TRANS: I Love You (was RE: Conference)

> From: Andreas Johansson
>
> Barry Garcia wrote:
> >
> >CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
> > >Oh, one more thing, would any of you like to have some
> fragments of your
> > >langs included as exapmles of what conlangs are/can be/aim for, etc.  I
> > >would like a variety of art, personal, model, aux, a priori, a
> >posteriori,
> > >human, alien, etc.
> >
> >
> >Perhaps it might be easier if you have a short line everyone could
> >translate into their languages (naturally people dont HAVE to do
> that :)).
>
> If I may make a suggestion, make that sentence "I love you". For
> some reason
> it seems to be among very the first people learn in a new lang ...
>
> Tairezazh: "Ta tshei shas"
In amman iar:

formally:
ner elivas inder erveldriel

informally:
inder erveldriel

\f I love you.
\t ner       elivas
\m ner  -0   el-        -iv  -as
\g I    -[A] assertive- -hab -pres
\p 1per -nom mood-      -asp -tense
\x I         do

\t inder                erveldriel
\m in-        der  -0   er-  meldro -ie      -l
\g agt.to.thm you  -[P] do   love   -agt/thm -actn
\p ptp        2per -acc agt- v      -val     -vc
\x            you       love

David

David E. Bell
The Gray Wizard
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