Re: Found the obscure language of Thunder Rock!
From: | Irina Rempt-Drijfhout <ira@...> |
Date: | Thursday, August 5, 1999, 20:00 |
I wrote:
> mi-se-n=F3-i e- bodh- =F3- mi-ruz- le-ma- t lah-ai-ve e- ro- ro- t
> 2- A- DU-IO Neg-money-DO-2c-give-1c-PST-Neg 1- F- DP Neg-FUT-FUT-Neg
>=20
> We will never pay you any tribute.
That comes from cut-and-paste... It should be like this, of course:
e- bodh- =F3- mi-ruz- le-ro- t (that is: ebodh=F3miruzlerot)
Neg-money-DO-2c-give-1c-FUT-Neg
because this whole sentence is in the future tense.
> tem-ke
> be- PRF
>=20
> That's a fact!
Actually, this is used as a kind of heartfelt "Amen!" as in "Amen to
that, sister".=20
Irina
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