Re: The Magical Tree (Translation project)

Paul Bennett wrote:
> I know Nik also said to forget about it, but I just couldn't help myself.
I never said to forget about it, I intended for people to translate it!
:-)

> "Far away, hidden by the sun, is a magical tree that bears magical fruit."
Cool, I like that phrasing "hidden by the sun".

> [Note the use of F6 in phomupayak to show the concept of "the tree and all that
> is
> associated with it", rather than phomupayap which would have mean "something
> that is
> associated with the tree".  The F3 inside wiwkhikat is in nominal agreement with
>  this.]
Fascinating.  Could you describe these F's in more detail?

> Rough Key:
Just a little suggestion, most people usually put the key at the
beginning of the text.

> Position;
> Positions tend to imply both states and positions (and a bunch of other stuff)
> Near - Near
> Far - Far
> App - Apparent, reachable, visible
> Obs - Obscure, unreachable, invisible
Cool, I like these.

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