Re: TRANS: Happiness
From: | Padraic Brown <agricola@...> |
Date: | Saturday, October 20, 2001, 22:06 |
> "To find happiness, one should not seek it."
In Kerno, this one rhymes!
Ar attroupar-al la felez; lo ne segas neyz.
ar attroupar-al la felez
on to-discover-it the happiness
lo ne segas neyz
it don't seek not
Litterally, "To be on to finding the happiness; don't go
sniffing for it."
ne...neyz is one of many ways of saying "not". Neyz is
borrowed from French nez, and is often used in sayings
of this sort where it's wise not to stick your nose in
some business. The idea of sticking your nose into it
was probably borrowed from English.
The gender switch (lo "it" in stead of la) is emphatic.
Padraic.