Re: Gray/Grey, conscripts, 'conlang', etc.
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 26, 2000, 3:12 |
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Nik Taylor wrote:
> Fapyasúnna tika púpisalav pli taswidansagá
> Fa-pyasún-na tika p-úpisala-v pli ta-swidan-sagá
> Past-learn-3SIrr I.nom G7-Uppsala-LOC SCM language.of-Sweden-speak
D'oh! _tika_ means SHE.nom, so I said "She learned Swedish in
Uppsala". It should've been
Fapyasúnna ku púpisalav pli taswidansagá
I don't know how I could've made such a simple mistake. Also, the
interlinear should've been
Fa-pyasu'n-*a ku p-u'pisala-v pli ta-swidan-saga'
Same meanings
* indicates gramatical gemination
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