Re: Gray/Grey, conscripts, 'conlang', etc.

Nik Taylor wrote:
> I'm not sure how to use the verb pyasún (learn) in this case.  It's a
> toughie.  One would have to say "I learned HOW TO SPEAK Swedish in
> Uppsala", and I don't know how to deal with verbal objects of that verb
> or verbs of its class.  If I figure it out, I'll post the translation.
Okay, I've figured it out.  Normally, inanimate objects are incorporated
into Class I Mental Action verbs, which "learn" is one of, while animate
objects are simply in absolutive (with the subject in ergative).  Now, I
decided that verbal objects will be handled the same way, so:

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

Essentially like saying "I learned how to Swedish-talk in Uppsala"

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