Re: Cute little sentence
| From: | Roger Mills <romilly@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 11, 2000, 4:26 |
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Jonathan Chang wrote:
>>Constructing languages always causes happiness.
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> Creasi pezzi lingi 'tz creasi tutem plenti felici, la.>
Hah! at last I can use the Kash infinitive/gerund. Very literal:
rumolule sendesh yunda yarumek ambinda
ruñ.wolu.le shende.sh yunda ya.rumek añ.minda
CAUS.build.INF language.PL(ACC) always 3s.cause NOM.happy
_wolu_ means specifically, 'to assemble, put together, build from parts'; a
derivative means 'factory'. Also: yapita amoluwi "some assembly required"
(lit. it needs some assembly [genitive case]). You _rundingar_ 'cause to
stand' a house.
2 other ways: rumolule sendesh yunda (1. me/mile yarumbinda = causes
(dative)me/us to be happy) or (2. yarumbinda kashe = makes a person happy).
Causative verbs must have an object. For reasons of euphony, #2 would be
preferred I think.