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: ''mei tati pū kulevitaṃte yaiva gātarireti.'' "if I had said 'yes', everything would be different (now)." | : ''mei tati pū kulevitaṃte yaiva gātarireti.'' "if I had said 'yes', everything would be different (now)." | ||
: ''mei tati pū kulevitaṃte tami gu nagyevite ša.'' "if I had said 'yes', that wouldn't have happened." | : ''mei tati pū kulevitaṃte tami gu nagyevite ša.'' "if I had said 'yes', that wouldn't have happened." | ||
===Quoted speech=== | |||
The English distinction between direct and indirect speech is not present in Chlouvānem; instead, it uses a quotative particle, '''tati''', which follows a quoted sentence; this instance of quoted speech is used basically everywhere English uses indirect speech: | |||
: ''håltęrileh '''tati''' kulayivegde.'' | |||
: They said they were ready. (or, literally: They said "we are ready") | |||
: ''domane piltu joniegde '''tati''' demiai maihi laftræknom kulekte.'' | |||
: (S)he told his/her daughter's boyfriend/girlfriend that she is painting her face in her room. (… "she paints her face in her room") | |||
: ''cāṃkręe, karthāgo bīdadarasyė '''tati''' vvlirute.'' | |||
: [[w:Carthago delenda est|Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.]] (literally: "last [but not least], I think: "Carthage must be destroyed") | |||
==Vocabulary== | ==Vocabulary== | ||