Re: Mrenep's answer
From: | Dennis Paul Himes <dennis@...> |
Date: | Thursday, November 11, 1999, 19:19 |
I wrote:
> Melyvosa fa fomrsnalxomytu.
This is wrong. Even in informal Gladilatian a prepositional has to
modify something, even if it's just "u". This should be:
Melyvosa fa fomrsnalxomytu u.
associated-with.random-journey place =
at.not.sentient.modified.something
something
"The place of the random journey was something at some place not
modified by sentients.", or, less literally, "The destination of the =
random
journey was in the wilderness."
I couldn't just use "Melyvosa fa mrsnalxomytu.", because that would
imply that the destination was the wilderness, rather than a specific =
spot
in the wilderness.
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