Novial/Hound Lesson 6

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Li Inquesto

”Tali es li rakonte, men filios, del venio del hunde kel, on dikte, deposu ha es plage ye dis familie. Me ha skripte lu pro ke, te kel klarim es savat have min terore kam te kel es nur insinuat o divinat. Ultru multes ek li familie ha sufra subiti, sangosi, misteriosi morios. Dunke me konsila ke vus evita vadant trans ti agres ye ti deslumosi hores kand li povos de malu es exaltat.

“[Disu fro Hugo Baskerville a lon filios Rodger e John, kun instruktiones ke les dikte nulu pri lu a sen fratra, Elizabeth.]”

Doktoro Mortimer, hant fina lekte dis uniki naratione, did pusha sen lunete a sur sen fronte e did regardada vers Sinioro Sherlock Holmes.

Diso dikted ”Nu?”.

“Ob lu non interesa vu?”

“Interesanti por kolektere de rakontes.”

Mortimer did tira jurnale ek sen poshe.

”Me sal rakonta kelku plu resenti. Disu es li Devon Jurnale de 14esmi de maye de dis yare. Lu deskripte li faktes deskovrat pri li morio de Sir Charles Baskerville kel eventad kelki dies ante ti date.”

Li jurnalal artikle deskripted li resenti morio del proprietere del kastelete del famile Baskerville de ti tempe. Charles had gana grandi sume de moneye kom spekulatore in Sudi Amerika. Lo tand did returna a Anglia e usad sen moneye por projetes de rikonstruktione e pluboniso in li lokal sosie. Li kortal inquesto did konkluse ke Charles Baskerville did mori pro kordial falio durant ke lo promenad along alee in li parke de sen kastelete. Li medike kel atestad li morio esed Doktore Mortimer self.

After ke lo did lekte li artikle, Mortimer dikted: “Tes es li publiki faktes pri li morio de Sir Charles Baskerville.”

Holmes dikted: ”Danko pro rakonta a me pri interesanti kasu. Ob dis artikle kontena omni li publiki faktes?”

“Yes.”

“Nun rakonta a me li privatus.” Lo apoyad retro e posturad sen maxim non-expresiv e judikeral aspekto.

Vocabulary

alee – lane, walk, ally
along – along
Anglia – England
apoya – (to) prop up, support, lean against
artikle – article
aspekto – look, appearance
atesta – (to) attest, testify
danko (pro) – thanks (for)
deposu – since, since then
deskovrat – discovered
deskripte – describe
deslumosi – dark
diso – the latter
divinat – guessed, devined
exaltat – exalted
fakte – fact
falio – failure, failing
filio – son
fina – (to) finish
fratra – sister
fronte – forehead
gana – (to) gain
inquesto – inquest, inquiry
insinuat – insinuated, hinted
instruktione – instruction
judikeral – judicial, judge-like
jurnalal – newspaper, of a newspaper
jurnale – newspaper, journal
kasu – case
kelku – something
kolektere – collector
konkluse – (to) conclude
konsila – (to) counsil, (to) advise
kontena – (to) contain
kordial – of the heart, cardial
kortal – of a court, court
lokal – local
lunete – glasses, specticles
malu – evil thing
maye – May
medike – (medical) docter, physician, medic
min multi – less
misteriosi – mysterious
moneye – money
morio – death, process of dying
non-expresiv – inexpressive, expressionless
nu – well, well then (interjection)
nulu – nothing
nun – now
parke – park
plage – plauge
pluboniso – improvement
postura – (to) pose, assume an attitude
povos – power
privatu – private one, something private
projete – project
promena – (to) walk, stroll
publiki – public, of the public
pusha – (to) push
rakonto – telling
regardada – stare, keep on looking
resenti – recent
returna – (to) return
rikonstruktione – reconstruction
sangosi – bloody, covered in blood
savat – known
self – self, oneself, himself, etc.
sosie – society, community
spekulatore – speculator
subiti – sudden
Sud Amerika – South America
sufra – (to) suffer
sume – sum, amount
tal(i) – such, like, of that kind
terore – terror
tira – (to) draw, pull, tug
trans – on the other side of, beyond, over
ultru – moreover, further
uniki – unique, singular
usa – (to) use
vada – (to) go
venio – coming
yes – yes

Grammar Notes

Passive of Being

The passive voice, indicating a state of being, is expressed with es followed by the past participle of the verb:

es exultat – is exalted
esed savat – was known
sal es morit – shall be dead

Note that the stress is on the vowel before the final -t.

Sexless Nouns Ending in -U

As discussed in Lesson 1, replacing the -i ending of an adjective with -u forms a sexless noun with the character of the adjective:

li malu – the evil one, evil
li privatus – the private ones

E/A/O Words

The related nouns and verbs which alternate the endings –e, –a and –o are a major characteristic of the Novial language. Note that all e/a/o words are from sexless nouns so no confusion is possible with the use of these endings for male or female/female/male as was described in Lesson 1.

In the preceding reading texts several examples of e/a/o words occurred and were listed with their translations but with no further explanation.

These endings provide a very convenient way of converting a sexless noun ending in –e into a corresponding verb ending in –a, provided that the meaning of the verb is very obvious. If there is any possibility of uncertainty in meaning, another verbal ending should be used for clarity.

rakonte – rakonta – rakonto (story – (to) tell – telling)
date – data –dato (a date – (to) date, provide a date – dating)
lume – luma –lumo (a light – (to) shine – shining)
drinke – drinka – drinko (a drink – (to) drink – drinking)
sadle – sadla – sadlo (a saddle – (to) saddle – saddling)
forme – forma – formo (a form – (to) form – forming)

The Prefix NON-

The prefix non- converts the stem to sense not. Note this is not the direct opposite which is expressed with the prefix des-. Examples:

non-expresiv – inexpressive
non-mutual – non-reciprocal

The Prefix RI-

The prefix ri- indicates repetition. As an independent word ri means again.

konstruktione – construction
rikonstruktione – reconstruction

The Suffix -AD-

The suffix -ad- is added to verbal stems to indicate repeated or continuous action.

regarda – (to) look
regardada –(to) keep on looking, (to) stare

EXERCISE • Hound Lesson 6 • Word Derivation

Use endings and affixes to convert the following Novial root words to the English words indicated.

gana – to regain, gain again
praktikal – impractical
usa – to keep using
envada – to re-enter
espera – to keep on hoping
lerna – to relearn
dikte – to keep on saying
skripte – to rewrite
turna – to turn again
exakti – inexact
usa – to re-use
importanti – unimportant
komensa – to begin again
deskovrat – undiscovered
savat – unknown
visita – to revisit, visit again
sufra – to go on suffering
senda – to resend

SOLUTION • Novial/Hound Lesson 6 • Word Derivation

rigana
nonpraktikal
usada
rienvada
esperada
rilerna
diktada
riskripte
riturna
nonexakti
riusa
nonimportanti
rikomensa
nondeskovrat
nonsavat
rivisita
sufrada
risenda

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