Fifth Linguifex Relay/Tíogall (Retranslation): Difference between revisions

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==Text==
==Text==


==Transliteration==
==Transliteration and translation==
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<poem>
<poem>
''Ar sŋímeachadh ag moileadh fígin, aonúr hú tiortar ag tiortar!''
''Ar sŋímeachadh ag moileadh fígin, aonúr hú tiortar ag tiortar!''
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<small>''Tomhsásuħus, Lisnóiŋeadh na Saoibh''</small>
<small>''Tomhsásuħus, Lisnóiŋeadh na Saoibh''</small>
</poem>
</poem>
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<poem>
When a man gives praise and thanks, let him do so repeatedly!
Die he will one day,
but he must have faith that leaves can sprout from barren soil.
For the spirit-complex is ever actively present,
so long as it dawns and dusks, and so long as time passes.
<small>towsaʔsuhus, Tamer of Dogs
</poem>
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==Interlinear==
==Interlinear==
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| ''arfás, arfásaigh, arfásín, arfástaigh, arfáiste'' || ''v'' || be ready ||
| ''arfás, arfásaigh, arfásín, arfástaigh, arfáiste'' || ''v'' || be ready ||
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| ''Saichte'' || ''m (singulare tantum)'' || the gods ||  
| ''Saichte'' || ''m'' || spirit-complex in nature||  
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| ''gúine'' || ''adv'' || always ||
| ''gúine'' || ''adv'' || always ||
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*''ar'' + VERB.VN-CONST + SUBJECT is a time clause: "upon SUBJECT's VERB-ing" or "when SUBJECT VERBs".
*''ar'' + VERB.VN-CONST + SUBJECT is a time clause: "upon SUBJECT's VERB-ing" or "when SUBJECT VERBs".
*''ar'' + SUBJECT + ''le'' + VERB.VN means "SUBJECT must VERB".
*''ar'' + SUBJECT + ''le'' + VERB.VN means "SUBJECT must VERB".
*VERB.VN + VERB + SUBJECT is an emphatic construction meaning "SUBJECT [surely, definitely] VERBs".
*VERB.VN + VERB + SUBJECT is an emphatic construction meaning "SUBJECT [surely, definitely] VERBs", with a distinct literary flavor. A clause in this form can also have a concessive force.
*The future is used in time clauses, when the condition holds at or up to some point in time in the future.
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