Re: Cute little sentence

On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Adrian Morgan wrote:
> I think the following sentence from my conlang is quite cute :-)
>
>      /tOnOT pregeTdris OroU tOnOT arOl ix/
>
> spelt,
>      Tonot* preget*drys oriu tonot* !rol ykk
>      where (t* == pi-shape) and (! == lambda-shape)
>
> means,
>      Constructing languages always causes happiness.
>
In Kélen:
se ántá ilnaren to an sóren kélene;

se
        The relational se in the present generic, signalling that there will be
a source, a goal, and something transacted.

ántá
        The noun 'joy', the thing transacted.

ilnaren
        always

to
        inanimate source marker

an sóren
        language(s)

kélene
        crafted, as an adjective.
 or...
"(Someone) always gets joy from constructed language."
 or...
"Constructed language is always a source of joy."

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