Re: Simple translation exercise?

Omeina reminds me of Finnish.  I take it that it was a major source of
inspiration?

The |-lla| and the |-nna| terminations are what gave it away, and the |ma|
first person plural.  Looks good!

Wesley Parish

On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 04:48, you wrote:
> Omeina:
>
> Lada sunella ma, o sunenna súain ma
> (sit) (night + durative) (we are), (and) (night + essive) (silent) (we are)
> The durative case is used rather than the locative, as this translates
> better the idea of the passage of night-time.
> Mike
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> > --- Christian Thalmann skrzypszy:
> > > "We are sitting in the night, and like the night, we are silent."
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Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?"
You ask, "What is the most important thing?"
Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata."
I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."

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