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====Translating ‘from’==== | ====Translating ‘from’==== | ||
“From” is used in English to indicate origin, both in general (“I’m from the city”) and in specific “I came from | “From” is used in English to indicate origin, both in general (“I’m from the city”) and in specific (“I came from | ||
the house.”) Brooding uses different terms for these two usages. | |||
* To indicate origin of an action or motion, '''''[[Contionary: aazraw#Brooding|aazraw]]''''' is used. | * To indicate origin of an action or motion, '''''[[Contionary: aazraw#Brooding|aazraw]]''''' is used: '''''[[Contionary: leed#Brooding|Leed]] [[Contionary: oonathal#Brooding|onathal]] [[Contionary: aazraw#Brooding|aazraw]] [[Contionary: thlaenam#Brooding|thlaenam]] [[Contionary: ga#Brooding|ga]].''''' ‘I came from the house’ | ||
* To indicate origin in general, the preposition '''''[[Contionary: se#Brooding|se]]''''' would be used instead. | * To indicate origin in general, the preposition '''''[[Contionary: se#Brooding|se]]''''' would be used instead: '''''[[Contionary: leed#Brooding|Leed]] [[Contionary: aeram#Brooding|aeram]] [[Contionary: se#Brooding|se]] [[Contionary: taageez#Brooding|taageez]] [[Contionary: ga#Brooding|ga]].''''' ‘I am from the city.’ | ||
* For the more archaic use of “from” involving making something out of something else (as in “something from nothing”), using '''''[[Contionary: tichee#Brooding|tichee]]''''' (so literally “something using nothing”) is better. | * For the more archaic use of “from” involving making something out of something else (as in “something from nothing”), using '''''[[Contionary: tichee#Brooding|tichee]]''''' (so literally “something using nothing”) is better. | ||