coi ro do
At a bit of a tangent: I looked up ki'e in jbovlaste, and saw it's defined as:
vocative: thanks - no thanks to you.
I've seen this sort of thing in many other places (in jbovlaste), and never understand exactly the intended meaning is. Could someone please clarify for me whether ki'e means "thanks" or "no thanks to you", or if I'm just completely misunderstanding?
From context, of course, it's clear Ryan meant to say "thanks". So what's up with the other half of the definition?
mu'oOn Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Ryan Leach <rsw.leach@gmail.com> wrote:
ki'e .pier.
I have developed a tendency to mix up tricu and troci, and noticed it
as soon as you pointed it out.
If I understand you correctly, then in order to indicate possession, I
must include both the "le" and the "mi"- as in "mi batci le mi gerku".
I thought that the 'le' was elidable- I appreciate the correction.
It also looks as though I am overusing cmavo to modify the sentence
compared with how you wrote it. Would you agree that this is the case?
Also, I looked up ra'o in jbovlaste and am not certain that I
understand it. What exactly is a 'pro-assignment context update'?
I am going to try to retranslate the selection using your corrections
as a guide and then re post it here. Thank you for the assistance.
ki.e
.rai.yn
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> On Thursday 17 September 2009 14:35:55 Ryan Leach wrote:
>> I am trying to translate english stories. I believe that this is good
>> practise.
>>
>> .i mi tricu fanva le glico lisri .i mi jimpe du'o nu xamgu tadni .i
>
> "tricu" means "tree". do skudji zo troci. The second sentence means "I
> understand, which is known by event of good study" (needs "le" before "nu" to
> parse). I'd say something like "pe'i la'e di'u nu xamgu tadni".
>
>> -----------------------------------------------
>>
>> I've written mi translation next.
>>
>> mi ciska mi fanva cu di'e .i
>
> ki'a? .i lu mi ciska di'e no'u le mi xelfanva li'u
>
>> ------------------------------------------------
>>
>> lu mi pu tirna da'e ra'i da'e goi mi pa'upatfu .ije mi pa'upatfu go'e
>> .ije do'i rapli nu so'i pano nanca .i
>
> I was stumped by the first sentence, but it parses. It means "«I heard it
> (which is something I'll say later) from it (which is something I'll say
> later) which is I» is a father with a component". That is, the quotation is a
> father with an unspecified component. Here's how I'd say it:
>
> mi tirna da'e ra'i le mi pafpa'u .i ri tirna da'e ra'i le vo'a pafpa'u .i ri
> go'i ra'o .i la'e di'u rapli ca'o lo ctona'a be li so'i
>
> mu'omi'e .pier.
>
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