Re: Concerning trolls - a translation excercise

Ooh, exciting!

There are a few ways to do this in Classical Arithide:

1. Fairē, dhel-mathintae veirē ire dum meta painone.
pity.IMP, language-construction.DAT only one.ESS method.ESS * think.AGT.ACC
Pity the one who thinks that only one method exists for constructing a
language.

2. Dhel-mathintae veir veirē ire dum meta painona fairesit.
language-construction.DAT only one.ABL method.ABL * think.IMPF.ppl.AGT.TOP
pity.PASS-IMP
Let he who thinks that only one method exists for constructing a language be
pitied.
Where * is the name of the particle that indicates a direct quotation
immediately before (what is the name for this?).

Peter, how do you pronounce the cluster <flt> in the example you gave? Is
the <l> vocalised, or syllabified?

Eugene
2009/2/20 Peter Bleackley <Peter.Bleackley@...>

> Recent events have inspired the following, which we might all like to have
> a go at translating into our own languages.
>
> rowniuflt yi u amiti yi yagonku dahiuf naz mod misu apo de
> rown-i-uf-lt yi u amit-i yi yag-on-ku dah-i-uf naz mod misu ap-o de
> pity-3p-pass-imp 3p rel think-3p 3p speak-PrP-topic be-3p-pass way one
> alone make-inf 3p
>
> Let him be pitied, who thinks there is only one way to make a language.
>
> Pete
>

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