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Here's the opening sentence of #WhiteNights by #Dostoevsky, translated to Ru̇u̇ťalis as I promised!
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Ze ne Nahť ďeehlis, ne Nahť szvaalik vo, vėn vir hunlis, maaglis eenťlis, o Loker lu̇u̇flis.
DUMP ART.M.INDEF night-ABS delightful-ABS , ART.M.INDEF night-ABS such REL , when 1P young-ABS , possible only , VOC reader lovely .It was a wonderful night, such a night as is only possible when we are young, dear reader.
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I wanted to begin working on a new translation project for the Ru̇u̇ťalis language, so after much deliberation, I chose to translate one of my favourite stories: White Nights by Fyodor #Dostoevsky.
I'll post excerpts regularly (check #lang_ruut and #ruutalis), and the whole thing when I'm done!
#ruutalis #WhiteNights #Literature #conlang #conlanging #conlangs
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Perfect tense is the default tense to recall past events in Ru̇u̇ťalis, unlike English, where simple past is typically used for this purpose.
To put a phrase into perfect tense, the verb is replaced by hefa (to have) + the perfect participle infinitive form of the original verb.
Compare this present-tense sentence...
Di Maavie na Zup bru̇u̇fet.
ART.F.DEF maid-ERG ART.F.INDEF soup-ABS brew-3S
The maid cooks a soup.... to this perfect-tense sentence:
Di Maavie na Zup heft gebru̇u̇fa.
ART.F.DEF maid-ERG ART.F.INDEF have-3S PPART-brew-PPART
The maid cooked a soup.#lang_ruut #ruutalis #linguistics #conlang #conlanging #conlangs