Sirius Texts: Aesop

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Ari-Horkrak hi Markritz

Etz ari-horkrak esti finktz furo-furo ackar ho kon-horkrak tzo e weji toln he plocki ho meshi. "Oho!" etz isti ari-horkrak, "Mor esti!" hi most yoshoi toln af meshi. Het etz esti? Markritz henk owoik na shortz! "Wishar ye esti thiror," etz isti ari-horkrak, "ho samna; welratz me, me nef hesh nemshal of mith nef krushi of markritz."

Thiror esti yommu hear yomtza.

Interlinear

Ari-Horkrak	hi	Markritz
male-chicken	and	pearl
The Rooster and the Pearl

Etz	ari-horkrak	esti	finktz
PAST	rooster	be	walk
A rooster was once walking

furo-furo	ackar	ho	kon-horkrak
cross-cross	farm	among	female-chicken
up and down the farm among the hens

tzo	e	weji	toln	he	plocki	ho	meshi.
then	PAST	see	thing	REL	shine	amid	grass
when he saw something that shone in the grass.

• tzo here because we mean "at this time", not ho "at what time?".

"Oho!"	etz	ari-horkrak	isti,	"Mor	esti!"
aha	PAST	rooster	say	mine	is
"Aha!" he said, "Something for me!"

hi	most	yoshoi	toln	af	meshi
and	soon	dig	thing	out-of	grass
and quickly dug it out of the grass.

• Using etz more than once in a sentence is unnecessary.

Het	etz	esti?	Markritz	henk	owoik	na	shortz!
what	PAST	be?	pearl	somehow	lost	in	yard
What was it? A pearl somehow lost in the yard!

wishar	ye	esti	thiror	etz	isti	ari-horkrak	ho	samna
maybe	you	be	treasure,	PAST	say	rooster,	among	humans
"Maybe you are treasure," said the rooster, "Among humans"

welratz	me	me	nef	hesh	nemshal	of	mith	nef	krushi	of	markritz
but	I	I	rather	have	piece	of	corn	than	pile	of	pearl
"But me, I'd rather have a piece of corn than a pile of pearls."

thiror	esti	yommu	hear	yomtza
treasure	is	for	who	make
Treasure is for who makes (it).