Re: Translation thingy (was Re: Antipassive)

 --- Padraic Brown skrzypszy:

> > > > "The girl who was hit by her brother was
> > > > punished".
> > > > "The girl who hit her brother was
> > > > punished"
>
> > Jovian:
> >
> > Puella can suu frazer velbrava fiva punida.
> > Puella cae velbrava suun fradren fiva punida.
>
> In Kerno we can say
>
> Puniseor la gouednín ferise lê tew mbrazoere.
> Puniseor la gouednín ke brazoer feriseore.
> Puniseor la gouednín del feriend le brazoere.
Hey, I can do that too. Let's see how they handle the poor girl in the R.T.C.:

Pia£a, kwala fi bastuta o swej wracz, jara puniata.
  (the girl, who was hit by her (own) brother, was punished)

Pia£a, kwala baszczy swej wracz, jara puniata.
  (the girl, who had hitten her (own) brother, was punished)

pia£a         girl
kwal, -a      (relative pronoun)
jeszer        to be; _fi_ (perf.3p), _jara_ (impf.3p)
bas'cier (1)  to hit; _baszczy_ (perf.3p), _bastut_ (part.perf.pass.)
o (+acc)      through, by
swej          (reflexive possessive pronoun)
wracz         brother
punier        to punish; _puniat_ (part.perf.pass.)

(1) Wenedyk has at this moment two words for "to hit". The difference is
subtle, but in general "bas'cier" is more intentional than "czadzier".

Jan

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