Price Worth Paying

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Price Worth Paying

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Eraren:
Serononserag lare os asitra, ererag atlononerne orgo nalsera sanorre ko agna, lenaierag mezaerne aros nalerne harai ko. Gear nat amenerag kaaler kaaler ser.
Like all men of power, when he talked of prices worth paying, you could be sure of one thing. Someone else was paying.
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/ ˈsɛ.ɾɔ.nɔn.sɛ.ɾɐg ˈlɐɾɛ ˈɔs ˈɐ.sɪt.ɾɐ | ˈɛ.ɾɛ.ɾɐg ˈɐt.lɔ.nɔ.nɛɾ.nɛ ˈɔɾ.gɔ ˈnɐl.sɛ.ɾɐ ˈsɐ.nɔ.rɛ ˈkɔ ˈɐg.nɐ | ˈlɛ.nɐɪ.ɛ.ɾɐg ˈmɛ.zɐ.nɛɾ.nɛ ˈɐ.ɾɔs ˈnɐ.lɛɾ.nɛ ˈhɐ.ɾɐɪ ˈkɔ ‖ ˈgɛ.ɐɾ ˈnɐt ˈɐ.mɛ.nɛ.ɾɐg ˈkaːlɛɾ ˈkaːlɛɾ ˈsɛɾ ‖ /
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seron~on-serag lare-∅-∅ os asi-tra,
man~PL-ANM.M.ACC be_potent-ACL-IND all like-ANM.M.DAT

er-erag atlon~on-erne orgo-∅-∅ nal-sera sanor-re-∅ ko agna
MED.ANM.S-ANM.M.NOM cost~PL-N.ACC be_fair-ACL-IND of-N.DAT speak-INTEN-IND PST SR

lenai-erag meza-erne aros nal-erne hara-∅-i ko.
2.PL-ANM.M.NOM idea-N.ACC one of-N.ACC certain-ACC-POT PST

gear-∅-∅ nat amen-erag kaal-∅-er~kaaler ser.
be_different-ACL-IND ASS person-ANM.M.NOM give-ACL-SBJV~CNT FUT

ACL= Accidental
MED=Medial
(Note: give-ACL means the giver has been duped or coerced.)
Sin ar Pàrras agus nì sinne mar a thogras sinn. Choisinn sinn e agus ’s urrainn dhuinn ga loisgeadh.
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Re: Price Worth Paying

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Nice text to translate!
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eldin raigmore wrote: 12 Apr 2018 00:10 Nice text to translate!
I figured 'what better way to get back into conlanging that translating some of my favourite books?'
Sin ar Pàrras agus nì sinne mar a thogras sinn. Choisinn sinn e agus ’s urrainn dhuinn ga loisgeadh.
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Re: Price Worth Paying

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:tan: Swahili:

Kama wanaume wote wenye mamlaka, alipoongea juu ya bei zinazofaa kulipwa, uliweza kuwa na uhakika wa jambo moja: mtu mwingine alikuwa akilipa.
Like all men of power, when he talked of prices worth paying, you could be sure of one thing: someone else was paying.
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kama  wanaume   w-ote    w-enye   mamlaka        | a-li-po-onge(a)        juu       y-a      
like  men(CL2)  CL2-all  CL2-ORN  authority(CL6) | CL1-PST-LOC.REL-speak  top(CL9)  CL9-GEN  

bei           zi-na-zo-faa                    ku-lip(a)-w(a)
prices(CL10)  CL10-PRES-CL10.REL-be.suitable  INF(CL15)-pay-PASS

u-li-wez(a)     ku-w(a)       na   uhakika          w-a       jambo                Ø-moja 
2S-PST-be.able  INF(CL15)-be  COM  certainty(CL14)  CL14-GEN  abstract.thing(CL5)  CL5-one

mtu          mw-ingine  a-li-ku-w(a)    a-ki-lip(a)
person(CL1)  CL1-other  CL1-PST-EXT-be  CL1-SITU-pay
Glossing Abbreviations: COMP = comparative, C = complementiser, ACS / ICS = accessible / inaccessible, GDV = gerundive, SPEC / NSPC = specific / non-specific, AG = agent, E = entity (person, animal, thing)
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