Small translation challenge [typo correction]
| From: | Cian Ross <cian@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, June 4, 2006, 5:03 |
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On Sat, 2006-06-03 at 23:09 -0500, Cian Ross wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-06-02 at 08:57 -0400, Larry Sulky wrote:
>
> > "The boy whose mother my daughter was later to befriend became ill."
>
> In Veldan, something like:
>
> Eteinnsidzit i paidas san i:melwocho uilau^ me:na uia i ag ta:ssu
> mata^ran.
>
> E-teinnsi-dzi-t i paida-s san
> IMM.PAST-ill-become-3RD.SG the son-NOM.SG that/which/such-that
>
> i:-melwo-ch-o uilau^ me:na uia
> IMM.FUT-befriend-4TH.SG-PERF later my-NOM.SG daughter-NOM.SG
...make that "me:a uia"....
-- CKR
> i ag ta:-ssu mata^ra-m.
> the to/of he[3RD]-PREP.SG mother-ACC.SG.
>
> ...where : = long vowel, ^ = long vowel that attracts an "unusual"
> stress accent, letters have generally Latin values
>
>
> Cool challenge.... :)
>
>
> Cian Ross
> cian@cox-internet.com
>
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