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Re: Kioshu

From:jogloran <exponent@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 29, 2002, 7:44
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Very nice page, a bit long to load though but maybe t'was my
computer. i would
like some more details re. the subclause:
i would understand /John nik useshunk in tereu euko ubichuvi tivosh/
as meaning
/[the fact] that [John wrote a book] is a bestseller/ because euko
follows the
verb /tereu/ and would refer to it.

>>
In my conlang, I would translate them thusly (insufficient vocab to translate whole sentence! Oops :) : The book that John wrote is a bestseller book, NA John write.pst.3s bestseller be.3s lit: The book, the one that John wrote is a bestseller John who writes the book is an author John NA(person) book write.3s author be.3s lit: John, the person who writes the book is an author. _na_ is a particle that functions ... well, as you see above. Imperative