Re: Simple translation exercise?

Christian Thalmann wrote:
> "We are sitting in the night, and like the night, we are silent."
Assuming a small number for "we":

Divataiki vadi uabiiladi, ku saanasitaiki pin uabiilaf.
[dZivA'tajC= 'vAdZi wAbi:'ladZi ku sa:naSi'tajC= pen wAbi:laf]
Diva-tai      -ki       vadi  ua-biila    -di        ku
Sit -we.paucal-NonPunct under G6-night.sky-Circumloc and
sa-anasi -tai    -ki       pin  ua-biila    -af
be-silent-we.pauc-NonPunct like G6-night.sky-gen
Thus, literally, "We are sitting under the night sky, and, like the
night sky, we are silent"

(D'oh!  I made an error on the "cat ate the mouse" sentence.)

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