Re: Translation Exercise: Like a ...

I wrote:
>Let's try Tairezazh ...
>
>>1) I shall kill you like [I would kill] a dog.
>
>Ta staksest shas slel vauf.
>
>>2) I shall kill you like a dog [would kill you].
>
>Ta staksest slel vauf shas.
>
>These two aren't disambiguous, but the first syntax suggests that the
>killing is doglike, the second that the killee is somehow doglike. If you
>want to be entirely clear, you'll have to supply extra info, like Christian
>did within brackets above.
Mixed up my English a bit there, I'm afraid; "first" and "second" got
swtiched.

To get it clear, the wording _ta staksest shas slel vauf_ suggests that the
killee is doglike; dies like a dog would, whereas _ta staksest slel vauf
shas_ suggests that the killing as such is doglike.

                                                    Andreas

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