Re: A random bit of Telona

>  > 'The eyes are blind. One must look with the
> heart.'
>
> Wheee!  A translation exercise!  =)

Yeina i ssilmë tildienta, ther tanu pelyello limmo i
suru.
'The eyes being sightless, one must search with the
heart'

Clause One:
i-ay-na     i L-tilma-i tildi-enta
Conj-be-GER the eye-PL  sight-LESS

Conj: Conjunctive
L- :  Lenition

Phonological notes:
i  > y  in some instances before -ei-
ay > ei before consonants.
L: t > ss, p > ph, k > zero, s > /s./
a-i > /e/ <ë>

the-r         ta-nu   pel-yello limmo   i suru-u.
necessary-3s. one-DAT search-INF. using the
heart-INSTR

Phonology Notes:
u-u > u

Vocab Notes:
tilma 'eye' is a Low Silindion word, corresponding to
the literary High Silindion, tilissë.

ther 'it is necessary' is the 3rd person singular
present of _thiello_ 'to be necessary' (the-).

Another way to express this would have been using the
gerundive of necessity _peldanu_ 'fit to be looked
for' However, this couldn't have been employed in this
sentence because there needs to be a object, or
rather...something which is _fit to be looked for_.
Here however, it's just a general statement with
nothing as object.

The third means to express this would be using the
verb
_yathendiello_ However this means 'to be necessary
morally or as a part of a law, to be under an
obligation, ought to'. It's use in this sentence would
imply that there is some moral or lawful
necessity..rather than just a simple plee to use the
heart.

limmo: 'employing the perception of, using' This
derives from the noun _limma_ 'sense'. It is used with
nouns of perception like, mind, heart, eyes, hand so
forth. It can sometimes be used with other nouns aas
well.

suru: 'the emotional heart, seat of emotions' This is
contrasted with  auka 'physical heart'

Elliott Lash



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