Re: Fabian's translation exercise

On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:

> Fabian gave us the following exercise:
>
> Even though this text is quite un-Andal in subject-matter, I will try
> to brew something up.
I'm going to do it too, even though it's quite un-Valdyan as well.

I talked about this with Boudewijn and he said "post it to the list",
so here goes:

> ras   bachanza.nyi ras   dilogh, ras   nothaz.ini ras   dilogh.[2]
> 3pLGH beat.HAB     3pLGH RFL     3pLGH kill.HAB   3pLGH RFL
> they beat each other as a habit, they kill each other as a habit.
>
> ras   tau.qenkaz ras   dilogh hye  berkernan hye  belay.
> 3pLGH NEG.hunt   3pLGH RFL    with bow [3]   with arrow [4]
> The don't hunt each other with bow and with arrow
The reflexive would seem to indicate "they beat themselves ... they
kill themselves... they hunt themselves..."; "each other" requires a
reciprocal pronoun; but in Denden it seems to be the same thing
because the perpetrators and the victims are all members of the same
group. Public enlightenment, please?

   Irina

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