Re: odd phrase/translation exercise
| From: | Arthaey Angosii <arthaey@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 10, 2005, 2:27 |
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Emaelivpeith Mark J. Reed:
> "Non sapevo che tu fossi filosofo". This is Italian for
> "I didn't know that you were a philosopher".
>
> I also thought it'd make a good translation exercise, especially for a
> romlang. :)
No romlang here either, but the translation into Asha'ille:
Kr'llavpeni ne jhor'aet t'pejhiva lli.
/,kr\El@_X'lAvpEni nE Zor\'et tE,PEZIvAl@_X'lI/
kre llav -p- -ni ne jhor aet* te pejhiva'lli
NEG know PAST SELF OBJ COP you* COP philosopher
* This pronoun is insulting in this particular context.
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