Re: translation exercise

In Hattic:

Alãd zo muj jagua:
" imäj ha pu šãdveler!
Faflãsu jãz flašu!"
Saschu ašimäjam af ha apum šãdveler.
Ha ajärsenad flašu.

> A voice said to me:
> "Smile and be happy!
> Things could be worse!"
> So I smiled and was happy.
> And things got worse.
Word list:
lauz        = to say (imperf. 3 sg. alãd)
zo (+ dat.) = to
af          = I (dat. muj)
jagua       = voice
šimäjaz     = to smile (imperat.sg. šimäj; imperf. 1
              sg. ašimäjam)
ha          = and
jãz         = to be (imperat.sg. pu; imperf. 1 sg.
              apum)
šãdveler    = happy
flãz        = can, to be able (cond. 3 sg. faflãsu)
feler       = bad (compar. flašer)
saschu      = so
järsenaz    = to become (imperf. 3 sg. ajärsenad)


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"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought,
wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that
happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great
comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." --- J.
Michael Straczynski

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