ziuxe fo kivernos, & tibemnot ā q wa'as.
Ku inyās beh sugorjemno, Luna ta vuerjem & xufem cinig ezo mogfesnos q
baeresac hibsig paemnos Martinom u' kuaje. Yasemno xietem col q ru'es
invųer fo inyās yex. 'Ekemnot ōl niunvolefem ke becfemnot u' q inyās
inyųgi, kivjanintofemnos & 'a ta paem cike 'ekemnot ōl pavintorem ke pa
wi' ru'; `lehjemzas fo dasoma yerman wi' mocī Martin nemofemnos,
invōnifemnot q kuaj u' dosru'...
Ku ulhapxucik kajig behtibemnot ā tonhapxu, inčzo fasil ilig q pavintor.
Zer, no inhųarijemnos fo maixemnos mouk tonig pairem ke acead no nemofem.
Tibemnot u' kumir & deuremnot zupo haw, pairemnos zuohig laus ke ōl
kua'am, q sange tibenos laume. "ĄA!" Tokem, ziuxsade tibemnot u' incāme
col sange. Pairemnot ōl vodes & tibemnos u' limpair wa'aske suazemnot
robhapxu'e sangei' & tibem u' veusu fo xesac 'a to limpafem & infāsilfe
zupo ilkafe indāis reyla: biuhos hapxui', no 'ekemno q lorsar u' ziuxeme.
Sincerely,
Jack Durst
Sp...@sierra.net
[this posting written in Net English]