TRANS: I learned Swedish in Uppsala. (was Re: Gray/Grey, conscripts, 'conlang', etc.)

On 24 Jan 00, at 20:19, Barry Garcia wrote:

> alrivera@southern.edu writes:
> >
> >Matt Pearson <jmpearson@...> sez:
> >> (I learned Swedish in Uppsala.)
> >
> >This is irrelevant, but that's the coolest sentence I've heard all day.
> >
> >In Kaðuhhan (borrowing 'Uppsala' directly, and 'Sweden') it'd be something
> >like:
> >
> >ðuhan-caððy  di-Suiddensy ruk-tan-terella-tasty  upsalla-sa-hai.
> >Language.acc gen.Sweden   1sg.perf.Learn.vb.past Uppsala.ess.ad
> >'Language of Sweden, I learned at Uppsala.'
> >
> Oooh......i think i'll try this :)
>
> Dereliman esan yu Swidis ka Upsala
> learned.actor-focus   I  subj.marker  Swedish  in Uppsala
>
> In this example, i am talking about myself, which is why the actor focus
> is used. If  I want to "highlight" Swedish, I would use the object focus
> (replace '-an' with '-in')
>
> or:
>
> Derelimak esan yu Upsala as Swidis.
> learned.loc-focus  I  subj.marker  Uppsala   non-subj.marker   Swedish
>
> In this example, Upsala takes the subject marker because i'm focusing on
> where I learned Swedish (well I don't know a word of swedish, but...)
> Literally it means "I learned in Uppsala, Swedish", but a loose
> translation makes it mean pretty much the same as the above. I could have
> placed "Swidis" before "Upsala", but traditionally, whatever takes the
> subject marker is placed before whatever takes the non-subject marker. The
> meaning would not change, however.
>
>
Ok, I'll bite:

In very shaky and tentative Meynian:
An  mei cheidthoagnium iupsalawenáth  oa  buasiug  speriegaeweicháth
/An meI tSeItT@UNUm    UpsAlAwenA:T   @U  b@sUg    sper\Ig&weItSA:T/
ERG 1p  learn.PAST.1p  upsala.AT.PERM ABS language sweden.GEN.PERM

Phones mainly x-sampa, except x-sampa { is shown as & for ease of reading

ERG - Ergative Case Article
PAST - Past perfect
AT - Inessive Marker
PERM - Permanent Attribute Marker
ABS - Absolute Case Article
GEN - (Normal) Genetive Marker