jīlcīlre
The eighth and final sentence of the 2nd Inverse Relay text:
il ñi liēþ rÄmÄra il jÄ«lcÄ«lre;
This one is straightforward. ñi liēþ rÄmÄra is “we go home” and il … il jÄ«lcÄ«lre is “when” plus jÄ«lcÄ«lre which is a word for a period of cold weather, and in a planet with seasons might refer to winter.
il ñi liēþ rÄmÄra il jÄ«lcÄ«lre;
We go home in the winter.
jarÄ“lÄn
The sixth sentence of the 2nd Inverse Relay text:
il ñi liēþ rÄ anmÄxxÄnwi nÄ«kan jarÄ“lÄn jÄ“spe il ñi anÄlhÄri ansÄ“lni;
nÄ«kan jarÄ“lÄn jÄ“spe is a phrase that modifies yesterday’s word anmÄxxÄnwi and means “together with” something something. The first something, jarÄ“lÄn is the word for a light wind. I’ll cover jÄ“spe tomorrow.
anÄlre
Continuing with our theme, today we start on the text for the LCC3 Relay. The original text was a poem contributed by David J Peterson. I have mixed feelings about translating poetry. I’ve never been good at poetry, even in a conlang. On the other hand, it does provide an opportunity to mess with the syntax and vocabulary. And having a refrain means less to translate, which can be a plus or a minus.
So, the first line:
la liÄ“n sÅ« anÄlhÄri anÄlri jahÄwa ñi antÄoni anhÅ«wi rÅ«japÄ“xa;
Unfamiliar words include anÄlri, jahÄwa, and anhÅ«wi.
anÄlri is the stative anÄlre inflected to modify anÄlhÄri “ocean”. anÄlre means “having to do with storms, having the quality of a storm” or “stormy”, so anÄlhÄri anÄlri is “stormy ocean”.
Tomorrow jahÄwa.
ancīlri
frost. The stative form ancÄ«lre retains the meaning ‘frosty’ but has expanded to cover any state considered to be ‘chilly’ or ‘cold’.
antīñi
dew. A single drop of dew would be jatīña.
anxÄhi
an expanse of mist or fog. The singular jaxÄha is sometimes used to express a piece/wisp/curl/etc of mist or fog.
jÅ«rÄna
the wind. This is the default word for wind considered as a singular entity. The collective anÅ«rÄni can be used for wind as a series of gusts, but more often the collective anÅ«ri is used instead. (The –Än– in the root –Å«rÄn– is a singular marker.)
anūra
the air, the atmosphere. This word can also refer to any movement in the air. Thus anūri can be used to refer to wind, or to blowing air, or the rushing by of air.
ñamma anÅ«ri nÄ Ä mÅ«rÄna masÄ«rien
The North Wind made much moving-air.
Wind is in the animate singular here rather than the usual inanimate singular as above because the North Wind is a character in the story.
ankÄ“Åren
overcast, so a sheet of cloud, gray in color, covering the whole sky. One might sometimes encounter the non-standard word ankÄ“Åri for a grouping of clouds, but never jakÄ“År for a single cloud.
jalÄra
a cloud, especially of the white and fluffy type. Partly cloudy might be called Änen anlÄri using the collective form for a group of clouds.
jÄlre
a storm, with wind, rain, thunder, or lightning. A big storm might be referred to in the collective anÄlri in recognition of all the different parts and events that occur during a storm.