"Loch Lomond" in Graedjoan Giantish

Loch Lomond Translation:

Verse 1

By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes,

Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond,

Where me and my true love will never meet again

On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond.

Chorus:

O ye'll tak' the high road, and I'll tak' the low road,

And I'll be in Scotland a'fore ye,

But me and my true love will never meet again,

On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond.

Verse 2

'Twas then that we parted, in yon shady glen,

On the steep, steep side o' Ben Lomond,

Where in purple hue, the hieland hills we view,

And the moon coming out in the gloaming.

Chorus

Verse 3

The wee birdies sing and the wildflowers spring,

And in sunshine the waters are sleeping.

But the broken heart it kens, nae second spring again,

Though the waeful may cease frae their grieving.

Gloss:

[VERSE 1]

Yonder PL.bank.ADE beauty.ADJ and yonder PL.brae.ADE beauty.ADJ

where sun shine.NPST bright Loch.SUPE Lomond.GEN

Where 1SG.ERG and 1SG.POSS POSD.love true NEG ever remeet.NPST

PL.bank.ADE beauty.ADJ beauty.ADJ loch.GEN Lomond.GEN

[CHORUS]

2SG.ERG travel.NPST.PROG road.INSTR life.GEN and 1SG.ERG travel.NPST.PROG road.INSTR death.GEN

And 1SG.ERG arrive.NONPAST INE.Scotland before 2SG.ERG

But 1SG.ERG and 1SG.POSS love.POSD true never remeet.NPST

PL.bank.ADE beauty.ADJ beauty.ADJ loch.GEN Lomond.GEN

[VERSE 2]

there 1PL.ERG REFL.leave.PAST.PERF, yonder glen.INE shady

side.ADE steep steep mountain.GEN lomond.GEN

Where light.INE purple 1PL.ERG view.NPST.PROG PL.hill.ACC land.high.GEN

And moon.ERG RELF.rise.NPST.PROG twilight.INE

[VERSE 3]

PL.bird.ERG small sing.NPST, and PL.flower.ABS wild spring.NPST

And PL.water sleep.NPST.PROG light.INE sun.GEN

But heart.ERG broken know.NPST, NEG spring two again

However NMZ.PL.mourn.ERG COND end.NPST 3PL mourn.NPST.PROG

Translation:

ad ziziloirr conjud uzg ad gugulalirr conjud

dhoi zun wicax zunjud mumorriz cylomond

dhoi zo uzg zodyv gylbirr gundjud gax alenz brubrul

ziziloirr conjud conjud cymumorr cylomond

dje nulaxeguv nulurr cyviznul uzg zo nulaxeguv nulurr cygedzox

uzg zo warn dzizgadlend uld dje

idzh zo uzg zodyv gylbirr gundjud gax alenz brubrul

ziziloirr conjud conjud cymumorr cylomond

vo zozo azozojirvadyrd ad dzinulorral zhovjud 

dhenirr guljud guljud cygul cylomond

dhoi dziwic balden zozo rogguv gugulaled cydugumb

uzg rem adzadumboxeguv dzizunrem

dje nulaxeguv nulurr cyviznul uzg zo nulaxeguv nulurr cygedzox

uzg zo warn dzizgadlend uld dje

idzh zo uzg zodyv gylbirr gundjud gax alenz brubrul

ziziloirr conjud conjud cymumorr cylomond

gregredal alve ced uzg beloloz idrog nymb

uzg mumum wizgguv dziwic cyzun

idzh birrorr vezjud bol gax bunymboxzi vjeb bidzi

idzh wamemedzda ba vod dzadza medzaguv

dje nulaxeguv nulurr cyviznul uzg zo nulaxeguv nulurr cygedzox

uzg zo warn dzizgadlend uld dje

idzh zo uzg zodyv gylbirr gundjud gax alenz brubrul

ziziloirr conjud conjud cymumorr cylomond

Introduction to Glossing

In order to understand many of the posts that will be on this blog, one must first understand glossing--as it is seldom that languages have one to one translations of words or phrases. Glossing is, put simply, the process of breaking words and phrases down into smaller parts.

First, let us look at an example from English. Take the English word, hills. The word being glossed will appear first in quotes, and the gloss will appear second, without quotes.

"hills" -- hill.PL

The word hill has two parts to it. First, there is the word, "hill," which means...well a hill. Then, there is the affix "-s." The affix "-s," in English, in this instance, means that the noun hill is plural. Thus, you have for the gloss "hill.PL," as "PL" is the abbreviation of plural.

Now, here is a list of common glosses that you will find in my translations. Any glosses seen in translations not on this list can be found here. You will also find links to articles about each of the grammatical functions found below.

Abbreviation	Meaning
PL	Plural
SG	Singular
NPST	Nonpast Tense
ADE	Adessive Case
ADJ or ADJZ	Adjectivizer*
SUPE	Superessive Case
GEN	Genitive Case
ERG	Ergative Case
POSS	Possessive Case
POSD	Possessed Case
NEG	Negation
PROG	Progressive Aspect
INSTR	Intrumental Case
INE	Inessive Case
REFL	Reflexive
1	First Person
2	Second Person
3	Third Person
ACC	Accusitive Case
ABS	Absolutive Case
CONJ	Conjunction
NMZ	Nominalizer
COND	Conditional
ITRT	Intrative Case
SUBE	Subessive Case
DAT	Dative Case
VBZ	Verbalizer**
PERF	Perfect Aspect
IMPERF	Past Imperfect Tense
PST	Past Tense

*There is not a page for an adjectivizer, even though there is a gloss for it. What this means is that the affix is turning the word explicitly into an adjective.

**There is not a page for a verbalizer, even though there is a gloss for it. What this means is that the affix is turning the word into a verb. 

Now that we have the basic idea of how glossing works, I will supply you will a sentence in Graedjoan Giantish, and the gloss. If you'd like, please comment below with what you think it means in English.

"dzigugulal, zun wicaxeguv nulirr."  

INE.PL.mountain.DIM sun.ERG light.VBZ.NPST.PROG river.ADE