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

> > How would your conlang(s) translate this?
>
> "The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying
> away small stones."
Silindion:

tistë yo mispín i mernë, sirrín kamando kiralín

1) tistë   "he, she,  the one"
 (an antecedentless relative masculine and feminine
pronoun. It's neuter equivalent is: "tista")
 (the relative which refers back to an antecedent is
"të" for masculines and feminines and "ta" for neuter
things)

2) yo "who"
 (the animate relative particle, introducing a
relative clause)

mispín
 (3rd singular present of  mispiello "to destroy"
  This verb comes from "mi-" "down" and "-sp-" ,
  which  derives from the root SEKW which means "cut")

3) i mernë
  (the mountain-accusative, from "mer" "mountain")

4) sirrín
  (3rd singular present of sirriello "to begin, start"
   This verb comes from the root SIR which
   means "enter". There is a process in Silinestic
languages which infixes an "s" before the last
consonant of the root to form inceptive verbs. so that
SISR- means "to enter into doing something, begin
entering" etc. This became "sirr-" in Silindion.)

kamando
  (instrumental of the gerund "kamanda", derived from
"manyello" "to move". The prefix "ka-" means "away".)

kiralín
  (plural accusative of "kirali"  "little stone")


Elliott Lash




		
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