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10 October 2026 · from English · 3 sentences

Human Rights, Article 1

Source: Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations, 1948), Article 1, English original; the UN allows free reproduction. The usual comparison text for constructed languages. It tests abstract terms; dignity, right and conscience have become terms of their own (Entscheidung 94).

Literal: PL = ma, REQ = vo, ADV = adverb ending. Compounds with hyphens.

Whole text in one piece

nalu mela fame ko lusa kida lo luti, su ma lo bure bigamela luti su ma juka luti. ma lo bure bana su rikarala. vo ma lo vete seremo!

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience … … and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Sentence by sentence (3 sentences)

nalu mela fame ko lusa kida lo luti, su ma lo bure bigamela luti su ma juka luti.

all person free-be from time be-born he self, and PL he have value-person same and PL may same

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

Notes (3)
  • “Born free” = free since the time of one's birth (ko lusa kida: ko + time noun = since). An adjective cannot come after a verb.
  • nalu mela applies to each single person; that is why lo luti points to each single one, and “equal” means: everyone has the same worth and the same rights (luti).
  • “Dignity” = bigamela (value + person), “right” = juka (being allowed).

ma lo bure bana su rikarala.

PL he have cleverness and know-good

They are endowed with reason and conscience …

Notes (2)
  • “Reason” = bana (cleverness), “conscience” = rikarala (know + good).
  • The passive (“are endowed”) becomes “have”.

vo ma lo vete seremo!

REQ PL he sibling-be exchange-ADV!

… and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Notes (2)
  • “Should” = vo. Because statement and request do not stand in one sentence, this is a sentence of its own.
  • “Act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood” = be siblings to one another: vete (thing + -e: “to be siblings”) with seremo (each other). Senatola has no gender; “brotherhood” turns into “siblinghood” by itself.