Re: Translation exercize (Was Re: B-Sh has subject pronouns!)

Nihil Sum  <nihilsum@...> 2002.09.16. 11:41:11 -7h-kor írta:

> Good to see the list back.
>
> >_Krei staksek senos, lai seno srát eidhes._
> >"They killed him, because he knew everything."
>
> Not too interesting in Rhean, but it does give me an excuse to show
> something a little odd. I don't know much of the correct terminology for a
> lot of things in linguistics, so maybe someone can tell me what the hell it
> is called that I am doing here:
>
> Tan kros'ioz daze paikuin s'iznios'.
> They killed him, because he knew everything.
Safudenwe won netiwendiya mbemen.
They killed him because he knew everything.

sa.fu.de.nwe won neti.we.ndi.ya mbem.e.n
kill.3pl.PPF.3sACC for know.3sMALE.TRAN.PAST everything.ATT.ACC

PPF is past perfect, ATT is attaching vowel :)

Vocabulary:

sa           kill, destroy
neti         know
mbem     everything
won        for, because
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