{"id":139,"date":"2018-03-17T13:40:14","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T17:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/?p=139"},"modified":"2021-04-29T21:14:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T01:14:14","slug":"the-final-paragraph-of-epiphany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/2018\/03\/17\/the-final-paragraph-of-epiphany\/","title":{"rendered":"The Final Paragraph of Epiphany"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, after 54 chapters and one cultural primer on the systems of gender in the country Tvesh\u0117, Epiphany: The Story of a Heartbeat<\/em> is\u00a0done.<\/p>\n

And\u00a0Epiphany<\/em> ended with a paragraph written in Narahji<\/a>. Let’s talk about it.<\/p>\n

Axopatomsa Er\u00e5sis glabdesu. Dof t\u00eb\u00e6mlaek mamgukofa mosjefenga. T\u2019eikniphaom\u00e6 kles\u00e6l\u1ecbru kul makra d\u00e5m\u1ecbmla av sanmoksu\u00f6sa\u1ecbru omnibh. Glabdeml m\u00f6k l\u1ecbb\u00e5nibh\u00e6\u0308 pa\u00e4nxa, dokusa kubhu tazai rad\u00e5mf\u00e6va l\u00e4nglabdeml? Hjen\u00e4hjas oxikan\u00e6laeroneu \u1ecbkur besu. Murhjas r\u1ecbbh\u00e6la\u1ecbrru\u1ecbr. Ku f\u00e6deis murhjas oxikan\u00e6la\u1ecbrru. Axopatomsa Er\u00e5sis glabdesu.\u00a0K\u00e6ky\u00e5v moru glabdesu.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This paragraph begins with the use of two names,\u00a0Axopatomsa<\/em> and Er\u00e5sis<\/em>,\u00a0<\/em>which are the informal and formal names respectively of Salus’ younger daughter. In addition, Salus addresses lim as\u00a0Toma<\/em> in the entry itself, a common nickname for someone named\u00a0Axopatomsa<\/em>. Any verb with\u00a0glabde<\/strong> in it is a form of the verb\u00a0eklab<\/strong>, an irregular infinitive.<\/p>\n

You will also see a lot of words with the root of\u00a0nibh<\/strong>, which translates to\u00a0well-oiled<\/em>. The word is also used to mean\u00a0good<\/em> and is extremely versatile. Oils are very prized in Narahja, where they are used to condition hair, skin, and wooden objects, in addition to their use in temples for icon anointing, scented oil offering lamps, and purificatory baths.<\/p>\n

The entire passage translates to:<\/p>\n

I am Axopatomsa Er\u00e5sis. This is where my mother’s journal ends. The print pages have been placed online, and I have read it faithfully. Isn’t it strangely impressive what, in the end, le decided needed to be said? People before lim wouldn’t have done it. Le dedicated this to me and gave me this choice. I am Axopatomsa Er\u00e5sis. I am ler daughter.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That, of course, is an idiomatic translation.<\/p>\n

Eiknipha<\/strong> is the word for\u00a0datastream<\/em> or\u00a0the Internet<\/em>, which is meant in a loose sense because the way online infrastructure works there is very different. I translated\u00a0d\u00e5m\u1ecbmla<\/strong> loosely, as the more literal translation would be\u00a0handed<\/em>, in the sense of something produced via hand. The particle \u00e6\u0308<\/strong>\u00a0(a rough-breathed \u00e6) is a suffix attached to the word in a simple yes\/no question that is under scrutiny, in this case the impressiveness of Salus’ entries.<\/p>\n

Speaking in Narahji is very hard because the stress system is so different from English, my native language. It has more vowels and a few consonant clusters that are not very intuitive. I don’t want to say how many takes of that paragraph I needed, but my actual podcast notes looked like this:<\/p>\n

Ax.op.at.om\u02c8sa E.r\u00e5s\u02c8is \u02c8glab.de.su. Dof t\u00eb.\u02c8\u00e6.ml.a.ek mam.gu.ko.\u02c8fa mo.sje.fen.\u02c8ga.
\nT’eik.ni.\u02c8pha.om.\u00e6 \u02c8kles.\u00e6l.\u1ecbru kul mak.\u02c8ra d\u00e5m.\u1ecbm.\u02c8la av san.mok.su.\u02c8\u00f6.sa.\u1ecbru om.\u02c8nibh.
\n\u02c8Glab.de.ml m\u00f6k l\u1ecb.b\u00e5.\u02c8nibh.\u00e6\u0308 pa.\u00e4n.\u02c8xa,
\ndo.ku.\u02c8sa ku.\u02c8bhu ta.\u02c8zai ra.d\u00e5m.f\u00e6.\u02c8va l\u00e4n.\u02c8glab.de.ml?
\nHje.\u02c8n\u00e4.hjas o.xi.\u02c8kan.\u00e6.la.er.o.neu \u1ecb.\u02c8kur be.\u02c8su.
\n\u02c8Mur.hjas \u02c8r\u1ecbbh.\u00e6.la.\u1ecbrr.u.\u1ecbr.
\nKu f\u00e6.\u02c8deis \u02c8mur.hjas o.xi.\u02c8kan.\u00e6l.a.\u1ecbrr.u.
\nAx.op.at.om\u02c8sa E.r\u00e5s\u02c8is \u02c8glab.de.su.
\nK\u00e6.\u02c8ky\u00e5v mo.\u02c8ru \u02c8glab.de.su.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I did takes until I was confident that how I said it was the best I could do. Please keep in mind if you listen to that entry that my American English accent is vey present. I didn’t invent Narahji to be easy.<\/p>\n

There was also a sentence that didn’t make it in, which I feel sad about \u2014 I was copying and pasting a lot of things into my audio notes.<\/p>\n

The missing sentence:\u00a0Tsemanok! I\u00a0nexus l\u1ecbrnibh\u00a0kul ts\u00fcnas \u00e5tsu bivosafbelo.<\/strong>\u00a0Tsemanok! Through this good path by means of your dice I hope that I walk<\/em>. Or, simply,\u00a0I hope that Tsemanok has taken me down the correct path.<\/em><\/p>\n

Tsemanok is a god much like Hermes, Eshu, or Ganesh, and Toma’s sentiment is something I share.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\ude05<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, after 54 chapters and one cultural primer on the systems of gender in the country Tvesh\u0117, Epiphany: The Story of a Heartbeat is\u00a0done. And\u00a0Epiphany ended with a paragraph written in Narahji. Let’s talk about it. Axopatomsa Er\u00e5sis glabdesu. Dof t\u00eb\u00e6mlaek mamgukofa mosjefenga. T\u2019eikniphaom\u00e6 kles\u00e6l\u1ecbru kul makra d\u00e5m\u1ecbmla av sanmoksu\u00f6sa\u1ecbru omnibh. Glabdeml m\u00f6k l\u1ecbb\u00e5nibh\u00e6\u0308 pa\u00e4nxa,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,6],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-conlang","tag-narahji"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9qEhO-2f","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27,"url":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/2017\/11\/29\/narahji-noun-classes-insults\/","url_meta":{"origin":139,"position":0},"title":"Insults in Narahji: The Noun Class Edition","author":"kaye","date":"29 November 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(A partial repost from Tumblr with some new content.) 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