THEORY: Micro-Translation Excercise (was Re: THEORY: Natural language change (was Re: Charlie andI))
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 21, 1999, 23:24 |
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Steg Belsky wrote:
> > It means "If you can understand this, you know too much" :)
>=20
> Now *that* sounds like a perfect translation excersize! :)
Hmm, okay:
Vipazzib=FAfinki pl=EDz, gapy=EDfinva pifluwaluw=E1iz
Interlinear:
Vi-paz-zib=FA-fin-ki p-l=ED-z ga-py=ED-fin-va
If-able-understand-you-INCH G7-this-DAT then-know-you-hab
pif-luwa-luw=E1-i-z
G7Pl-much-much-pl-DAT
(full reduplication indicates "excessive", so "much much" =3D "too
many/much"
--=20
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