Avegil

E, Káki kit... Sien huth eté vhan eté vhéirne kit sul ki takavír much ket sul. Iuvárunia kit. Várun eté te kuu cen kuu ira eté mátut lausáln takét set sul ki ta heirasál rhimasálnia seikét.

Ah, that's it... I heard someone new had moved into that old farm. That's unfortunate. I enjoyed exploring that overgrown field by myself.

e	A noise of understanding
kaki kit	To be Usage note: Avegil's speech register leaves verbs unconjugated
sien	An honorific used when addressing superiors Usage note: Honorifics have been applied based on perceived age in comparison to the player character; Avegil seems younger, so the player character is treated as superior to her
huth ete	To hear
vhan	Past-tense referring to events that occurred within the preceding day
ete	Third-person hunter pronoun Usage note: Here it is used as a conjunction to link two verb phrases: "I heard" "Someone moved in"
vheir	To claim territory
ne	Inside
kit	Third-person inanimate pronoun Usage note: Part of the unconjucated verb
sul	Present-tense
ki	Determiner referring to distant objects out of the speaker's line of sight; "that which I cannot see"
ta	Marks the object of the phrase
kavir	A workplace Usage note: ketal are non-agrarian, and so do not have a more specific word for "farm"
much	Stagnant, old
ket sul	A new person
iuvarun	An unfortunate thing Usage note: Consists of the negating particle "iul" and the word for "enjoyment"
ia	To be similar to Usage note: "To be like an unfortunate thing"
varun ete	To enjoy
te	Past-tense referring to events that occurred prior to the current day
kuu cen kuu lin	"I and myself"; I, alone
matut lausaln taket	To be carried by wind; to explore
set	Third-person holy pronoun Usage note: Again here used as a conjuction between two phrases
sul	Present tense, here used to mark the habitual
ta heirasal	Fields, a field Usage notes: The object-marker cannot append directly onto the word "eirasal" because it would cause three vowels to appear in a row; instead, "ta" is left as a separate word, and an "h" is appended to the noun in its stead Nouns in the holy and inanimate classes are uncountable, and the language does not distinguish between them in singular or plural
rhimasalnia	Forest-like; overgrown
seiket	The honorific used for people outside of the speaker's family unit

Sien úlma eté kuu ené tenat set meirhmít tairisán seikét.

I want a mermaid to come to the beach.

sien	An honorific used when addressing superiors Usage note: Honorifics have been applied based on perceived age in comparison to the player character; Avegil seems younger, so the player character is treated as superior to her
ulma ete	To want Usage note: Avegil's speech register leaves verbs unconjucated
kuu	First-person pronoun
ene	Third-person animate pronoun Usage note: Here used as a conjunction to link two phrases: "I want" "A mermaid to come"
ten	To come
at	Toward Usage note: Adpositions append to the verb if they indicate movement, and to the noun if they don't
set	Third-person holy pronoun Usage note: Here part of the unconjugated verb
meirmhit	A mermaid Usage note: Teket do not have mermaids, or an analogous myth that would fit in this context, so the term used here is the word 'mermaid' loaned into the language
ta	Marks the object of the phrase
irisan	A beach
seiket	The honorific used for people outside the speaker's family unit

Sien láu eté rhaturé kuu ta hUilé cen etéat tii tuun kit leg tatuucén varúnia a seikét.

I'll talk to Willy and ask, "can we go the scenic route north?"

sien	An honorific used when addressing superiors Usage note: Honorifics have been applied based on perceived age in comparison to the player character; Avegil seems younger, so the player character is treated as superior to her
lau ete	To speak Usage note: Avegil's speech register leaves verbs unconjugated
rhature	Future tense referring to events that may occur within the day
kuu	First-person pronoun
ta hUile	The object marker, and Uile's name Usage note: "Ta" appending normally would create the word "tauile", which is illegal.
cen	And
ete	Third-person pronoun referring to ketal
at	Toward
tii	Indicates what follows will be a question
tu	To move
un	From or to the left of the sun Usage note: Teket Lau does not have relative direction terms, and encodes relationship to the sun into absolute direction terms. I've based this translation on the assumption that Avegil and Uile will be travelling north on their return, and that Avegil will be saying this line when the sun is west of noon
kit	Third-person inanimate pronoun Usage note: Here part of the unconjugated verb
leg	Exclusive we
ta	The object marker
tuucen	A path or a route
varunia	Enjoyable
a	Or Usage note: The "tii...a" construction is used for polarity, or yes-no, questions. "Can we take the scenic route, or...?"
seiket	The honorific used for people outside the speaker's family unit

Sien sek set rhaturé leg tavhiég isaln set tul ete hei seikét.

Maybe we'll see a sea monster when we leave.

sien	An honorific used when addressing superiors Usage note: Honorifics have been applied based on perceived age in comparison to the player character; Avegil seems younger, so the player character is treated as superior to her
sek set	To see Usage note: Avegil's speech register leaves verbs unconjugated
rhature	Future tense referring to events that may occur within the day
leg	Exclusive we
ta	Marks the object of the sentence
vhieg isaln	A sea-monster
set	Third-person holy pronoun Usage note: Here it is used as a conjunction to link two phrases: "Maybe we'll see" "when we leave"
tul ete	To move away from
hei	At the same time
seiket	The honorific used for people outside of the speaker's family unit

Sien várunia set irisán hir káat set iulán taská. Húra set kuu eté rhátun set sul ki tarhimasáln hus a taeskeírne thernsál seikét!

The beach is fun but gets boring quickly. I'd rather be investigating that dark forest or the volcano!

sien	An honorific used when addressing superiors Usage note: Honorifics have been applied based on perceived age in comparison to the player character; Avegil seems younger, so the player character is treated as superior to her
varunia set	Enjoyable Usage note: Avegil's speech register leaves verbs unconjugated
irisan	A beach
hir	But
kaat	To become
set	Third-person holy pronoun Usage note: Here part of the unconjugated verb
iulan	Quickly
ta	Marks the object of the phrase
ska	Boring
hura set	To prefer
kuu	First-person pronoun
ete	Third-person hunter pronoun Usage note: Here it is used as a conjuction to link two phrases: "I prefer" and "To explore"
rhatun set	To taste, to smell Usage note: Also used to express generally the concept of using one's senses to investigate or explore
sul	Present tense
ki	Determiner referring to distant objects out of the speaker's line of sight; "that which I cannot see"
rhimasaln	A forest
hus	Dark
a	Or
eskeirne thernsal	A volcano
seiket	The honorific used for people outside the speaker's family unit

Tttt, sien tii chíla eté se eté varmátuat eté iusék luré kuu takurís ankaví kuu a? Iuká, iulirísan kit sul Tavír uré seikét.

Hmmm, you think I could sneak my cavi onto the island? No, Tavir isn't a swimmer, I think.

tttt	A thoughtful sound
sien	An honorific used when addressing superiors Usage note: Honorifics have been applied based on perceived age in comparison to the player character; Avegil seems younger, so the player character is treated as superior to her
tii	Indicates that what follows will be a question
chila ete	To think Usage note: Avegil's speech register leaves verbs unconjugated
se	Second-person pronoun; "you"
ete	Third-person hunter pronoun Usage note: Here used as a conjuction between two phrases, "Do you think" and "I could sneak"
var	Positivity marker
matuat ete	To carry toward
iusek	Unseen
lure	Future tense referring to events that may occur deeper into the future than the following day
kuu	First-person pronoun
ta	Marks the object of the phrase
kuris	An island
an	Marks an object as a possession
kavi	Cavy, a guinea pig
kuu	My
a	Or, here used in a construction to create a polarity, or yes/no, question
iuka	Isn't
iul	Negativity marker
irisan kit	To swim
sul	Present tense, here used in the habitual
Tavir	"David" in the original text
ure	Maybe
seiket	The honorific used for people outside the speaker's family unit