Do you speak english?
| From: | Remi Villatel <maxilys@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 27, 2006, 0:39 |
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Hi there,
An easy translation exercise:
Do you speak [insert your conlang name]?
Because it's so easy, I demand politeness, deference or formalism (you
choose) in the question, the pronunciation (CXSAMPA), the IMT
(Interlinear Morphemic Translations) and/or a very literal translation.
Here I start:
(ō = "o + macron" for the Unicode illiterates.) ;-)
sōji çakesar gea, tul'xeje sjiyō'zorja ?
[sOji: CakesaX ge"a], [tu4(u)'Zeje sjiWO:'zo.Xja]
sōji çakesar gea,
GNR+CIRC Shaquelingua INST.POSTP,
tul 'xeje sjiyō 'zo -rja
DOTA=self+FLX POT+ATEMP=DEFR:2SG+INI
= Can you give yourself to perceive through Shaquelingua?
Shorter version:
xe tule çakesar sjiyō'zorja ?
[Ze: tule CakesaX sjiWO:'zo.Xja]
xe tule çakesar sjiyō 'zo -rja
UNQ+FLX DOTA Shaquelingua POT+ATEMP=DEFR:2SG+INI
= Can you give (some) Shaquelingua to perceive?
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ATEMP: ATEMPoral tense (habits or universal facts)
CIRC: CIRCumstantial case
DEFR: DEFeRential prefix
DOTA: DOTAtive particle (immaterial object/Flux out of Initiator)
FLX: FLuX case
GNR: GeNeRic quantifier (concepts and ideas)
INI: INItiator case
INST: INSTrumental
POSTP: POSTPosition
POT: POTential mode
UNQ: UNQuantitative quantifier (undefined quantity)
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ji kaçtōlu soe, [ji: ka.CtO4u so"e] (= one soon until)
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Remi Villatel
maxilys_@_tele2.fr
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