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Antariano
by Oliver Schnee

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"Vos.

Vos crevade que de las maledictiones siefte vos devent
causare pena; pesade de cena! Carede de vostros
fradres!

Devede volere que los emperede mandugare. Digent unus
a lu altru que non vos creasset, que non creasset de
todo. Mai suonhant de cena.

Ellos us vomo sabiente ascoltat.

Soli sont e perviertent la verdade en la falsetuine e
la falsetuine en la verdade. Se sont sene cena,
devereade li dare cena a lu poblu. Crede en un dieu li
pobli.

Qui est el dieus li pobli? Vê, que molti vómenes
veant: per ellos tuortet las brassas li pobli; per
ellos battet loro gambas; per ellos plûvia caet en
vostra fasse e vostra lâvia sont sigillada e non
podede fablare.

Elle est equí, mai est sene lu poblu; per esto auí que
non crede. Este estúpidi."

"You.

You believed that of (all/the) evil spells seven ought
to cause you pain. Think about food! You ought to take
care of your brethren.

You ought to want to tell them once more to eat. They
tell each other that he created you not, that he
created nothing at all. However, they dream about
food.

To them the Wise listens.

They are alone and they wring truth into falsehood and
falsehood into truth. If they are without food, you
ought to give food to the people.

Who is the god of the people? Behold, that many people
will see: By them, he twists the people's arms; by
them, he strikes on their legs; by them rain falleth
on your face, and your lips are sealed and you cannot
speak.

He is here, however he is without the people:
therefore I know that you believe not. You are
stupid."



Pronunciation:
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c before e,i = sh
g before e,i = like -s- in measure
qu before e,i = like k, otherwise like kw
Consonants that are written double are nevertheless
pronounced simple.
If there is no accent sign in the word, stress the
second to last syllable.
e,o are open, short vowels a) when they're accented as
é,ó, b) mostly in -ie-, -uo-. c) if they stand before
two consonant letters or a single voiceless consonant
in a stressed syllable. e is open in all open
unstressed syllables too. Otherwise, e,o are
half-close vowels and, when stressed, long. Vowels
with a circumflex mark are long and stressed.

Words:
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vos = you (pl. or formal)
crere = to believe
que = that (conjunction)
de = preposition "from, of"
maledictione = cursing, evil spell
siefte = seven
devere = ought to, should, be supposed to
causare = to cause
pena = pain
pesare = think about, consider
carere de = care for, be caring about
vostre, -a, -o = your (pl./formal)
fradre = brother (by actual family relation or by
spiritual link)
volere = to want
emperare = to order someone to do something
mandugare = to eat (formal)
digere = to say
unus a lu altru = (reciprocal pronoun as indirect
object) each other, construed with plural verb
creare = to create
non...de todo = (idiom) not at all
mai = but
sonhare de = to dream about (if the -o- is accented,
it becomes -uo- in this word)
cena = food
vomo = man
sabiente = wise, knowledgeable
ascoltare (+ direct object) = to listen to
solu = alone
pervertere = to twist, to pervert
verdade = truth
falsetuine = falsehood
se = if
sene = without
dare = to give
poblus = people
en = in
dieus = god
qui = who
vere = to see, Vê! = Behold! Lo!
molti, -e, -a = many
tortere = to twist, to torture
brassa = arm
battere = to strike, to hit, to beat
loro = their
gamba = leg
plûvia = rain (noun)
caere = to fall
fasse = face
lâvio = lip
sigillare = to seal
podere = to be able
fablare = to speak
equí = here
per = through
auire = to hear
non = not
estúpidus, -a, -o = stupid

Grammar:
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Declension of the definite article (masc, fem, neut):
sing. nominative: el, la, lo
sing. genitive: li, li, li
sing. accusative: lu, la, lo
pl. nominative: il, le, la
pl. genitive: lor, lar, lor (careful! *not* loro!)
pl. accusative: los, las, la

Declension of the indefinite article (only singular;
masc, fem, neut):
nominative: us, una, un
genitive: uni, uni, uni
accusative: un, una, un

Declension of o-stem masculine nouns (e.g. portus =
port, haven); nom, gen, acc:
sing. portus, porti, portu
pl. porti, portoro, portos

Declension of o-stem neuter nouns (e.g. folho = leaf);
nom, gen, acc:
sing. folho, folhi, folho
pl. folha, folhoro, folha

Declension of a-stem feminine nouns (e.g. porta =
door); nom, gen, acc:
sing. porta, porte, porta
pl. porte, portaro, portas

Declension of normal masculine and feminine e-stem
nouns (e.g. fasse = face); nom, gen, acc:
sing. fasse, fasses, fasse
pl. fasses, fasso, fasses

Declension of vomo "man"; nom, gen, acc:
sing. vomo, vómines, vómine
pl. vómines, vómino, vómines

Declension of dieus "god"; nom, gen, acc:
sing. dieus, diei, dieu
pl. diei, dioro, dios

Declension of personal pronouns (nominative, dative,
accusative; no genitive exists):
1. sing. eo, mi, me
2. sing. tu, ti, te
3. sing. masc. elle, illui, illu (unaccented dat. lui,
acc. lu)
3. sing. fem. ella, ellei, ella (unaccented dat. lei,
acc. la)
3. sing. neut. ello, illui, ello (unaccented dat. lui,
acc. lo)
1. pl. nos, nos, nos
2. pl. vos, vos, vos
3. pl. masc. illi, illis, ellos (unaccented dat. lis,
acc. los)
3. pl. fem. elle, illis, ellas (unaccented dat. lis,
acc. las)
3. pl. neut. ella, illis, ella (unaccented dat. lis,
acc. la)

Declension of "nostre" and "vostre" (nom, gen, acc):
sing. masc. vostre, vostri, vostru
sing. fem. vostra, vostre or vostri, vostra
sing. neut. vostro, vostri, vostro
pl. masc. vostri, vostroro, vostros
pl. fem. vostre, vostraro, vostras
pl. neut. vostra, vostroro, vostra

Conjugation of a-stem verbs (only the tenses that
occur in the text; always sing. 1,2,3, then pl.
1,2,3):
(example: lavare "to wash")
present tense: lavo, lavas, lavat; lavamo, lavade,
lavant
present subjunctive: lave, laves, lavet; lavemo,
lavede, lavent
present conditional: lavarea, lavareas, lavareat,
lavareamo, lavareade, lavareant
imperfect tense: lavava, lavavas, lavavat; lavavamo,
lavavade, lavavant
simple perfect tense: lavaí, lavastes, laváut;
lavasmo, lavaste, lavaront
perfect subjunctive: lavasse, lavasses, lavasset,
lavassemo, lavassede, lavassent
imperative: sing. lava! pl. lavade!
infinitive: lavare

Conjugation of e-stem verbs (example: crere "to
believe"):
present tense: creio, cres, cret, cremo, crede, crent
present subjunctive: crea, creas, creat, creamo,
creade, creant (careful not to mix this up with creare
"to create"!)
present conditional: crerea etc. like lavarea
imperfect tense: creva etc. like lavava
simple perfect tense: crei, crestes, cret (in a two
syllable verb this would be deveí, devestes, devét);
cresmo, crestes, creront
perfect subjunctive: cresse etc. like lavasse
imperative: cre! crede!
infinite: crere

Conjugation of i-stem verbs (example: auire "to
hear"):
present tense: auio, aues, auet; auimo, auide, auent
present subjunctive: auia, auias etc. like creas
present conditional: auirea etc. like lavarea, crerea
imperfect tense: auiva etc. like lavava, creva
simple perfect tense: auí, auistes, auít; auismo,
auiste, auiront
perfect subjunctive: auisse etc. like lavasse, cresse
imperative: aue! auide!
infinitive: auire

Present tense of éssere "to be":
so, ses, est; somo, este, sont

The conditional present is used to express polite
wishes: "perhaps you would".

a hint:
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In the first sentence, the word order is
unusual/poetic. You could rephrase the sentence as:
"Vos crevade que siefte de las maledictiones vos
devent causare pena". The second "vos" is in the
dative case.