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Re: Fabian's translation exercise

From:FFlores <fflores@...>
Date:Friday, April 2, 1999, 15:07
Fabian <rhialto@...> wrote:

> Father, what are those lights? >=20 > That is the city of the Goyanim. They are a strange people. They light =
their
> cities at night, as if the stars weren't sufficient for their needs. Th=
ey
> fight and kill eachother, not realising the greater danger beyond their > small world. And they do not hunt eachother with bows and arrows. No, t=
hey
> have strange devices that kill from far away without arrows. And take c=
are
> near their strange iron horses they use to travel. They travel faster t=
han
> any natural beast ought to, and ignore the strength of the bow and arro=
w.
> Best if you avoid their cities, my son. >=20 > Father, whats a city?
In Drasel=E9q: ---------------------------------------------------- Uli, qeik donth h=E0f qenth? Onq=E1i Goi=E1nhadhes arsom. Ausef i b=FCrth pios. Lu=E0m=FCr endinek b=FCn arsmonth, br=F9n anth, br=F9n imaldnien b=FCn pongarth fraramumek d=EDniashadh. B=E1itakarek taus thr=FAmbotek b=FCrth, fratentiarsel b=FCrth qlonval smasin dhit b=FCn =F3lmon=FCr t=E0qlonval fr=E0n. Th=E4n haiks=E1uth na vel b=FCrthadh fras=E4ner, tadh. I =E1useftel nomath ladhek, nef ars=E8n frith=20 staud=EDkst thrumek b=FCtth. Mi nafik ars=E8n maqek =E1useftel br=E8famp sr=F9kthn en b=FCtth oumb=E9motek. Soldrel p=F2 s=E4'nerek th=FC`gth, t=E0soldrel oumb=E9motsel s=E4nek b=FCrth, mi farnualek haiks=E1utonges konans. Franavrrover nafik b=FCn arsmonth, burs a san teus. Uli, qes arsom qenth? ---------------------------------------------------- Interlinear: OBJ =3D objective form of a verb, "in order to" REL =3D relative pronoun GRP =3D group plural MV =3D middle voice SUBJ=3D subjunctive ---------------------------------------------------- Uli, qeik donth h=E0f qenth? father are those lights what? _uli_ is a short-form vocative of _uldid_ "father" The verb _qeik_ is in actual present tense. Onq=E1i Goi=E1nhadhes arsom. =C1usef i b=FCrth pios. that's Goyan.GRP.GEN city strange.3s * they people _onq=E1i_ is a compound verb of _onth_ (distal reference) plus _qai_, 3s actual present of _qesten_ "to be". * is the multifunctional particle _i_, here as a kind of genitive. Lu=E0m=FCr endinek b=FCn arsmonth, br=F9n anth, br=F9n in-night light.3s their cities.ACC how this how _br=F9n ... br=F9n_ "how ... how" means "in such a way that" and also "as if". imaldnien b=FCn pongarth fraramumek d=EDniashadh. fill.OBJ their lacks NEG.enough.3s stars.GRP B=E1itakarek taus thr=FAmbotek b=FCrth, fratentiarsel argue.3p and kill.MV.3p they NEG.realising b=FCrth qlonval smasin dhit b=FCn =F3lmon=FCr t=E0qlonval they great beyond small their world.LOC AUG.great Note the comparative structure: first the adjective in normal form _qlonval_ "great", then the augmentative. fr=E0n. Th=E4n haiks=E1uth na vel b=FCrthadh fras=E4ner, danger with bows to among they.GRP NEG.go.2p Lit: "with bows (to) among them go" =3D=20 =3D "go hunting them with bows" (or "go for them") tadh. I =E1useftel nomath ladhek, nef ars=E8n frith however * strange gadgets have.3p far staying without staud=EDkst thrumek b=FCtth. Mi nafik ars=E8n maqek arrows kill.3p they.REL and near staying protect.3p =E1useftel br=E8famp sr=F9kthn en b=FCtth oumb=E9motek. strange iron-made horses.ACC by they.REL transport.MV.3p Soldrel p=F2 s=E4'nerek th=FC`gth, t=E0soldrel oumb=E9motsel fast so go.SUBJ.3p animals AUG.fast transported.MV Lit: "fast as animals may go, they go (being transported) faster" There's no real way to translate "ought to" in Drasel=E9q. s=E4nek b=FCrth, mi farnualek haiks=E1utonges konans. go.3p they and ignore.3p bow.GEN strength.ACC _haiks=E1utonges_ actually has _haiks=E1ut_ "hunting bow" plus a group/equipment suffix -ong (plus the GEN -es). Franavrrover nafik b=FCn arsmonth, burs a san teus. NEG.near.2s around their cities.ACC say.1s oh my son Lit: "You don't go near their cities I tell you, son." Uli, qes arsom qenth? father is city what? ---------------------------------------------------- This one was tough. No new roots, though. --Pablo Flores * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Weiner's Law of Libraries: There are no answers, only cross-references.