Re: Translation exercise: Li Bai's "Drinking alone under the moon"

On 08/31 13:18  Pablo David Flores wrote:
> andrew <hobbit@...> writes:
>
> > I'm surprised that no one else has attempted this translation.
>
> I did, I did! I just had other things to do first
> (thankfully no Real Life).
>
> Here it is:
>
> Poten lis la mouve yifiri
> pot-en l-is la m-ouve yi-fir-i
> drink-ACP COM-company no ESS-below GEN-moon-DEF
> "drinking with no company at below-space of the moon"
>
Is the stem pot- a survival from the IE languages in Yivokuchi or is it
a parallel development?  For a comparison see
http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE417.html

- andrew.
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