(12-12-2014, 01:40 PM)Intaki Wrote: Building further on Sounsyy's speculation I'd like to point out that "Dys an sohm in/Our slumber disturbed" is unique within the stanza in that it's spoken in the past tense. Which may mean that "in" is simply a particle that affects the tense of a subject (in this case making it past tense).
If that's the case, then the third stanza should have its own tense marker to imply future tense. And the fourth is sort of a future imperative.
Actually, I'm starting to think there might be something here. Each sentence could simply be noun-verb coupling (which you can boil any language down to, really), and all the other words imply possession and tense. Like so:
Dys an sohm in/our slumber disturbed
(My/Our) Slumber - to disturb [past tense]
Literally: "Slumber our disturb was."
Rhos an kyn/my brothers wake
(My/Our) Brothers - to wake [present tense]
Literally: "Brothers our wake."
Sah djahs afah an/vengeance will be ours
To possess/have/obtain - (my/our) revenge [future tense]
Literally: "Will obtain revenge our."
Mah morn narr/the saviors must perish
Saviors - to perish [future imperative]
Literally: "Must saviors perish."
Such a format would be easy to put together and use. You'd just need a list of nouns, verbs, and the words that imply possession and tense. I'd infer how adjectives might work, but none of the stanzas use those. However, if this is right, "in" would imply past tense, "sah" would imply future, and "mah" would be the future imperative. A past imperative ("had to") might be "nah" or something similar.
... Of course, there are flaws in this. "In" is at the end while the other two are at the front. You'd figure the tenses would be in the same place for proper conjugation... unless it's linked in order to the verb like the possessive is linked to the noun. This would make "sah" and "mah" the verb and noun, respectively, and "djah" and "narr" setting tense and tone.
Really, I think it's the third stanza that's balking my ideas. Probably a sign that I'm completely off the mark.
... Darn it, what do you people have me doing? And why do I keep thinking of more and adding onto it like a madman?
... Okay, okay, I'm done fiddling with it. I'm driving myself nuts.
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