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Re: The proverbial two birds...

From:Jim Hopkins <espero9@...>
Date:Wednesday, September 27, 2000, 2:48
"Fight linguistic extinction, invent a language!"

In Druni:

"Tá degrimóva sholárun khoryáte, sholóva deykyáte!"

Tá: non-declinable definite article [the].
degrimóva: accusative singular noun from "degrím" [estinction].
sholárun: genitive plural noun from "shól" [language]
khoryáte: third person singular active imperative from "khórya" [to
battle/combat].
sholóva: accusative singular noun from "shól" [language].
deykyáte:  third person singular active imperative from "déykya" [to invent].

Hence, literally:  "The extinction of languages combat, a language invent!"

Jim H
Tá Úvak Drúna (the Voice of Drun)