Re: translation exercise

>--- In conlang@y..., Elliott Belser <renyard@P...> wrote:
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>>  The opposite of love isn't hatred.  It's apathy.
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>In Obrenje:
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>Twantosee ur ula tas fecca.  E mo takria.
>/twantO"Se: Mr "u:la tas "hECCa  E mO ta"kri:a/
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>Twantosee   ur  ula   tas     fecca.  E           mo     takria.
>opposite:d  of  love  not:3e  hate.   PER:3i:PRE  be:3e  apathy
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>"Hate is not the opposite of Love.  Apathy is it."
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>>  Lon polaer ve'ai'ng oi ben'a oudel.  Ben'a kron em'oi'shtiar'e.
>  > LOHN pohlAIR ve-AY-ng o-Y ben'AH ohuDEHL.  Ben'AH KROHN EHM-o-Y-shtiy-AR-e.
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>Hmmm, I'm not sure I fully understand your pronunciation guide.  Is
>"AY" the diphthong in "day"?  And what about "Y"?  Or "RH"?  X-SAMPA
>or, preferably, an audio recording would be helpful.  =)
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>-- Christian Thalmann


Hmmn.  I must learn X-Sampa.  Ay is as in "day."  The Y is a long "E"
sound: no is Oi or Oh-EE.  RH should have been just R, and they have
a guttural R sound that I transliterate as RH.
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