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Re: Concerning trolls - a translation excercise

From:Peter Bleackley <peter.bleackley@...>
Date:Friday, February 20, 2009, 15:16
staving Eugene Oh:

>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
flt is pronounced [fl=t] Pete