Re: Retranslation

Siyo!
Basically, this is how stress works:
1) For any "true" two-syllable root, the stress falls
on the first syllable.

2) Two-syllable pronoun prefixes for verbs (the
negative, and passive) have no stress in either.  This
does not work for the reflexive as per rule 4.

3) The one-syllable articles and demonstratives have
no stress, whether acting as prefixes or infixes.

There are two exceptions to these rules:
4) An "h" puts a stress on the preceding syllable.
5) A penultimate "e" receives a stress.
These rules came about as I have tried to speak the
words.

I hope it's a bit less of a mess for you.  The only
real trouble is picking up on the infixes properly,
but they're not common, and I think that the fluent
reader would automatically count the vowels in a noun
when there is not an article or demonstrative at the
beginning.

Dana!
Clint


--- Roger Mills <romilly@...> wrote:
> Clint Jackson Baker wrote:
> >I didn't clarify that this is the corrected
> version.
> >> > Iwolaki ladlehamalosanokayada lahowinoleha
> >> > tsidlahahekwihadani.  Hi leso si
> ihetsika....... etc.
>
> If you've already posted information on
> accentuation, my apologies...but it
> would be interesting to know where the stresses fall
>  in some of these long
> long forms.
> Hope this doesn't cause even more confusion ;-)))))

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