Re: Small translation challenge

On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 08:57:55 -0400, Larry Sulky <larrysulky@...> wrote:

>In your conlangs/auxlangs, how would you translate this:
>
>"The boy whose mother my daughter was later to befriend became ill."
>
>?
Well, it seems that all the translations so far use at least one
right-branching construct, so I'll be the first to make an entirely
left-branching translation.  Notice, however, that the sentence needs to be
changed slightly in the process.

In Thalassan:

Tuhtharmis ut'isqi pahvijavasjan mahthar phuvarsjas nusiskas.

tuhtar.mis ut'.is.qi pahv.ija.va.sjan mahthar phuvar.sjas nus.iska.s
daughter.1SG-poss far.COMP.INST friend.MAKE.ACTPART.3SG-obj mother
boy.3SG-poss sick.BECOME.3SG-subj

"My-daughter-later-befriending-her mother her-boy became-ill" or "The
mother-whom-my-daughter-was-later-to-befriend's boy became-ill." :P

(Vocabulary may be subject to change in the future!)

- Rob