Conlang Relay 23/Sātnūs

English

"All the way upriver, all the way north, a king eats herbs and it causes him to want power. He wanted to rule the kingdom very much."

-- The Bloody King

The herb that he ate gave him knowledge, so that he could be able to wage war. So that he found and ate that which he wanted, and then he punished himself.

Sātnūs Text

"Szōr zredr, szōr vrō ākr rūnpenl, ākr klūrtlān shrändt dānāth ond zre snasöt rutv ge throfrt klūrtenl. Ge zadät throfrt klurtät ākr närt."

--Ākr Nosüptev Klūrtlān

Ākr nāth ükl shrändt ge srürsöt genda vārnenl, rutv ge kronst nsenlt ntor. Zvug, ge glovrt ond shrändt prüākr ükl throfrt ge, ond täv ge vräst gear.

Grammar and Word Notes

Conjugation

The root plus '-än' is the infinitive.

-t for 'he'

-öt for 'it'

Word Order

SVO word order

VSO after a demonstrative ('ükl' in this case)

adjectives come before nouns

Dative Case

Word List

Prefixes

plural: dā-

in: vrō-

Suffixes

dative case; to: -nda

reflexive: -ar

Conjunctions

and then, then: täv

and: ond

so that: rutv

thus, therefore: zvug

Articles

a (indefinite): ūr

the (definite): ākr

Pronouns

he: ge

himself: gear

it: zre

that (relative): prüākr

which (demonstrative): ükl

Adverbs

very, much: zadät

to the end, all the way, at the end: szōr

Adjectives

bloody: nsüptev

Verbs

to cause, to make be: snasän

to find, discover: glovrän

to rule, control: klūrtän

to eat: shrändän

to punish: vräst

to be able to: kronsän

to give: srürsän

to declare, announce, wage: nsenlän

to want, desire: throfrän

Nouns

kingdom, empire, land, country: närt

herb, medicine, potion: nāth

king, ruler, leader: klūrtlān

power, control: klūrtenl

knowledge: vārnenl

upriver: zredr

north: rūnpenl

war: ntor