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

--- daniel andreasson <daniel.andreasson@...>
wrote:
> 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
  And its sister lang, Aelya:

   "E eneiss che en abhog, maudo ne i ch'en ech eil!"
  /e: enejs xe en a:vog mawdo ne @ xe:n ex ejl/

  E  en-eiss      che      en    abhog
  if re-name:SUBJ you:SUBJ I:OBJ crazy

  maudo   ne     i   ch'en ech     eil!
  eat:FUT I:subj art eye   you:GEN other

  abhog < OI aba/can 'fool'


> 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've got the same issues. Neither of us knows what
to do for a condition/subjunctive/irrealis sort of
tense.

   Aidan

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