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Re: New Brithenig words, part Deux.

From:Dan Jones <feuchard@...>
Date:Sunday, May 27, 2001, 17:03
Padraic Brown wrote:

> >Y-dhebyr an volthon malwonyon, ac an torc'h a-dhebyr an levaegaw,
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> >y-dhebyr an den an týrc'h ac an molthonot! > > Bloody Deukalion's Ark and no mistake! I got the sheep and the pig and > the snail and the slug; but the rest is a bit vague...
Honestly Padraic! Any civilised person (i.e. from the Ynysaw) can see that it means "the sheep eats snails and the pig eats slugs, but the man eats the pigs and the sheep!" Dan ----------------------------------------------- Ka yokonáu iti báyan: "cas'alyá abhiyo". Ka tso iti mantabayan: "yama zaláyá alánekayam la s'alika, cas'alika; ka yama yavarryekayan arannáam la vácika, labekayam vácika, ka ali cas'alyeko vanotira." ----------------------------------------------- Dan Jones

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