Re: Translation challenge: Fiat lingua
| From: | Scotto Hlad <scott.hlad@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, July 9, 2006, 17:45 |
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In Rumans,a it works out to:
Fas,ije linege
which has a nice ring as the final vowel sounds are the same.
Scotto
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From: "Carsten Becker" <carbeck@...>
> From: "Sally Caves" <scaves@...>
> Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 5:49 AM
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>> Kalalya palt. "Let be language." Cohortative for
>> "parem," be, "let be."
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> So is that what "Fiat Lingua" means?
More precisely, "let language be made." Fio/fiore, "be made, created, etc."
And I meant to say "jussive." ;) But to get that "made" meaning in Teonaht
would be too difficult. Teonaht has difficulties with passives, deponents,
etc. It really has neither.
Sally