Re: Give us this day our daily translation

>Message: 1
>    Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 02:30:00 -0400
>    From: Matt McLauchlin <matt_mcl@...>
>Subject: Re: FW: Give us this day our daily translation
>
> >"Gratitude is the sign of noble souls"
Noble souls show gratitude.
tyeiendro'neimondra ta'ndra ta'mpha'la roupha'dyama'mabwo
[t_jej.,en.dro:.'nej.mon.dra 'ta:n.dra 'ta:m.p_ha:.la
row.,p_ha:.d_ja.'ma:.ma.b_wo]
tyeien(d)-ro'n-eim-o-n(d)-r-a ta'n(d)-r-a ta'm-pha'l-a
rou-pha'-dyama'm-a-bwo
clear-CAUS-IMPF-3RD-ANPL soul-ANAGAFF-ANNOMPL soul-ANACCAFF-ANNOMPL
they (animate)-ANDATAFF-give-INAGAFF-ANDATEND
CAUS=causative affix
IMPF=imperfect
3RD=3rd person
AN=animate
PL=plural
AG=agentive
AFF=affix
NOM=nominative
ACC=accusative
DAT=dative
END=case ending
Roupha'dyama'malei ([-d_ja.ma:.'ma.lej}) doesn't quite mean gratitude, but
an attitude that is partly English gratitude, partly eternal debt, and
partly a sense that both the agent and the patient were fated to interact in
this manner.

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