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Re: Predicting the future

From:caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>
Date:Friday, March 3, 2006, 3:39
--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Sanghyeon Seo <sanxiyn@...> per pêca:

>I came across this quote by Alan Kay, and I thought it'd make a good >translation exercise:
>The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
In Senjecas: pôsam alvááðlu gâlüa nam dêêsa êsa. pos-am future-MOT.SG (MOT = motive case) al=vaað=lu COMP.proclitic=good (w/ lenition)= ADV.MANNER.enclitic gâlü-a predict-VERBNOUN n-am that-MOT.SG dêês-a invent-VERBNOUN ês-a be-IND Charlie http://wiki.frath.net/user:caeruleancentaur