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Re: [ceqli] Re: parsing phrases



on 1/27/04 6:30 PM, HandyDad at lsulky@hidden.email wrote:

> --- In ceqli@yahoogroups.com, "HandyDad" <lsulky@r...> wrote:
>> 1) Is there a marker that separates a subject phrase from a verb
>> phrase without applying a tense?
>> 
> Oh, wait. Good old "sa" will do the job, won't it? "To grin xyen sa
> pipyar to dom" (or "To grinse xyen sa pipyar to dom" for further
> clarity). Can we say that "sa" followed by a conjunction like "and"
> or "but" means "this is the end of a phrase and here comes another of
> the same type", while "sa" followed by something else means "this is
> the end of a phrase and here comes a phrase of a different type"?

I think so.  Usually not necessary, of course.

To grinse xyen kay to bluse felin, ca gi dorm sta to dom.

But necessary or at least helpful in:

To jini hu pa kay bu do bi gose fren, sa, kay zise pamose fren hu toyl sta
to honseldom, sa, sa do gi dwel to hoqse dom.

Turns out you need three sa's.  One to group each term, and one to group the
preceding two sa's.   Probably in actual speech you'd say something like:

kyu zi jan to jini hu pa kay bu do bi gose fren?  kay zise pamose fren hu
toyl sta to honseldom?  Juy kay fuy do gi dwel to hoqse dom.\

Or you'd use close-parenthetical method:

To jini hu pa kay bu do bi gose fren behu,  kay zise pamose fren hu toyl sta
to honseldom behu, sa do gi dwel to hoqse dom.

Comments?
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