Re: Hutt

On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Daniel Andreasson wrote:

> > Fweepa niaga. Tolpa da bunky dunko.
> > (Clean the racks, then you can go home)
>
> > Tooney rana nu pratta dunko, shag.
> > (Connected? Whada you mean, slave?)
>
> Look at 'dunko'. I can't see how they possibly
> could mean the same thing. And suddenly 'chuba'
> isn't 'you' anymore.  What do you think?
Perhaps Huttese allows pronouns to be left
out if understood from context, as in Japanese.
How about this analysis:

  Fweepa niaga
  racks  clean-Imp
  "Clean the racks"

  Tolpa   da   bunky   dunko
  home-go then be.able would
  "Then [you] will/would be able to go home"

  Tooney    rana nu   pratta dunko, shag?
  connected by   what mean   would  slave
  "What would [you] mean by connected?"

Here I interpret Huttese as being loosely
verb-final, with a clause-final future/conditional
auxiliary "dunko".  Fanciful, I know, but hey...

Matt.