Re: TRANS: a child's exercise

On Sun, 5 Sep 1999, FFlores wrote:

The Brithenig Version

> The exercise:
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Yn gwiadig in yn farch
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Sig yn dun per mew cab-annal degif, mew tad druithaf yn gwiadig
distraermi.  Nu weddifan in yn di nustr farch biscar.  Subr lla farch
sa'r deg' +on ke goninewefant iaethar ddlo llin in lla for.  Ll+a ys
thraefant llo llin intr, ke sunt gwenid di bluin ddlo phisc.  Ys syddafant
mullt.  Ill of ke denef ill umrsul di dad sufflaf ddlo went a nu, mai llo
h-+on ke iaethafant llo llin h-ant negyn ffager-a per llo.  In nhan ys
h-erant callt, ys h-erant ffelig' dibos yn un ogr llo fferif.  Mai ll+a yn
nefol n+ir affaraf, addyn ys thraefant sew llin intr seint ddlo phisc, e
rhuifafant gwers ill porth.  Ffinalfent nu nu dunafan a fas a'll doc.
Druith a'll temp ll+a sa g+ynidiaf plywar e daranar.  Mew tad lla nhoif
rhen, mai in nhan eo'r callt, eo lla doif mullt
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> Interlinear translation:
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Yn gwiadig in yn farch
A  trip.m  in a  boat.f
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Sig yn dun    per mew cab-annal    degif,
As  a  gift.m for my  head_of_year tenth

mew tad   druithaf       yn gwiadig distraermi.
my  dad.m set_up.past.sg a  trip    amuse.inf_me

Nu weddifan   in yn  di nustr farch phiscar.
We go.past.1p in one of our   boat  fish.inf

Here the verb piscar, to fish, is used as a adjective and takes an initial
mutation to mark it as plural.

Subr lla   farch sa'r       yn deg +on
On   the.f boat  there_were a  ten  men

ke  goninewefant     iaethar   llo   llin in lla    for.
REL continue.past.3p throw.inf the.p net  in  the.f sea

Ll+a ys   thraefant    llo   llin intr,  ke  sunt gwenid  di bluin ddlo
Then they pull.past.3p the.p net  inside REL are  come.pp of full  of_the

phisc.
fish.p

Ys   syddafant     mullt.
they sweat.past.3p much

Ill   of  ke denef        ill   umrsul    di dad sufflaf     yn gwent a
the.m man REL hold.past.s the.m shade_sun of dad blow.past.s a  wind  at

nu,
us

Most Chomro would find this very odd behaviour.  It's hard to suggest what
would be stranger to them: a man using a sun umbrella; or needing someone
to hold it for him.  'GOS ES-TY!  Translating it straight is easier than
trying to find an analogy (the man who held dad's briefcase, perhaps)

mai llo   h-+on iaethafant          llo   llin h-afant      negyn
but the.p men   (who) throw.past.3p the.p net  have.past.3p no_one

ffager-a    per lle
do.inf-that for them.indirect
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>         Good observer, this child. Let's hope he doesn't get
>         strange ideas after this. :)
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In nhan    ys   h-erant   callt, ys   h-erant   ffelig' dibos yn un
In as_much they be.past.p hot    they be.past.p happy   after a wave

ogr  llo  fferif.
cool them hit.past.s

Mai ll+a yn nefol n+ir  affaraf,
but then a  cloud black appear.past.s

addyn   ys   thraefant   llo   llin intr   seint   ddlo   phisc,
at_once they pull.past.p the.p net  inside without of_the fish.p

e   rhuifafant dyrfent gwers  ill   porth.  Ffinalfent nu nu ddunafan a
and row.past.p hard    toward the.m port    Finally    we us give.past.1p

a  fas  a'll     doc.
to down to_the.m dock

Druith a'll     temp ll+a, sa  g+ynidiaf    plywar   e   daranar.
Right  at_the.m time then, she begin.past.s rain.inf and thunder.inf.

Mew tad lla        nhoif           rhen,
my  dad her.direct NEG.like.past.s NEG

mai in nhan    eo'r  callt, eo lla        doif        mullt.
but in as_much I_was hot    I  her.direct like.past.s much

- andrew.
--
Andrew Smith, Intheologus                       hobbit@earthlight.co.nz

    Jesus is working out his salvation; he is about halfway there.