A Collection of Texts in Susu

What follows is a collection of texts intended to illustrate the language in more natural and extended use than the glossed examples found in the grammar.

The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–9)

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

Тушох тат јушет луч ло кегашет сок ташет сол сок тилукишет.

[tuʃox tat juʃet lut͡ʃ lo kehaʃet sok taʃet sol sok tilukiʃet]

tuʃ
have
-ox
PAST
tat
all
ju
human being
-ʃet
NOM
lut͡ʃ
in_surface
lo
whole
keha
earth
-ʃet
NOM
sok
one
ta
language
-ʃet
NOM
sol
and
sok
one
tiluki
dialect
-ʃet
NOM

“All humans in the whole earth had one language and one dialect.”

(1)

And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

Хисејох ке кој сичишет.

[xisejox ke koj sit͡ʃiʃet]

xisej
journey
-ox
PAST
ke
3
koj
from_inside
sit͡ʃi
east
-ʃet
NOM

“They journeyed from the east.”

(2)
Сол сукох ке чокуш јехокишет сик чисошет.

[sol sukox ke t͡ʃokuʃ jexokiʃet sik t͡ʃisoʃet]

sol
and
suk
find
-ox
PAST
ke
3
t͡ʃokuʃ
wide
jexoki
plain
-ʃet
NOM
sik
in_inside
t͡ʃiso
land
-ʃet
NOM

“And they found a wide plain in the a land.”

(3)
Кеси шишачох ке хај.

[kesi ʃiʃat͡ʃox ke xaj]

kesi
thus
ʃiʃat͡ʃ
dwell
-ox
PAST
ke
3
xaj
there

“Thus they dwelled there.”

(4)

And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.

Кашох ке кул шулишол шачастотуш секик сол кул шулитес шачастотуш секик јелот.

[kaʃox ke kul ʃuliʃol ʃat͡ʃastotuʃ sekik sol kul ʃulites ʃat͡ʃastotuʃ sekik jelot]

kaʃ
say
-ox
PAST
ke
3
kul
1incl
ʃuli-
imperative
ʃol
make
ʃat͡ʃasto
brick
-tuʃ
ACC
sekik
COMP
sol
and
kul
1incl
ʃuli-
imperative
tes
burn
ʃat͡ʃasto
brick
-tuʃ
ACC
sekik
COMP
jelot
thoroughly

“They said: Let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.”

(5)

And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

Тушох ке шачастошет гихат сулушет.

[tuʃox ke ʃat͡ʃastoʃet hixat suluʃet]

tuʃ
have
-ox
PAST
ke
3
ʃat͡ʃasto
brick
-ʃet
NOM
hixat
PURP
sulu
stone
-ʃet
NOM

“They had bricks for stone.”

(6)
Сол тушох ке шалихишет гихат чикелушет.

[sol tuʃox ke ʃalixiʃet hixat t͡ʃikeluʃet]

sol
and
tuʃ
have
-ox
PAST
ke
3
ʃalixi
slime
-ʃet
NOM
hixat
PURP
t͡ʃikelu
mortar
-ʃet
NOM

“And they had slime for mortar.”

(7)

A Creation Myth

We are not like other people.

Тихаеч кул шеј јушет.

[tixaet͡ʃ kul ʃej juʃet]

tixa
resemble
-et͡ʃ
NEG
kul
1incl
ʃej
other
ju
human being
-ʃet
NOM

“We do not resemble other humans.”

(8)

Their languages were shaped by struggle and time.

Чикешох чишет сол чукешет ке ташет.

[t͡ʃikeʃox t͡ʃiʃet sol t͡ʃukeʃet ke taʃet]

t͡ʃikeʃ
shape
-ox
PAST
t͡ʃi
fight
-ʃet
NOM
sol
and
t͡ʃuke
time
-ʃet
NOM
ke
3
ta
language
-ʃet
NOM

“Their languages were shaped by fight and time.”

(9)

They copied the sounds of beasts and birds, and they learned to speak like that.

Гичишох ке лахисешет сол шишет јешет.

[hit͡ʃiʃox ke laxiseʃet sol ʃiʃet jeʃet]

hit͡ʃiʃ
copy
-ox
PAST
ke
3
laxise
mammal
-ʃet
NOM
sol
and
ʃi
bird
-ʃet
NOM
je
sound
-ʃet
NOM

“They copied the sounds of mammals and birds.”

(10)

But our language arose in a different way.

Лис шуликох сусушет, гај кот кул ташет, сик кесеш чихушет.

[lis ʃulikox susuʃet, haj kot kul taʃet, sik keseʃ t͡ʃixuʃet]

lis
but
ʃulik
arise
-ox
PAST
susu
langname
-ʃet
NOM
haj
RELPRON
kot
be
kul
1incl
ta
language
-ʃet
NOM
sik
in_inside
keseʃ
different
t͡ʃixu
manner
-ʃet
NOM

“But Susu, which is our language, arose in a different way.”

(11)

It was born whole and perfect in a single breath.

Јогушох ке ло сол хишихак сик лосиј сигулешет

[johuʃox ke lo sol xiʃixak sik losij sihuleʃet]

johuʃ
appear
-ox
PAST
ke
3
lo
whole
sol
and
xiʃixak
perfect
sik
in_inside
losij
single
sihule
breath
-ʃet
NOM

“It appeared whole and perfect in a single breath”

(12)

Our language did not evolve; it was created.

Гушолохеч кул ташет.

[huʃoloxet͡ʃ kul taʃet]

huʃol
evolve
-ox
PAST
-et͡ʃ
NEG
kul
1incl
ta
language
-ʃet
NOM

“Our language did not evolve.”

(13)
Чушиох ке.

[t͡ʃuʃiox ke]

t͡ʃuʃi
create
-ox
PAST
ke
3

“It was created.”

(14)

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