Re: translation exercise

--- Boudewijn Rempt <boud@...> wrote:
> When talking to the cat:
>
> Quna! Yanir  tautau.musau.yara gusir.tayr!
> cat!  2fsLGH SNEG.piss.DSP     bed.TEG
> Cat! Don't you piss all over the bed!
That would be: "Oyzes-ty va chatte-caleyes: sis ty
pissant are leck!" Or, "Look here me jolly puss: quit
pissin on the bed!"

You could also, more simply, say: "Ne meyas ty en are
leck!" Or, "Don't thou piss all over the bed!"

Oyzes and sis are imperatives, of ozer and siser
(listen and quit) respectively. A number of
prepositions could be used for "on"; I used 'ar',
though 'po' and 'syr' would work just as well. 'Ne
meyas' is a form of the negative imperative (ne +
subjunctive).

> Yanir is the second person feminine low grade
> honorific pronoun. Usually
> people will use the affective pronouns for their
> cats, but in view of the
> situation... Not that the situation is all that bad,
> Charyan beds are mere
> reed mattresses and easily cleaned at the nearest
> _lauye_,
If the situation persists, I'd imagine the matresses
could easily be disposed of! [If not the Cat. :)]

Padraic.


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Camifi, Marusi, teterani, tester fuferios asteros; tamenio
vem Persaecion empuriase ed ec pasem emduriase.
        -Pomperios Perfurios.

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