You already know the five basic predicate conversion prefixes (SE): zo, zu, za, ze, zi. However, unlike Lojban, Gua\spi some additional ones, which might take some time getting used to, but which probably will come in handy at some point. Here they are:
Unrelatedly, here the beginning of an interlinnear of the text on the whiteboard from an earlier post. Would you find such a thing helpful for the entire text? It's a lot of work to do this...
- zm = (1 2 3) becomes (2 3 1)
- zr = Switch x2 and x3
- zl = Switch x2 and x4
- zy = Switch x2 and x5
Unrelatedly, here the beginning of an interlinnear of the text on the whiteboard from an earlier post. Would you find such a thing helpful for the entire text? It's a lot of work to do this...
^:a | |vi | gza | ^ve | qe | kam | \sa | cil | ^qu | jaiw | =tiri | |va | ga | xim | \do |
Then | discursive | new paragraph | modal case: | [sticky] | yells | x3 = | child | the one named | "Eye | of tiger" | supplementary assertion | hereby (ca'e) | called | do (var 1) |
/fi | jiw | \su | cana | fer | ^vi | gaw | ||||||||
[return to top] | surprised | x2 = | boat | carrier | discursive | warn |
"Tigereye cries to the children: "The barge (boat carrier), look out!"
Notes:
This is the first sentence of a new paragraph (indicated by |vi gza (gza = x1 is the first sentence of a paragraph)), and so it makes use of a goi-like mechanism; we assign Tigereye the word do (the first of three ko'a-variables), by using the word xim = x1 is called/has name x2, attached with a restrictive subordinate clause.
qu is a lot like Lojban's {la}; the following phrase is turned into a name.
The word qe acts like a {ki} but it can sticky any modal case you want, here it makes it so that every following sentence is also equipped with ^ve kam, i.e. the yelling continues (and the one who does the yelling as well as the one being yelled at stay the same) until a new sticky tense is used, or the old one is removed.
There are many subordinates in this sentence, so it might be hard to follow. If you take all of them away, all that's left is "^:a jiw \su cana fer" ~ "(someone) is surprised about the barge". Of course, with all the discursives the sentence is turned into an emphatic, yelled, warning.
Pay close attention to where all the different phrases end, keep in mind that a 5th tone always ends the previous one and then starts a new phrase on the same level. With the above explanations and the previous posts you have the necessary tools to understand the structure of this sentence. As always, leave a comment if you have questions or suggestions. (I know the formatting is a bit ugly, but I don't know how to fix that, and unless someone complains, I don't intend to)
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Notes:
This is the first sentence of a new paragraph (indicated by |vi gza (gza = x1 is the first sentence of a paragraph)), and so it makes use of a goi-like mechanism; we assign Tigereye the word do (the first of three ko'a-variables), by using the word xim = x1 is called/has name x2, attached with a restrictive subordinate clause.
qu is a lot like Lojban's {la}; the following phrase is turned into a name.
The word qe acts like a {ki} but it can sticky any modal case you want, here it makes it so that every following sentence is also equipped with ^ve kam, i.e. the yelling continues (and the one who does the yelling as well as the one being yelled at stay the same) until a new sticky tense is used, or the old one is removed.
There are many subordinates in this sentence, so it might be hard to follow. If you take all of them away, all that's left is "^:a jiw \su cana fer" ~ "(someone) is surprised about the barge". Of course, with all the discursives the sentence is turned into an emphatic, yelled, warning.
Pay close attention to where all the different phrases end, keep in mind that a 5th tone always ends the previous one and then starts a new phrase on the same level. With the above explanations and the previous posts you have the necessary tools to understand the structure of this sentence. As always, leave a comment if you have questions or suggestions. (I know the formatting is a bit ugly, but I don't know how to fix that, and unless someone complains, I don't intend to)
End of Part 12