Re: trans: ugliness and sobriety

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

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