Re: "Bird in Tree" translation (was: Re: milimpulaktasin)

Ahem.  I left out the word virik 'beautiful' in the 3rd line.
>Kash:
>-- tingaska ange mimik yu!
>look-at-IMP. tree little that
>
>-- matikas.
>I-see.
>
>-- ri nihiñi yale tukrinji shisu.
>LOC top-its there-is tukrim-DIM red
That should be:  ri nihiñi yale tukrinji shisu virik. (= a red tukrim that
is beautiful); one could also say ...tukrinji virik shisu (=a beautiful t.
that is red)-- not quite equivalent, since tukrimila, in and of themselves,
are not considered beautiful.

There is, incidentally, a limit of 2 adjectives (including demonstratives)
following a noun.  More than that requires rephrasing, usually with a
relative clause.

(snip)
>A much more colloquial version:  --tiká, ri angembik yu!  --tikas (or:
>yale).  --ri nihiñi, tukrinji shisu virik. -- e, virik (or: viri-virik),
ya?

And as explained in my reply to Matt Pearson, the last line works better
with introductory u:~uwá 'ooh; gee, yes' or uhá 'wow', rather than /e/,
which does not convey  much interest on the speaker's part.