Re: Sad translation

John Fisher wrote:
What the hey.  The Kass=ED have no computers or cars or buses, but I'll b=
e
creative.  :-)

NaP=EDita: Saday=E1lva pikisgal=E1; Sav=FAzatanva tiglad=EDzi timmup=ED.=20
Safild=EDnyasanva pifl=E1ifi pifmup=ED wanakat=E1v, sadyamy=E1sanva pifma=
t=E1si
piffl=E1ayasai wayan=E1satu sakuny=E1salki pimat=E1sikwa piffl=E1ayasakwa=
.=20
Sat=FAfulva sanipy=E1salva pisan=EDkwa wanakat=E1v fil, ku satik=E1nva ku=
 sa=EDunva
pivv=E1tikipwa.  Sabit=E1lva fil t=E1lkwaz pipatim=E1naakwa pl=EDv pitan=ED=
v
pidyamy=E1sav, satik=E1nva ku savam=EDinva piffl=E1i map=EDzunva, ku div=E1=
uv lis ku
safilyawav=E1uki.  Asanas=FApalva pigall=E1 ku lyut=E1tanva fil t=E1lkwat=
u sull=EDmi
suzzadl=FAwi pifbiil=EDniv pifdyamy=E1saiv.  Gwaty=E1lva wifin=EDiv wivva=
b=EDv
pidavk=E1 ku safilnaid=E1tanva tinnapap=ED.  Sanipy=E1salva pibiidy=E1ma =
pidavk=E1v,
ku kaft=EDnva pifgw=E1dikwa kifnakl=E1il.  Up=E1tasva sutak=ED sufily=E1s=
al t=E1lkwan
NaP=E1l: Suddik=E1wi!  Luzaz=E1tasva-yil.

The dreaded interlinear:
G# =3D Gender #
S =3D Singular
I =3D Irrational (non-sentient)
R =3D Rational (sentient)
Hab =3D Habitual
Vb =3D Verb
Pl =3D Plural
Com =3D Commitative
Erg =3D Ergative
Dat =3D Dative
Gen =3D Genitive

Na-Pi'ita: Sa-daya'-l-va  pi-kisgala';    Sa-vu'za-tan-va
G2S-Peter: Vb-bad-3SI-Hab G7S-government; Vb-wicked-3PR-Hab

ti-gladi'z-i tim-mup-i'.      Sa-fil-di'n-yasa-n-va    pif-la'if-i
G2-leader-pl G1Pl-all.of-pl.  Vb-not-more-adj-3PlI-Hab G7Pl-path-pl
No word exists for "minister", so I used "glad=EDz".  The underlying
notion behind fild=EDnyasa is "not able to hold more"

pif-mup-i'     wa-nakata'-v,         sa-dyam-ya'sa-n-va   pif-mata'si
G7Pl-all.of-pl G6S-town/village-loc, Vb-dirt-adj-3PlI-Hab G7Pl-"horse"
A mat=E1si is a horse-like animal

pif-fla'a-yasa-i    wa-yana'sa-tu sa-kun-ya'sa-l-ki     pi-mata'si-kwa
G7Pl-machine-adj-pl G6-people-ben Vb-break-adj-3SI-inch G7S-"horse"-my
"For the people" =3D public

pif-fla'a-yasa-kwa.  Sa-tu'fu-l-va    sa-nip-ya'sa-l-va    pi-sani'-kwa
G7pl-machine-adj-my. Vb-small-3SI-hab Vb-water-Adj-3SI-hab G7S-house-my

wa-nakata'-v fil, ku  sa-tika'-n-va   ku sa-i'u-n-va
G6S-town-loc not, and Vb-old-3PlI-Hab ku Vb-ugly-3PlI-Hab

piv-va'tiki-pwa.                 sa-bita'-l-va   fil ta'lkwa-z=20
G7pl-pieces.of.furniture-G7poss. Vb-good-3SI-Hab not I-dat
va'tiki is an irregular plural of va'tii

pi-pati-manaa-kwa p-li'-v      pi-tani'-v    pi-dyam-ya'sa-v,
G7S-coll.-duty-my G7S-this-loc G7S-place-loc G7S-dirt-adj-loc,

sa-tika'-n-va   ku  sa-vami'i-n-va   pif-fla'i     mapi'zu-n-va,   ku
Vb-old-3PlI-hab and Vb-slow-3PlI-hab G7pl-machines think-3PlI-hab, and
fl=E1i is an irregular plural of fl=E1a

diva'-u-v lis    ku sa-fil-yawava'-u-ki. A-sa-nasu'pa-l-va        =20
sit-I-hab merely ku Vb-not-happy-I-inch. very-vb-expensive-3SI-Hab

pi-galla'      ku  lyuta'-tan-va fil ta'lkwa-tu sul-li'm-i
G7S-everything and help-3PlR-Hab not I-ben      G3Pl-trader-pl
limi is the irregular plural of lin

suz-zadlu'-wi  pif-bii-lin-i-v             pif-dyam-ya'sa-i-v.
G3Pl-stupid-pl G7Pl-place.of-trader-pl-loc G7pl-dirt-adj-pl-loc.

Gwatya'-l-va wif-ini'i-v   wiv-vabi'-v   pi-davka' ku
Fall-3SI-hab G6Pl-time-loc G6Pl-many-loc G7S-rain  and

sa-fil-naida'-tan-va   tin-na-pap-i'.        Sa-nip-ya'sa-l-va
Vb-not-useful-3PlR-Hab G2Pl-one.who-heal-pl. Vb-water-adj-3SI-Hab

pi-bii-dya'ma     pi-davka'-v, ku  kafti'-n-va  pif-gwa'di-kwa
G7S-place.of-dirt G7-rain-loc, and eat-3PlI-Hab G7Pl-plant-my
*
kif-nakla'i-l.   Upa'-tas-va  su-taki'   su-fil-ya'sa-l  ta'lkwa-n
G4pl-animal-erg. Love-3SR-Hab G3S-person G3S-not-adj-erg I-com

naPa'l: Sud-dika'w-i! Lu-zaza'-tas-va=3Dyil
Paul:   G3Pl-god-pl!  Cause-sleep-3SR-Hab=3Dyou!

> Peter: The government is really bad; all the ministers are wicked.  > A=
ll the roads in the town are full, the buses are dirty and my car is
> broken. My house out of the town is small and wet, and the furniture > =
in it is old and ugly.  I don't like my job in this nasty place, the
> computers are old and slow, and I just sit there and am unhappy.
> Everything is really expensive and the stupid salespeople in their > di=
rty shops don't help me.  It rains a lot here and my leg hurts, and > the=
 doctors are useless.  The ground in the rain is wet, and animals > eat m=
y plants.  Nobody loves me.
> Paul: Dammit, you're such a bore.
--=20
"[H]e axed after eggys: And the goode wyf answerde, that she coude not
speke no Frenshe ... And then at last a nother sayd that he woulde haue
hadde eyren: then the goode wyf sayd that she vnderstood hym wel." --
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