Re: Deep Water: Re- Conlanging

At 23:52 04/03/2000 +0200, you wrote:
> > Language is a ford through the river of time
> > It leads us to the dwelling of the ancestors
> > But he does not arrive there
> > Who is afraid of deep water
In Kélen:

la an tashón ja álme rú lji réin ílien áñ;
se-le rú ne márá an árjá;
é ñi ma wa rú shó
é ñi míren ánen-ñe to an hárá táwene;

la              an tashón       ja álme                 rú lji réin ílien áñ;
be (exist)      language        the crossing    through the River of Time

se              léanen          rú ne márá an árjá;
be (transfer)   us (coll.)      to the dwellings of the ancestors

é       ñi              ma      wa      rú shó
&       be (become)     3p      not     to there

é       ñi              míren   ánen-ñe         to              an hárá táwene;
&       be (become)     fear    with-same       of (source)     deep water

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Sylvia Sotomayor                                  sylvia1@ix.netcom.com
Kélen can be found at http://users.lmi.net/sylvia/Kelen/kelen.html

"In the beginning was the word. But by the time the second word was added
to it, there was trouble. For with it came syntax..."
John Simon, Paradigms Lost