Re: The "If you call me insane again..." page, at long last!

Daniel Seriff wrote:

> "If you call me insane again, I'll eat your other eye."
Swedish:

     "Om du kallar mig tokig en gång till
      så kommer jag äta upp ditt andra öga."

T = t-gender / neutral gender
N = n-gender / common gender

om du  kalla-r  mig    tokig en    gång   till
if you call-PRS me:OBJ crazy one:N time:N more*

så      kommer jag äta     upp ditt   andra    öga
so/then FUT**  I   eat:INF up  your:T other*** eye:T

* _till_ = 'to'
** _kommer_ = 'come'
* _andra_ is the form used in definite (sg and pl) phrases
  as well as in the plural

Cein:

     "Eneiss te ni ymeth, mathow ni i en ddeun tew."

en-eiss      te  ni   ymeth,      math-ow  ni i   en  ddeun tew
re-call:SUBJ 2SG 1SG "no-skilled" eat -FUT I  the eye other your

The Cein version is very tentative. I'm not at all sure
about the subjunctive form, which might be an irrealis form,
and I'm not sure if the _-ow_ future form is the right one
to use here. I can probably find a better word for "insane"
too, although I'm off to Skåne in southern Sweden until Sunday
and wanted to finish this before I left.

||| daniel

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