Re: The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

Trebor Jung wrote:> > How would your conlang(s) translate this?
>
> "The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."
Like most of the versions, Kash would use the verb/preposition _umit/yambit_
for 'by (means of...)'---

Because of the "heavy" NP subject, it would become a topic/comment sentence:

kaç re melo hoca surañ, yakasi yambit rambasale cangaraç mimik
preson REL want break-apart mountain, he-begin WITH
remove[gerund/infinitive] stone-pl small

Use of the gerund marks this as highly formal ~literary, almost archaic.

More common modern usage:

....., yakasi yambit rambas....

Somewhat colloquial: ..., kasini, yarambas... = lit. 'his/its beginning, he
removes....'