Re: TRANS: Happiness

Hi!

Muke Tever <alrivera@...> writes:
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> "To find happiness, one should not seek it."
In Tyl-Sjok:

  Kjok tu son xjohe su litju.

  Kjok    tu        son    xjohe su  litju.
  should  not-make  found  want  REF happy.

That's one view, literally:
  `You should not search the happiness you want.'

Maybe you want to stress the durative aspect?

  Kjok   tw           lu   son  xjohe la     son   su  litju.
  should not-be-doing make find want  become found REF happy.

  `You should not be searching the happiness you want to be found.'

Tyl Sjok tends to form short sentences, so I'd go for the first
one. :-)

And using a pun, you might say:

  Tu son litju u la son litju.

  Tu       son   litju  u     la     son   litju.
  not-make found happy  COORD become found happy.

  `Don't search happiness, but find happiness.'

**Henrik

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