Daily Translation 9/23/00

>On Sat, 23 Sep 2000 19:50:27 -0400, The Gray Wizard <dbell@...>
>wrote:
>
> >English:   One good deed deserves another.
> >amman iar: carmvar bemin vemand elivas on carmvar vorimind vanimlariel
> >nathya:    min camva amanid iniminid vanimus
>
>Tirehlat: Me li nami sereda paran hatkatai se ghoida.
>
>me  li  nami sereda paran    hatka  -tai se   ghoida
>OBJ one good act    ought-to respond-IRR SUBJ other
>One good act ought to be responded to by another.
>
>(Note that instead of a passive voice, Tirehlat just exchanges the position
>of subject and object.)
Early Lahabic:
Dhobeimon tolkhe dhokyauemeiso' bya'lappha'kyauemato'r.
Dhob-eim-o-n tol-khe dho-kyauem-eiso' bya'lap-pha'-kyauem-a-to'r.
duty-IND-IMPF-3SG one-ANNOMSG again-do-INF good-ANDATAFF-do-INAGAFF
One (in general) ought to redo the deed of good Dhabra (both the benefactor
and beneficiary).
Notes: Tolkhe is identical to tolkhe, 'half'.
Classical La'bic:
Dhobi'mon tolkh dhokyaumi'so' bya'lapha'kyaumato'r.
Dhob-i'm-o-n tol-kh dho-kyaum-iso' bya'la-pha'-kyaum-a-to'r.
duty-IND-IMPF-3 one-ANNOMSG again-do-INF good-ANDATAFF-do-INAGAFF


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