On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 09:55:26PM +0200, Adam Raizen wrote:
> la djorden cusku di'e
>
> > mi tavla tai lo'e gerku
> > I talk like a dog
> >
> > mi tavla sekai leka ce'u jai fenki
> > My talking exhibits the quality of it being frenzied
> > I talk crazily
>
> In both cases the tag modifies the whole bridi, so the first sentence
Right, but that's what I wanted it to do.
> is something like 'My talking is like a dog.' To get the English
> gloss, I would use 'mi ne tai lo'e gerku cu tavla'.
I think yours says "I (who, btw, am like a dog (in some way)) talk".
I accept 'My talking is like a dog.' as another possible gloss of
"mi tavla tai lo'e gerku". I was trying to word it in a more
normal-ish english way though, which is "I talk like a dog".
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