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The previous posts linked above have some discussions and glosses of other anime that might help you. The plot descriptions in these quizzes are based on those from Anilist, so you can use that site for reference. You can also use things like title structure, character names, and occasional numerals to help you figure things out, or you can ask me for hints like the meanings of individual words, and I may or may not provide. And just like last time, I'm also providing some hints right off the bat, which may or may not make this quiz way too easy (assuming this isn't too easy even without extra hints).

When you make a guess, please spoiler your answer. If you're right, I will reply with the Evangelion congratulations emoji and provide glosses.

Also, I can't guarantee that every translation is perfect, because despite inventing this language, it is still not my first language.


Some hints not specific to any title

Deciphering character namesThe 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-eSakuré

② {O(ː).V → ø(ː)|O = round vowel} — as in *Tomoyo-eTomoyǒ, or *Kló-aKlő

③ {E(ː).V → jV(ː)|E = unrounded front vowel} — as in *Miyuki-aMiyukya

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.

Also note that proper nouns occasionally do not refer to characters, in which case the gender that the name is inflected as may not be of much use to you.

Other revelations about the grammar and word derivationIt has by this point been cracked or revealed that...

  1. -t́ forms verbs and -ćk forms active participles.
  2. -v is a suffix used to form the construct state. This means that the following word modifies or possesses the previous.

1: YeKruňuyniyev Keklikoški^[Solved by AernaLingus]

Yaliňav yaLana ret́ey he, K. A***ǒ ňa ariḱev pekyercke kot́e yeKruňuyne L***-N**é va pset́e yeĺenevše: šehkede kekle, dum yegiriḿe Š****-Š**ǒ yexisńevše, šo skrant́e, si žariv ňeni he. A***ǒ kot́i kruňta he, šesint́i yedumpúne L. Y*****e, u yejájarine S. M*********e; yériḱiv 3 ńederinet́i, u uńe zulis̋anav kruňuynska.

Na fe, šo A***ǒ nay so liňuyna, noževše kruňet́i buhe na liňa to yazba, čay sule yoyňuret́ot́iv xaí še lo yesokruňeynivše. Xi šenet́e bonev Š**ǒ rade he, "ruňkot́ mrezi na kayta yexisńevye skranćke" čay A***ǒ ňa noževše u kruňet́i kum hayt́e u fat́e so Š****-R**evfe moroske.

Hint: genre and decadeThis is a fantasy show whose first episode aired in the 2010s.


2: Sančeýev Daŕažare^[Solved by KuroXppi]

Yežarev 2015-ske he, dokedboniv nayőśki xaí u xayvircki so "Púni" iḿej́eski kot́ev moḱske Tókyő. Yáyniya ňa, yemožev ane yeŕǒv yǒse ňa "yaSančeýey": dokedboniv dumeynski, šo yeyḱiv TA-dogev deske so "N**e" iḿej́eske. YaSančeýey možint́ey yedőyv buhi yePúni, no ńayoyňuret́ey lá, na fev ane, šo moživ neňi ruňet́i ńa: moživ saňiv deňiḱi deski ani kototáret́i yaSančeýey, u yetaňiv buhi so ńe ňa si žariv 14 he, o yansav 9-ska xi yesinev anske yePúni he.

Ana so yesaňivfi ruňećki ňa I. Ś**x́a. Yajaravša ruňet́ey yeyev N**e, šo šahka u pedet́ey yaSančeýey. Ś**x́a idat́ade ko me yexaypasev dǒ, šo nay ko yaruňavša; u šagrot́ade kot́a me de va sindet́a yavirda va dot́av nay ana, no ŕut́a u. Nay šafat́ey žo, možavša dent́ey buhe.

Hint: genre and decadeThis is a sci-fi show whose first episode aired in the 1990s.


3: Prasura!^[Solved by aebletrae]

H. Y*ye ňa ariḱev sakraske zbat́i pekruňye he, yeĺenevše fut́evde anunske poźav "yaPrasurčoḱiya" — u važalej́ev yériḱev sakraske naruždet́ev paske. Nó, Y*ye ňa yaŕǒvfa: moževše nay surt́i bone. Y*ye kot́e yačoḱčana va konxulet́e yeklaḿǒvše he, šeras̋ulet́ede yesǒyniv guni 3: R**ǒ, M*ǒ, u C****ye. Ye3 ńeribviret́ede yeransǒv Y*ye surske, no ńesint́e lá tavfat́ot́e Y*ye va yačoḱiya nay bzet́a. Na šo, ńesurt́e va Y*ye; u ót́, yesurkevńe moḱrit́e yeĺenev Y*ye, lo šetavfat́e dum yesǒynevńe dare, yegitáyne.

Koto yedogiv yepekruňiyev Y*ye he, šekot́e órev deňe so vaxey, va šekruňet́e na kum surt́e gitéy, so yapedav yaguneyv yasureyniya. No sint́: Y*ye xihet́e so gitávurćte he, yakruňuŕa : śeska! Xizdeyv anskey he, yaPrasurčoḱiya : namoška kay?!

Hint: genre and decadeThis is a slice-of-life show whose first episode aired in the 2000s.

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[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

hellfrigginyeahhhh

I very nearly wrote "past/passive", but I've been dancing around "j́eske" in things like "iḿej́eske" as being a passive or perhaps (im)perfective indicator. This is territory where I don't have a good map, though, so it just got ished instead.

-j́esk in fact forms passive participles!


Starting from "yesǒynevńe", I trimmed away "ye–vńe" as "the [noun] of them", which leaves "sǒyne". Pieces like "eyni" keep cropping up in terms of "human(s)", "one(s)" maybe, with "yn" seemingly more consistent than either end. That left me wondering about "sǒ", and there are two matches there: "sǒyrinska", which has the following "y"; and "sǒnt́e".

I see, I see. The word sǒyne really comes from so + eyn, as in "with-person". The in ransǒ is a different word, but cognate. The words sǒyrinsk and sǒnt́ are really I think completely unrelated.


I have better records? You gave "śeske" in Spinzine, and "uŕav" in YeĆapeyniv Ňátaňski (both part 3).

:nyoron: I forgor


I had "yaŕǒvfa" down as "this cycle/wheel/loop???" because of "yeŕǒv yǒse" and "Šaŕǒ" which had me thinking about cycles of life, wheels, etc.

So, there are a lot of word pairs which are identical except that one inflects masculine and the other inflects feminine. Sometimes these word pairs have related meanings, and other times they have completely unrelated meanings. The words ŕǒ as in yaŕǒvfa and ŕǒ as in yeŕǒv are an example of the latter kind of homonym. And then Šaŕǒ is just meant to represent the French word chariot, although in hindsight I normally use ⟨h⟩ to represent the French R, anyways, so that one's kind of on me.


"ńeribviret́ede" looked like it might be related to "bvira" but, still with maybe a fight involved, I was thinking too literally at that point.

The bvir in ńeribviret́ede does in fact mean "die". I don't know if I should be more specific or if I should let you figure out the derivation for yourself.


I went back as far as "¿Kon sulej́eske so 「mámagroya」?" trying to work out "konxulet́e" but couldn't decide on a verbing of "what".

That is indeed going back very far, but I can give you a quick answer now: the root sul after /n/ often (but not always) becomes xul. You saw this in {bonxuliv|things-CONS} in Irimǒ-Svepuya, which is really just a compound of bone + sule, cf. {物事|ものごと}.

So yeah, kon + sulet́ becomes konxulet́: to say what something is is to explain it or describe it, hence, to "what-say".


Yekaysulivye

I can only assume you want to go by feminine pronouns in this language as well, in which case yes, yekaysulivye. And vurćte is indeed an abstract noun formed from a verb formed from "good", which means that it does literally just mean "goodening".


Otherwise, I'm impressed as always with your attention to detail, pattern recognition, general astuteness and dedication. When you get things right it feels great to feel like the language is sort of coming alive in how it and its word derivation are being decoded, when you get things wrong it's still very interesting to hear about your line of thought and how you draw these connections between words that I never would've thought of myself.

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