Re: North Wind and South Wind
| From: | Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, July 18, 2002, 4:59 |
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--- Dirk Elzinga wrote:
> Here's a new version of an old story.
Very nice, indeed!
> Once the North Wind and the South Wind had an argument as to which
> was the stronger. They put a wildcat in a tree, and had a contest to
> see which could get it out. The South Wind blew and blew, but the cat
> stayed in the tree. Then the North Wind blew slow and cold; it froze
> the cat, causing it to drop out of the tree.
Hattic:
Asrafe aknärade ahenada Jãdi ha Darsenada Jãdi, haza ad as sauš ursnaša.
Afäzade seš bolci~ gasi~ än suraj ha acpõkade, ta spächode haza flãsid tänz sõ
elaz. Auhad ha auhad Darsenada Jãdi, ma asochonad gas än suraj. Azo auhad
ahenada Jãdi mälc ha brän; zoadzäjmad ša gasi~ lušre, ta elaz^inad šu as
suraš. /i~ = i-tilde, z^ = z-haczek/
Askaic:
Jusra etnuder, za Ansi Byrmada cha Ansi Darsnada emurkiens šufer ulu, gvara
epud vosneša oche sum. Efyzuns gasem bulseñ en surai cha etnuns ketsku, aseza
espychuze gvi šyjdased azslauze som ileze. Ansi Darsnada eved cha eved, anu gas
eleked en surad. Aza eved Ansi Byrmada, melso cha byrno; ša evaizeimed gasem,
zeñza kis aischazed surañ.
No interlinear or direct translation this time, because I didn't have much
time. Just a word list instead:
English Hattic Askaic
Once (upon a time) asrafe jusra etnuder, za
North(ern) šahenader byrmadis
South(ern) darsenader darsnadis
wind jãdi ansi
fight, quarrel knäruz murkiaze
about šufer
that uls
which hazer gvaris
be jãz jenze
of, among as oche
they seš seš
strong ursner vosnis
place fäzuz fyzuze
cat gas gas
wild bolcer bulsis
in, into än en
tree suraj suraj
have a contest cpõkaz tenze ketsku
in order to ta (+ conj.) aseza
see spächuz spychuze
be able, can flãz
do tänz
who gvir
he šu šu
go down, descend elaz ileze
succeed (DAT +) šyjdaze
cause azslauze
blow uhaz vaze
but ma anu
stay sochonaz lekeze
then azo aza
slow mälcer melsis
cold bräner byrnis
she ša ša
freeze zodzäjmuz vaizeimaze
so that lušre, ta zeñza
this kis
fall out, down elz^inaz aschazaze
out of as
Jan
=====
"Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones
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