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“Pou kruku kemara”
Neso, ku eyeda sayara. Ve tera kelera mi kona pou kal. Pou kura mi yeda ve okula kalare sin mi okwe ko me. Mi yeda nom kaya mi okwe, ak kai ka ta: Kele kai pou mi adkahia. Mi ata fi kitesa mi ‘ara, ak okula ma ‘ara fi toku na pono me pou toku. Ta keyu me osa: Mi koro kai bra mu tokunari min kona pou mi adkahia, kai nosa toku kelera.
English Translation
“Toward Lower Craziness”
Awaken, you travel rapidly away. Of all time I exist in the day. In sleep I travel by great images where my desires guide me. I come not obtaining my goals, but believing in this: Everything is in my head. I try to come to see my path, but the images cause the path to darken and direct me to darkness. For that brings me to this conclusion: My guide is only a fearful thing that rests inside my head, belonging to all darkness.
Grammar and Vocabulary
Akáarian (Okuro) grammar is quite simple;
- there are no verb tenses
- the grammar follows a strict SVO word order and NA.
- There are no articles
Okuro has a group of prefixes and suffixes that identify certain aspects of each stem. They are as listed;
- -sa to ‘do’ for
- -so command
- e- away from the speaker
- i- toward the speaker
- -ro one that does
- o- plural (noun)
- -ri adjective/adverb (common (masculine and feminine))
- -ra adjective/adverb (neuter)
- -re adjective/adverb ((all) plural)
To help you get a better understanding of each, an example of each is shown below in the same order.
- Mi tasa I [have]-love-for you.
- Paraso! kill!
- Mi eyeda I travel away (from)
- Mi iyeda I travel closer (to)
- tari loving(ly) M/F
- tara loving(ly) N
- tare loving(ly) Pl.
*take to mind even though there are no verb tenses, the present progressive can be formed by adding ‘kai’ (now) between the subject and the verb. The bare stem is used as either a verb or a noun.
e.g.: Mi kai yeda. I am going.
And now for all the rest of the stems you require to translate this text. Remember, each stem can act as either a verb or a noun!:
‘ara- road/path
adkahia- head
ak- but
ata- try
bra- just/only
fi- to (prep.)
ka- believe/think/trust
kai- now
kal- day
kala- great
kaya- get/obtain/receive
ke- you (accusative/dative)
kele- all
keyu- give
kite- see
ko- help/guide
kona- live
ku- you (nominative/genitive)
kula- image
kura- sleep
kwe- want/desire
ma- make (cause)
me- me
mi- I/my
min- who/whom/what
mu- thing
na- and
ne- wake (up)
no- belong
nom- no/not
osa- end/conclusion
pono- direct(ion)
pou- in/on/at/to/from
saya- quick
sin- where
ta- this/that
tera- time
toku- evil/darkness/negativity
tokuna- scare
ve- of/for/from
yeda- go/travel