I have realised that, while I have posted a lot on the formal description of the Aroaro syntax, I haven't really presented the language in a non-theoretic way. So, before I actually post an introduction to the language, I decided to translate Genesis 1:1–5, with notes on particular features of Aroaro that I wanted to mention. As it was mentioned in my very first post, Aroaro is supposed to be a language isolate that shows an incredible resemblance to Polynesian languages in many aspects of its grammar, so I hope you feel the Polynesian in it!

Since the Aroaro orthography is phonemic, and there are no crazy allophones in Aroaro, I haven't provided IPA transcriptions for the translations. However, the rule of thumb is that, except for *ʻ* /ʔ/, *ng* /ŋ/, and *V̄* /Vː/, everything is written in IPA. As for syllabification and word stresses, I will explain them in a future post.

As always, here are the links to the PDF versions of all of my posts so far, including this one:

[Syntactic ergativity in a morphologically accusative language: A case of Aroaro (still in the old appraoch)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KxQFaxiY7n9-ZRoDrk4O_Gumg5jdyfnH/view?usp=drive_link)

[Distribution of PRO in Aroaro: An analysis based on \[±ꜰɪɴ\], \[±ᴛʀ\], and Case](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RaQQR9VX-hJqZ14TMB6yNuaKO95QJp2a/view?usp=drive_link)

[Raising in Aroaro: The implications of an ᴀᴄᴄ-assigning T⁰](https://drive.google.com/file/d/194i2zWxUksjqRvlNJB9noUhR1xdVK8YH/view?usp=sharing)

[Genesis / E Meila 1:1–5](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J0QNkrrBrsETWm6Z9xmSECqWQpvp257Y/view?usp=sharing)

Genesis 1ː1–5