Re: THEORY: Natural language change (was Re: Charlie and I)

At 03:00 09/21/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>On Mon, 20 Sep 1999 23:23:16 -0700 Barry Garcia
><Barry_Garcia@...> writes:
>> fortytwo@gdn.net writes:
>> >And what doth this mean, praytell?
>
>> It means "If you can understand this, you know too much" :)
>
>Now *that* sounds like a perfect translation excersize! :)
>
>Ihkh eza-kaun dhaz, ezoi-yed sha'zid.
>
>
>-Stephen (Steg)
> "...sadtub fa'mald-tzat uziizu, ihkh uziizu'nyih-yeished-ad!"
OK. In Ke'len:

e' hi' rie'n tha tho' shie'n i' hi' rie'n tha ne te'la' na'pie
if you [have] this-one understanding, then you [have] too many known-facts.

Though, in Ke'len, you are more likely to hear:

sa'en pa e' ne te'la' na'pie e' wa shie'n
he/she(emph) [has] too many facts and no understanding.

The idea of having too much understanding is nonsensical.

P.S. I'm going to be in Boulder, Colorado next week. Any conlangers want to
get together?

Sylvia




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