Like last time, these plot descriptions are based on those from Anilist, and you can use things like the structure of the title, the character names, and the occasional numeral to help you figure things out. You can also use the word-for-word translations from the previous quiz to help you figure out some of the more common words.
Hint: deciphering character names
The lengths of names may be of use but don't expect them to perfectly match their lengths in Hepburn/English. Likewise initials might not always match the Hepburn.
Names are inflected with a masculine suffix -a and a feminine suffix -e, but to prevent hiatus these go through the following sound changes:
① {a(ː).V → Vː|V = any vowel} — as in *Sakura-e → Sakuré
② {O(ː).V → ø(ː)|O = round vowel} — as in *Tomoyo-e → Tomoyǒ, or *Kló-a → Klő
③ {E(ː).V → jV(ː)|E = unrounded front vowel} — as in *Miyuki-a → Miyukya
The sound change for front vowels may trigger further sound changes:
{Tj → TT|T = alveolar consonant} — but note that alveolar geminates are realized as palatals
ji(ː) → iː
In that order.
~~1: Ňav Zuzǒ~~
~~Kyertev R**e kot́iv ani ňey na yatazey, šo Huźisaňe ňa sinj́eskev vuśkede. Kyertev N*****ǒ na gvajera kot́iv ani tey, šo Huźisaňe ňa sinj́eske. Kav anskagunska he, R**e u N*****ǒ ńederinet́e, u xi he yéne so yegune kot́i ňey, so šo yont́i koy-rámene u žent́i yerezine.~~
2: Hay Hiḱey to yaRoyčoḱiya!
Pe-1-e A. M***ŕe ňa anime-dećti : kyertiv xaíde lo še na dećte ňa "sule : buhe" čay. Suliv daŕi to yeruňevše ko yecigempoĺevše, no še la nay nat́e yekoḱev anske hiḱev anime-dećte, na fe šo še ňa dećte dum aniḱe nay može čay. Rine K. S****é ňa ariḱe so yerokev roynasinćke : yénske, šo nat́e zede na yeydrestev M***ŕe. Ńesint́ev hazoske, šo sokruňeynevńe, yesnij́iḱev biśe so M. C****ye iḿej́eske ňa hoževše xaye : dećke he, ńehke čoḱiya na dećte va pset́e "yalanav lobuha" to yerokivńe.
3: YaVaňgleynav Buhčonska
Yaceyv vaňgla ňa keyn udet́e he, noževše u dent́e bone so ogestev ranske čay. Yažalav vaňgla ňa dot́e bone ko randogiyey so šo moḱiḱe še dum bonev gune. Yaceyv vaňgla ruňet́ey yežalevfe, no može pet́ede lo yaceyvfey so bonev so "yeKődev yeTruňeyne" iḿej́eske. Jaḱav so E. E****a iḿej́eska ňa si žari he vaňgleynav marka dent́av ŕusulska bene so yatǒvša so A*****a iḿej́eska. E****a so vaňgla ŕaza u hira va sot́a yarǒv yatǒvša na čoniya. So šo, yavaňgleyneyv 2 kot́a yőravńa va udet́a yaboneyvńa anskey, u yeKődev yeTruňeyne to yaradaxey.
My attempt to make sense of these (with some guessing) is:—
spoiler
2: Hay Hiḱey {to|in???} {yaRoyčoḱiya|the R***}!
Pe-1-e A. M***ŕe {ňa|TOPIC} anime-dećti {:|is/are} {kyertiv|love??? CONS} {xaíde|most ADJ???} lo {še|she???} {na|on} dećte {ňa|TOPIC} "sule {:|is/are} buhe" čay. Suliv daŕi {to|in???} yeruňevše {ko|to} {yecigempoĺevše|???book???}, no {še|she???} {la|yet} {nay|not} {nat́e|VERB make???} {yekoḱev|the move???} {anske|first???} hiḱev anime-dećte, {na|on} {fe|that} {šo|that} {še|she???} {ňa|TOPIC} dećte {dum|as} aniḱe {nay|not} {može|a possibility} čay. {Rine|A friend} K. S****é {ňa|TOPIC} {ariḱe|a girl} {so|with} {yerokev|the mind??? CONS} roynasinćke {:|is/are} yénske, {šo|that} {nat́e|VERB make???} zede {na|on} yeydrestev M***ŕe. Ńesint́ev hazoske, {šo|that} sokruňeynevńe, yesnij́iḱev biśe {so|with} M. C****ye {iḿej́eske|named} {ňa|TOPIC} hoževše xaye {:|is/are} dećke {he|TEMP}, ńehke čoḱiya {na|on} dećte va {pset́e|VERB???} "{yalanav|the universe-CONS} lobuha" {to|in???} {yerokivńe|their minds???}.
3: YaVaňgleynav Buhčonska
Yaceyv vaňgla {ňa|TOPIC} {keyn|who} {udet́e|VERB???} {he|TEMP}, noževše {u|and} {dent́e|VERB???} bone {so|with} ogestev ranske čay. Yažalav vaňgla {ňa|TOPIC} {dot́e|VERB???} {bone|a thing} {ko|to} randogiyey {so|with} {šo|that} moḱiḱe {še|she???} {dum|as} {bonev|a thing CONS} {gune|other}. Yaceyv vaňgla {ruňet́ey|VERB(pl.) head???} {yežalevfe|this??? ???}, no {može|a possibility} pet́ede lo yaceyvfey {so|with} {bonev|a thing CONS} {so|with} "yeKődev yeTruňeyne" {iḿej́eske|named}. Jaḱav {so|with} E. E****a {iḿej́eska|named} {ňa|TOPIC} si žari {he|TEMP} vaňgleynav marka {dent́av|VERB??? CONS} ŕusulska bene {so|with} yatǒvša {so|with} A*****a {iḿej́eska|named}. E****a {so|with} vaňgla ŕaza {u|and} hira va {sot́a|VERB???} yarǒv yatǒvša {na|on} čoniya. {so|With} {šo|that}, yavaňgleyneyv 2 {kot́a|VERB go???} yőravńa va {udet́a|VERB???} yaboneyvńa {anskey|first???}, {u|and} {yeKődev|the Code??? CONS???} yeTruňeyne {to|in???} yaradaxey.
Better than chance! Much better than chance!
Going through the words
to — you're right to think preposition, but not "in".yaRoyčoḱiya — you're right to think definite article, but this is not a word you're going to get unless you truly understand the inner machinations of my mind (which are an enigma)
: kyertiv xaíde — very close, but I would maybe render this as "are things loved bigger/more". There's no distinction between comparatives and superlatives.
še — this does indeed mean "she" but we've got grammatical gender here so sometimes it means "it" instead.
yecigempoĺevše — I'm honestly impressed you managed to get that this was any kind of book just from the three letters poĺ, but yes, this is "her [_____] book".
nat́e yekoḱev anske — this is indeed the phrase "make the first move", although nat́ isn't necessarily the verb "make", it's a different verb which is being used as an auxiliary verb in this phrase.
ariḱe so yerokev — this is indeed "a girl with the mind of"
pset́e, udet́(e/a), dent́(e/a), dot́e, sot́a — I think you've started to notice a common pattern across most of the verbs...
yalanav — not necessarily always best translated as "universe", could also be "cosmos", "world", et cetera.
to yerokivńe — not necessarily "in" their minds but you're very close!
keyn — the interrogative and indefinite pronouns are the same, so in this case the intended meaning is "somebody" rather than "who".
u — this can mean either "and" or "as well, also, too".
ruňet́ey yežalevfe — not necessarily a plural verb but rather an imperfective verb, and indeed a verb derived from the word for "head"; yežalevfe is indeed "this [____]"
na — "on", "at", "in", "by", this is a general locative preposition, it can also mean "about" or "because".
kot́a — go/went to/on, yes.
anskey — "first", yes, alternatively "original" or something to that effect.
yeKődev — not the code, no.
Thought processes
From
nǒnska (mysterious),
nǒnskeyde (most mysterious),
vurede (best), but also
vuśkede (more beautiful),
I couldn't see how to disambiguate more/most, and briefly considered they might be the same, but felt that was quite presumptive given so few examples. Instead, I started wondering if the local suffix was the same and the nuance was more remote somehow.
The assumption here was that the -o, -e, -a gender inflections for proper nouns would be paralleled from šo (that/where). The ya-/ye- prefixes looked they might be doing that for grammatical gender, so the assumption didn't feel unreasonable. Although "she" is more of a physical gender word, it gets the point across more snappily than "some kind of pronoun, possibly demonstrative, feminine". There was also šenǒnsulet́e (she debates) pointing in that direction.
yapoĺa (the book) and
yapoĺav (the book CONS)
Taking off ya- as a common prefix and correlating CONS (QUERY 1: what do you mean by this???) with -av, -e(y)v, -iv (though -v alone might be the marker), -poĺ- was all that was left as a root for something book-y. (I got the impression that roots were broad).
Here, I used "make" as a colloquial translation given the proximity to an assumed first move, but I had noticed na (on) before correlating -t́e and -t́a with verbs (at least in present tense), so I did wonder if place or put might also work in other contexts.
roktárev (a psychic link) and
Yerokdǒvfe (this psychological war), combined with
Xaydǒ (a great war)
suggested -rok- as a root equivalent to psych-, but yerokivńe looked like it needed a simple noun, so "mind" fit the bill.
ńe (they)
uńe (theirs)
Fe (that)
yegevfe (this type)
Yerokdǒvfe (this psychological war)
had given me the impression that ye-XYZ-(iv)ńe meant "their XYZ".
I noticed you'd translated šo as both "that" and "where", so something like this was evident.
yeruňev (the head CONS)
indicated -ruň(e)- as the root "head". I got the plural notion from
zuruňet́ey (jointly rules) and
truňet́ey ([everybody] believes),
since those verbs' agents are plural (pair jointly, everybody) but -y- crops up enough elsewhere for me to have been cautious about that.
Incidentally, (QUERY 2) are zuruňet́ey (jointly rules), truňet́ey (believes), and yekruňuynev (the academy CONS) all using the -ruň- root? I can see a potential there: someone who "heads" an organisation also "rules" it; belief is an activity within the head; academies put ideas into heads. But false cognates are a thing too, though I am left wondering if sokruňeynevńe belongs in that group (QUERY 3).
Capitalisation like that looks like it's representing proper nouns (or perhaps loan words), where there's a bit more phonetic similarity to English, so this was just a bit of simplistic guessing.
kay (INT)
kaysuliv (questions CONS)
kaysulećke = (inquisitive)
kaysulet́e (asks)
QUERY 4: Does -ećke indicate either having the property of, or maybe motion away from?
This is awesome!!!
The queries
Query 1: What is CONS supposed to mean?The construct state is marked by -v and indicates that a word is modified by the following word(s).
Query 2: Do zuruňet́ey, truňet́ey, and yekruňuynev all use the ruň (head) root?
Yes!!! You've got the right idea for zuruňet́ey and yekruňuynev; you're close with truňet́ey but it's not "within" a head, but a different preposition.
Query 3: Does sokruňeynevńe also use the ruň (head) root?
Yes it does!!!
Query 4: Does -ećke mean "having the property of" or "motion away from"?
-ćk forms active participles from -t́ verbs — hence kaysulet́e becomes kaysulećke.
Other notes
There's a particle that forms comparisons. That same particle also forms "beyond" or "so much that" type phrases.
This is close — the deal is that šo is a pronoun that points to the previous clause, or serves as a complementizer or relative pronoun (hence rendering it as both "that" and "where" in glosses). I formed this word šo from š (root for third-person singular pronouns) from which we indeed also get še for "she" and as you evidently predict ša for "he", but the -o in šo is not a gender inflection so much as it's just a "filler vowel" I chose based on a number of other function words. I wonder if you might be confusing -ǒ and -o?
Note however that in possessive relationships, the possessed noun is inflected for the gender of its possessor — this can sometimes obscure a noun's grammatical gender.
The dictionary form of this root is really poli but because of the hiatus avoidance stuff it becomes poĺ more often than not.
That is indeed the meaning of nat́, "to place" or "to put"! However I'd like to note that this language doesn't inflect for tense, only aspect.
Or at least ye-XYZ-ivńe means "their XYZs".
Capitalization marks proper nouns, yes. In this case yeKődev yeTruňeyne is a calque.