3P - third-person pronoun, LP - letter pronoun (refers to last referent that begins with the same letter), NE - name ending, PAP - progressive aspect particle, RP - reversal particle (switches place of subject and object), RSP - reverse separation particle, SP - separation particle
do paba, snoy pweri gi pawja hu via tori.
at-time-of some-past-thing young girl PAP foot-go RSP according-to street
Once a young girl was walking along a street.
da ten hoq sa har, kay begarm cinzo.
3P have red SP hair, and RP-clothing Chinese
She had red hair and was wearing Chinese clothing.
baran hay, kay to pweri bu xayn froy —
rain exist, and the girl not seem happy —
It was raining, and the girl didn't seem happy —
peu dyar, kay befalo gaga sa xoqmaw!
LP wet, and RP-follow very-big SP panda!
She was wet, and was followed by an enormoust panda!
gi bli, xoqmaw pelho to pweri! jiqkay peu bu beharm —
during instant, panda fight-start the girl, surprise-and LP not RP-harm —
Suddenly, the panda attacked the girl, but she wasn't harmed —
poke peu fanpelho to di,
opposite-that LP return-fight-start the animal,
On the contrary, she counterattacked the animal,
kay da kuldu pel kay pel, poynku kay pawku.
and 3P all-two fight and fight, fist-hit and foot-hit
and both fought and fought, punching and kicking.
fu pocaq taym, da stoy pel, kay gen sa pawjaho....
after opposite-long time, 3P stop fight, and again SP foot-go-start....
After a short time, they stopped fighting, and again started walking.
gersta, sta seym ceq, tendozo sonzo gi xaw pibarwa hu xoqmaw darlun.
other-located, located same city, Tendo-NEe Son-NE PAP small-letter RP panda picture.
Elsewhere in the same city, Tendo Soun was looking at a postcard with a picture of a panda on it.
da venfa dasa ze fili —
3P come-cause 3d-person SP plural daughter —
He called his daughters —
"kasumizo! snabikizo! hakanezo!"
Kasumi-NE! Nabiki-NE! Akane-NE!
"Kasumi! Nabiki! Akane!"
da tri ven, kay dasa pamo bol:
3P three come, and SP father speak:
The three came, and their father said:"
"go pipa bey pibarwa sali han go sa coqtaym fren.
I small-past receive small-letter from one I SP long-time friend.
"I just received a post card from one of my old friends.
feu kay feu sa filo ven dodey! —
LP and LP SP son come now-day! —
He and his son are coming today! —
feu bekyam saotomezo genmazo, kay to filo bekyam sranmazo."
LP RP-name Saotome-NE Genma-name, and the son RP-name Ranma-NE.
His name is Saotome Genma, and the son's name is Ranma."
kasumizo deman, "kwa kaw da ven?"
Kasumi-NE ask, "What cause 3P come?"
Kasumi asked, "Why are they coming?"
sonzo fanbol, "genmazo kay geu sa filo bi domin hu peldawxu —
Soun-NE return-speak, "Genma-NE and LP SP son is master RP fight-way-art —
Soun answered, "Genma and his son are masters of martial arts —
goda tsil ke sranmazo kay han zi tri fu zbanho
I-3P intend that Ranma-NE and one you three future spouse-start
We intend that Ranma and one of you three will get married
kay bafu ho bo hu tendozo peldawxuskul."
and something-after become boss RP Tendo-NE fight-way-art-school!"
and eventually take over the Tendo School of Martial Arts."
to tri pweri begajiq! peu za plen, jiqkay peu bru sa tiq xum.
the three girl RP-big-surprise! LP start complain, surprise-and LP sudden SP hear noise.
The three girls were astounded, and started to complain, but suddenly they heard a noise.
kasumizo bol, "pamozo! gozi befaqwen!"
Kasumi-NE say, "Father-NE! I-you RP-visit!
Kasumi said, "Fahter! We have a visitor!"
sonzo kay snabikizo ja dor.
Soun-NE and Nabiki-NE go door.
Soun and Nabiki went to the door.
bru sa danho gaga sa xoqmaw hu ber pweri sur spala!
sudden SP in-start very-big SP panda RSP carry girl on shoulder
Suddenly a huge panda entered, carrying a girl on his shoulder!
pweri gi gaxum sa plen, kay xoqmaw posli grom.
girl PAP big-noise SP complain, and panda opposite-at-least growl.
The girl was complaining loudly, but the panda just grunted.
tendozo famli begajiq sa xaw to du.
Tendo-NE family RP-big-surprise SP see the two.
The Tendo family looked in astonishment at the two.
to balu (xoqmaw bi balu) pawstafa pweri samne sonzo kay to tri pweri.
the bear (panda be bear) foot-located-cause girl in-front-of Soun-NE and the three girl.
The bear (pandas are bears) stood the girl in front of Soun and the three girls.
sonzo preyja to pweri kay bol, "kyu zi...kyu hayfey...zi bi sranmazo?"
Soun-NE near-go the girl and say, "question you...question exist-can...you is Ranma-name?"
Soun approaced the girl and said, "Could you...could it be...you're Ranma?"
pweri xayn xeymten. da bol, "hay... go bekyam sranmazo.. gomen!"
girl seem shame-have. 3P say, "yes... I RP-name Ranma-NE.. Sorry!
The girl seemed ashamed. She said, "Yes... My name is Ranma.. Sorry!"
sonzo joyho. Fu coq sa jam, seu sa fufilzbano cista!
Soun-NE happy-become. After long SP wait, LP SP future-offspring-husband here-is-located.
Soun was delighted. After a long wait, his future son-in law was here!
seu jeluja, kay silno sa brajim sranmazo, prey sa srin pweri
LP forward-go, and strong SP arm-squeeze Ranma-NE, near SP pull girl.
He stepped forward and hugged Ranma tightly, pulling the girl close.
jinghi ba bu haw. sranma sa sina komal! — tro sa komal!
surprise-and something not good. Ranma-SP chest soft — too SP soft!
But something was not right. Ranma's chest was soft — too soft!"
sounzo juleja. seu fiqrzu culo pweri sa sina.
Soun-NE back-go. LP finger-use perceive girl SP chest.
Soun stepped back. He poked the girl's chest with his finger.
ciba bi bukayn pwero, sonzo dum — jiqkay pweri!
here-thing be no-kind-of boy, Soun-NP think — surprise-and girl!
This isn't any kind of boy, Soun thought — but a girl!"
da skrim kay somniho.
3P scream and unconscious-become.
He screamed and passed out.
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Vocabulary:
bafu - later, at some future time
balu - bear
baran - rain
barwa - letter (note)
befaqwen - to be visited
begajiq - to be astonished
begarm - to wear, be dressed in
beharm - to be harmed
bejiq - to be surprised
bekyam - to be named, called
bey - receive
bo - boss, leader
bol - speak, say, language
bru - abrupt
caq - long
ceq - city
cinzo - Chinese
coqtaym - long-time
dan - in
danho - enter
darlun - picture
deman - to ask
dodey - today
domin - master
dray - dry
du - two
dyar - wet
faqwen - to visit
fan - return, in return
fanbol - to answer
fanpelho - counterattack
fil - offspring, son or daughter
fili - daughter
filo - son
fren - friend
froy - happy
ga - big, large, intense
gaga - enormous, huge
gagil -old
gajiq - to astonish, amaze
gaxum - loud, loudly
gen - again, anew
ger - other, not the same
gersta - elsewhere
gil - age
gomen - to be sorry
grom - to grunt
han - one
harm - harm
garm - garment, clothing
har - hair
hay - is, exists, yes
hayfey - maybe, perhaps, could be
hoq - red
jiq - surprise
jiqkay - but
joq - war
joqdaw - the way of war
joqdawxu - martial arts
joqdawxuskul - martial arts school, dojo
kaw - cause, be the reason for
ku - hit, strike
kwa - what
kyam - name
kyu - question particle. Makes what follows a question.
pam - parent
pami - mother
pamo - father
paw - foot
pawja - to walk
pawku - to kick
pawsta - to stand
pawstafa - to stand (someone or something)
pel - fight
pelho - attack, begin fighting
peu - a pronoun that refers to the last word beginning with P
pibarwa - post card
pigil - young
pipa - just, in the immediate past
plen - complain
pocaq - short
posli - only, at most
poyn - fist
poynku - punch
prey - near, close to
preyja - to go near, approach
pweri - girl
sali - to leave, from
samne - in front of
seym - same
skul - school
spala - shoulder
stoy - stop
tiq - to hear
tori -street
tsil - intend
ven - to come
venfa - to call, summon
via - along, according to
xaw - see, look at
xayn - seem, to look as though
xeym - shame
xeymten - ashamed
xoqmaw - panda
xu - art
xum - noise
zban - spouse
zbanho - to marry
zbani - wife
zbano - husband
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