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Dodellian uses serial verb constructions. | Dodellian uses serial verb constructions. | ||
After the particle ''a'', a verb must immediately follow; ''a''-clauses use ergative syntax, with the particle ''ta'' as the ergative particle. | After the particle ''a'' (used as a relativizer), a verb must immediately follow; ''a''-clauses use ergative syntax, with the particle ''ta'' as the ergative particle. | ||
==Translation== | |||
<poem> | |||
We give thee thanks for giving us the land on which we dwell. | |||
Through thought, deed and toil we come and offer ourselves to thee. | |||
Prithee accept and be pleased, we pray, with this mediocre work of our hands, | |||
and let wealth increase throughout the nation, our home! | |||
After the flow of sweat, call forth sweet rain; | |||
bless this urgent work, and grant harvest plenty! | |||
</poem> | |||