case · 12 · phrasebook · closed country
good morning, selnà-tarundis
I have just arrived. phrè saerndà.
how is the sea today? korr maeris pelitàn ?
please point. vellis arnamà.
when does the ferry return? when, ferundis, dorranto?
I have not been here before. phrè na‑saerndà phrè.
do not write this down. na‑scribite hoc.
forgive me; I — venia mè, phrè —
a small leather book, the cover stiff from disuse. the country it teaches is adundas, or near enough: the borders have moved several times since the phrasebook was printed.
the grammar is approximate. half the words it teaches are not used any more; the other half are. it does not tell you which half.
field-note · the last entry is blank — a polite place to give up.
adundas · lacuna · glossolalia · adundary