LCC11 Torch Annotated Gloss

This Middle Olgish text was created as part of the LCC11 Conlang Relays in Spring 2025, where it appeared as the twelfth step of the Conscript Relay. It was translated from Jonathan Kane’s Valya, ultimately based on the original UNLWS torch by Sai and Alex Fink. The following is the original gloss and interlinear translation provided in the extended relay materials, annotated for notable grammatical features.

Original text and clean translation

Ním ilisek kéla ahandärnek nauko. Dua té lárnur halne gelnau ráne dí kassa duat’ hern, nert elikún hárár. Binne eta wiss, eta Sosk, eta hína tér dua ilon. Duat’ lárnur kórek lár muin dé ilgib gissún kase gissún jeris gissún denwis närt bess jeskílár. Kondre nauko: Mort kínek idro dua Sosk. Gimmortik ilínare terg túrada bernet kassa eldírik nauda. Kéla ilínare kóris nau énos lár kassa ilis.

‘If all were well, I would be polite with you. Sometimes in the evening, I wonder why I work so hard preparing food at home despite so many other, more relaxing options; options like the inn, a Sosk, or all the things at the market. Tonight, the prospect of food with much salt and oil and sugar would make me happy, despite the greater cost. Let me tell you: It would be good if you went to the Sosk. A wise person remembers when their mother cooked the best food for them; and so also what pleasure good food is for the family.’

Gloss and interlinear translation

Ním	ilis-	e-	k	kéla	ahandärn-	e-	k	nau=	ko.
course.of.the.day	good-	sg-	subj	then	speak.politely-	sg-	subj	towards=	you
‘If things were well, I would be polite with you.’

Dua

té

lárnur

haln-

e

gelnau

rán-

e

dí

kassa

dua=

t’

hern,

närt

elik-

ún

hár-

ár.

in

some

evening

ponder-

sg

why

toil-

sg

for

feast

in=

def

house,

despite

alternative-

sup

comfortable-

comp.

‘Some evenings [I] wonder why [I] work so hard to cook at home, despite so many other, more relaxing options.’

Binne

et-

a

wiss,

et-

a

Sosk,

et-

a

hína

tér

dua

ilon

option.pl

cop

-sg

inn

cop

-sg

Sosk

cop-

sg

goods

all

in

market

‘Options like an inn, a Sosk, or all the [foods] at the market.’

Dua=

t’

lárnur

kórek

lár

muin

dé

ilgib

giss-

ún

kase

giss-

ún

jeris

gissún

denwis

närt

bess

jeskíl-

ár.

in=

def

evening

rejoice-

sg-

subj

from

concept

about

food

with-

sup

salt

‘Tonight I would be happy upon the thought of food with much salt and oil and sugar, despite the greater cost.’

Kondr-

e

nau=

ko:

Mort

kín-

e-

k

idr-

o

dua

Sosk.

tell-

sg

towards=

you:

good.comp

cop-

sg-

subj

approach-

2

in

Sosk.

‘I tell you: I would be good if you went to the Sosk.’

Gimmortik

ilínar-

e

terg

túra=

da

bern-

e-

t

kassa

eldírik

nau=

da.

wise.person

reminisce-sg

def

mother=

3sg

make-

sg-

past

feast

formidable

for=

3sg.

A wise person remembers when their mother cooked the best food for them.

Kéla	ilínar-	e	kóris	nau	énos	lár	kassa	ilis.
hence	reminice-	sg	joy	towards	family	from	feast	good.
Hence, they know what a pleasure good food is for the family.

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