Re: Concerning trolls - a translation excercise

Peter Bleackley schrieb:
> Let him be pitied, who thinks there is only one way to make a language.
Ayeri:

Ang mea tavisaya dipakanas sang paronayāng sa yomareng miran men-nama
tiyayam naranoas.
Ang mea tavisa-iya-Ø dipakan-as s-ang parona-yāng sa yoma-reng miran-Ø
men=nama tiya-yam narano-as
AGTFOC shall receive-3s:masc.FOC pity-PAT REL-AGT believe-3s.AGT PATFOC
exist-3s:inan.AGT way-FOC one=only make-BEN language-PAT
'He shall/May he receive pity who believes there exists only one way to
create a language.'

I guess the person in question would still object that our languages are
not extraordinary enough to count. IMHO people who think that anything
fictional is an idiotic waste of time should be left to themselves, any
effort to proselytize them is a waste of time as well.

Carsten

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