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Re: translation exercise

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, April 1, 1999, 21:10
Nik Taylor wrote:
> ta-zaba'-ta'n-dha'. Qaki'-na'-dh di'na' wa-tasa'-u'n > LocApl-go-3RatAbs-Hab. Go-3SIrrPl-Hab more G6-speed-COM > I'm not sure of the gender of the pronoun here.
Oops, another mistake, there's no pronoun here at all. I had one before, but then I changed the translation and dropped it, but forgot to change my commentary -- "It's bad manners to talk about ropes in the house of a man whose father was hanged." - Irish proverb http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-name: NikTailor