Re: translation exercise

>From: Christian Thalmann <cinga@...>
>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>Subject: Translation Exercise
>Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 21:22:39 +0200
>
>Here's an easy one to sink your teeth into.
>
>
>A voice said to me:
>"Smile and be happy!
>Things could be worse!"
>So I smiled
>And was happy.
>And things got worse.
>
Very philosophic. :) Could be from some too smart Mamqosian poet. :))

Anyway, in Mamqosian:

Anr yññi faamar:
"Ic'kecr ic'mir isjyy!
Jujuldad oñrytid tiaj naaba!"
Kööter köcfar...
imeer isjyy.
Uu öñrid aubi tiaj jujuldad.

/anr yNNi fa:mar
iS?keSr iS?mir isjy:
jujuldad oNrytid tiaj na:ba
k2:ter k2Sfar
ime:r isjy:
u: 2Nrid aubi tiaj jujuldad/


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I don't dare to try formatting this.

anr : say-past + singular
yññi : voice-nominative
faamar : I + dative

ic'kecr : and + imperative + smile-present + sg
ic'mir : and + imptive + be-pres + sg
isjyy : merry, joyful (of nature, not of mood) + accusative

jujuldad : comparative-unpleasant + adverb ending + plural
oñrytid : feel like, seem like-present + be able to + pl
tiaj : many + all "everything"
naaba : you + allative

kööter : it (abstract) + because of
köcfar : smile-past + 1. person sg

imeer : and + was-past + sg
isjyy : merry + acc.

uu : and
öñrid : feel-past + pl
aubi : then, after, after that
tiaj: "everything"
jujuldad : comparative-unpleasant + adv + pl

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Said voice for me:
"Both smile and be merry!
Worse could seem everything towards you.
Because of that, I smiled...
and was merry.
And did seem, soon after that, everything worse.


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-M. Å.


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