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Re: trans: ugliness and sobriety

From:daniel andreasson <daniel.andreasson@...>
Date:Monday, April 2, 2001, 21:14
Dan Jones wrote:

> "I may be drunk, but tomorrow I shall be sober, > and you will still be ugly."
In Nakiltipkaspimak (back to being ergative, it seems). There were no transitive verbs so I couldn't show off the cool noun incorporation. :) "Mis mikipukwayumxa, kila ipalak mis mitayalsixutli, kila ti tiwasiksiyumli." Interlinear: ABS = absolutive IMPFV = imperfective DIR = direct evidence PFV = perfective INFER = inferential evidence marker HEARSAY = hearsay evidence marker mis mi -kipuk -wa -yum -xa 1SG:ABS 1SG-be:drunk-PRES-IMPFV-DIR 'I know I am drunk.' kila ipalak mis mi -tayal -si -xut-li but tomorrow 1SG:ABS 1SG-be:sober-FUT-PFV-INFER 'But tomorrow I will be sober, most likely.' kila ti ti -wasik -si -yum -li but 2SG:ABS 2SG-be:ugly-FUT-IMPFV-HEARSAY 'But I'm told that you will still be ugly.' ||| daniel -- <> Kattawiknik pimaktasal! <> daniel.andreasson@telia.com <> <> Katsayuknik pimak! <> www.geocities.com/conlangus <>

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