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Re: Found the obscure language of Thunder Rock!

From:Irina Rempt-Drijfhout <ira@...>
Date:Thursday, August 5, 1999, 20:00
I wrote:

> mi-se-n=F3-i e- bodh- =F3- mi-ruz- le-ma- t lah-ai-ve e- ro- ro- t > 2- A- DU-IO Neg-money-DO-2c-give-1c-PST-Neg 1- F- DP Neg-FUT-FUT-Neg >=20 > We will never pay you any tribute.
That comes from cut-and-paste... It should be like this, of course: e- bodh- =F3- mi-ruz- le-ro- t (that is: ebodh=F3miruzlerot) Neg-money-DO-2c-give-1c-FUT-Neg because this whole sentence is in the future tense.
> tem-ke > be- PRF >=20 > That's a fact!
Actually, this is used as a kind of heartfelt "Amen!" as in "Amen to that, sister".=20 Irina Varsinen an laynynay, saraz no arlet rastynay. irina@rempt.xs4all.nl (myself) http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/index.html (English) http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/backpage.html (Nederlands)