The Other Tale

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 7125
Date: 2001-04-17

>Not a bad job. A few obvious corrections so far:

Hey, y'know, boys and girls, this is a great way to better get
familiar with PIE grammar and the problems therein. Hmmm, I think
I will shameless try my hand at that other fable to see if we
can't fill in some blanks. Like, couldn't we use something like *sel- "jump"
for "play" or *nokW- "darken" for "to pollute"?

warenm selet sreumni
wlkWos warenei wekWet,
"wodr nokWta pixWom kWem. tWe [prosecute]o:mi to:i."
ware:n wekWet, "esm @su supo tebhei."
wlkWos wekWet, "tot nokWta. pxte:r mos merst tebhei ma."
nu ware:n wekWet: "kWo: proi genmn mos kWe
bheut kWesyo potis eso:m?"
wlkWos wekWet: Ne tu: esiet, oinom tuos est.
[scarcely] me [spared]te,
yu:s, poties usmos, kwones usmos kWe."
nu wlkWos kapet warenm, tom apo bheret ma.
druom bhudhmni tom edet ma.
[always] tos reiwantes regmnm werenti,
[want]ent kWe [obtain]ei.

If I made strange and unforgivable mistakes... don't ask, just for god's
sakes help me :)

- gLeN

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