Re: A new translation exercise (was: lexicons)

Irina Rempt wrote:

>       When my great-great-grandfather was a young man, he travelled
>       out into the world. First he went west; there was only sand
>       there. Then he went north; there was only snow there. Then he
>       went east; there the mountains were too high and
>       great-great-grandfather couldn't climb them. At last he decided
>       to travel south, on foot, on horseback, by cart and by boat. In
>       the south he saw the largest city in all the world.
In Chleweyish:

Avey avey eb=E1 on ombatoe.  Convebe eb=FAn, hambu.  Cyon=F3 dao convebe,=
 rasya
rasya rasya cyon=F3.  Om=E1 ohoe.  Cyon=E9 alum convebe.  Stasyo art cyon=
=FA.
Om=E1 ohoe.  Cyon=FA oppa convebe,  Nemsa craccane art cyon=FA.  Om=E1 qu=
aye
cie.  Ohoe.  Cyon=E1chey uzey convebe.  Om=E1 convebe quisy, colpo m=E8,
hinhiro m=E8, yaveyta m=E8, langya m=E8.  Uzey om=E1 can, ceme quo et=E1s=
a rumbe,
rumbe nasy et=E1sa hambu.

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Avey        avey        eb=E1 on    ombatoe.
grandfather grandfather he  when (be)young-man

Convebe eb=FAn,     hambu.
travel  where-to? world

Cyon=F3   dao convebe, rasya rasya rasya cyon=F3.
firstly west travel  sand  sand  sand  that-place

Om=E1 ohoe.
he  not-like-and-decide-for-other-thing

Cyon=E9    alum  convebe.
secondly north travel

Stasyo art  cyon=E9.
snow   much that-place

Om=E1 ohoe.
he  not-like-and-decide-for-other-thing

Cyon=FA   oppa convebe.
thirdly east traveld

Nemsa    craccane art  cyon=FA.
mountain (be)high much there

Om=E1 quaye cie.
he  climb cannot

Ohoe.
not-like-and-decide-for-other-thing

Cyon=E1chey uzey  convebe.
lastly    south travel

Om=E1 convebe quisy,
he  travel  how?

colpo m=E8,  hinhiro m=E8,
leg   with horse   with

yaveyta m=E8,  langya m=E8.
cart    with boat   with

Uzey  om=E1 can,
south he  what-happen?

ceme quo   et=E1sa rumbe,
see  what? city  (is)big

rumbe   nasy      et=E1sa hambu.
(is)big more-than city  world


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   - =BFPor qu=E9 no?
   - No tiene sentido.
   - =BFQu=E9 sentido?  El sentido no existe.
   - El sentido inverso.  O el sentido norte.  El sentido com=FAn, tal
vez.  O sin sentido, como aqu=ED.
    (-- Graeville 2)