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Re: A use for "aizh" ...

From:Christian Thalmann <cinga@...>
Date:Wednesday, August 28, 2002, 22:01
--- 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