--- In conlang@y..., Andreas Johansson <and_yo@H...> wrote:
> Christian Thalmann wrote:
> >|Mo xynae golme u tra galme tize.|
> >/mO zy"na: "gOlmM tra "galm@ ti:Z/
> >be:3e language:d be_beautiful:PST:PTC PRE more beautiful now
> >
> >"The having-been beautiful language is more beautiful now."
>
> Couple questions:
>
> What does "PRE" mean,
Predicative case. I keep forgetting to explain the abbreviations
lately. My fault. =P
> and is it correct that the word _u_ is unpronounced?
> Is the different pronunciations of the final -e's in _golme_ and _galme_
> conditioned by the words' stressed vowels, or is it just a case of ambiguous
> spelling?
These two questions have the same answer: /"gOlmM/ is simply the
contracted pronunciation of |golme u|. The schwa of |golme| is
elided.
Anyway, it's good to see somebody actually pays attention to those
translations. =)
-- Christian Thalmann