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

From:John Leland <lelandconlang@...>
Date:Tuesday, August 10, 2004, 6:18
In  idiomatic Rihana-ye this should be:
Tifisa       kebo-mi   ba      di     sa-fe     kefebomiha-je      byjo.
Mountain removing man small stones awaycarrying-by  begins.

The "by carrying" part is handled by treating "carrying away" as a gerund
(gerunds are created by taking the participle form -mi and adding the
non-living noun suffix -ha) and adding the instrumental postposition -je.

John Leland