Fourth Linguifex Relay/Wiobian

ei enswälzel! dullel meis!
mes enwünkel Gungs Gungs Sneis!
tang lind mause bückne mungel,
Wiote Duzes duoɟ lien Klüten,
ionem' ƕind Benußes enzungel;
Kuobs mes pepen, Ƕeiges miten.

Glossed

ei enswälzel! dullel meis!
O hearken-2PL.IMP hear-2PL.IMP now

mie enwünkel Gungs Gungs Sneis!
this-ACC consider-2PL hour-DAT hour-DAT life-DAT

tang lind mause bückne mungel,
Indeed 2PL.NOM hither stationed-PRED come/PRES-2PL

Wiote Duzes duoɟ lien Klüten,
heaven-GEN grace-DAT PERF 2PL-ACC accomodation_as_guest-PL-ACC

ionem' ƕind Benußes zungel;
just-like 1PL.NOM judge-INF-DAT act-2PL

Kuobs mes pepen, Ƕeiges miten.
poor-DAT this-DAT love-1PL-IMP neighbor-DAT give-1PL-IMP

Notes

In Wiobian, all nouns are capitalized. However, words beginning a sentence need not be capitalized.

Nouns

Nouns have 5 cases:

• Nominative: subject
• Accusative: direct object
• Dative: indirect object, adverbial expressions
• Genitive: it's your bog-standard genitive case
• Predicative: predicate

Wiobian declension
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-Ø	[PLURAL STEM]-Ø
Accusative	-e	[PLURAL STEM]-n
Genitive	-Ø	[PLURAL STEM]-e
Dative	-s	[PLURAL STEM]-ns
Predicative	-e	[PLURAL STEM]-Ø

Adjectives

Adjectives may take the same case endings as nouns or, more commonly, take no ending. Adjectives in the predicative position, however, must have the predicative ending.

Verbs

Verbs have stem forms for present, past and verbal noun which are not always distinct. They are often additionally marked by auxiliary words.

Imperative endings
	Singular	Plural
1	-	-n
2	-(t)	-l

Present tense endings
	Singular	Plural
1	U-n	-m(e)
2	-e	-l
3.animate	-n	U-e
3.inanimate	-s

Past tense endings
	Singular	Plural
1	-n	-m(e)
2	-e	-l
3.animate	-n	U-e
3.inanimate	-Ø

Perfect tense

The auxiliary construction for perfect tense is: duoɟ + SUBJECT in the DATIVE case + VERB in VERBAL NOUN form in the ACCUSATIVE + OBJECT in whatever case the verbal argument is supposed to take.