Re: YANCL: try finding the morphems

> > > > Vasiliy Chernov:
> > > >
> > > > >   Da tshelila gus lînila se, da tshelila si bu ibereù.
> > > > >   I hate to love you, and I hate me for that.
> > > >
> > > > >   Da tshelila gus tshelila se, da tshelila si bu ibereù.
> > > > >   I hate to hate you, and I hate me for that.
> > > >
> > Just a guess
> > da- 1st pers sg
> > tsheli- love
> > li:nil- hate
> > -a- suffix agreeing with the a of da?
> > s- pronominal stem (only for sg?) or perhaps acc stem
> > -e- 1st pers sg suffix (oblique)
> > se- I, me
> > -i- 2nd pers (sg?pl?) suffix (oblique) - given the context, I would
>guess
> > sg.
> > si- you (sg?pl?)
> >
>Which would gloss as:
>         Da tshelil-a gus lînil-a s-e, da tshelil-a si bu ibereù.
>         I love-a {gus} hate-a ACC-1st, I love-a ACC-2nd {bu} {ibereù}
>         I love {gus} hate me, I love you {bu} {ibereù}
>         I hate to love you, and I hate me for that.
>
>Well, at least {tshelila} and {lînila} should be the oposite.  (btw: <î> is
>/y/).  I don't thing the structure is in only these two sentences and the
>whole seven sentences will be needed.
>
>-- Carlos Th
Whoops. The EL/CL word for love is [lag^a:l], which must have been in
my mind. Its opposite is [d<h>jojad].
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