Re: TRANS: a haiku

>English:
>
>    If everything's green
>    and sun falls and there's wind
>    I am here at home
In Tokana:

  Aun hiat kulhe kusoi
  ki kahpate aho ki hiat suhu
  me lhima imoik

Interlinear:

   aun hi-at kulhe kuso-i
   if is-Dep green among-Dat
   "if there is green all around"

   ki kahp-at-e aho ki hi-at suhu
   and fall-Dep-the sun and is-Dep wind
   "and the sun goes down, and there's wind"

   me lhima imoik
   I be.here at.home
   "I am here at home"

(Dep = dependent order suffix.  Dependent order
marking appears on verbs which occur in embedded
clauses, including clauses headed by "aun" = "if".)

The only line which scans properly is the last
one.  By altering the sense slightly, I can pare it
down to the proper number of syllables:

   Aun lhima kulhe,
   kahpat aho, lialhopat,
   me lhima imoik

   "If there is green here,
   sun(s) descend, there-is-blowing,
   I am here at home."

Matt.