Is this correct?

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Is this correct?

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A movie title in Elkar?l:

"On Engel dda ruch q?l-sh?ph?t p-rich q?l-j?ph?t add"
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Re: Is this correct?

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Debegduk ing Debegduked wrote:"On Engel dda ruch q?l-sh?ph?t p-rich q?l-j?ph?t add"
Close: the -?t suffixes apply to the verb, not the prepositional phrases. They're not really necessary here, though, since there's only one possible actor.

Hmm, q?l is 'inside'; I don't think you want that, unless the guy is using tunnels. t?l 'on' would be better.

Also, on isn't really necessary-- a title can be an NP.

So, I'd probably write Engel dda ruch t?l-sh?ph p-rich t?l-j?ph add.

I haven't seen the film so I can't say if it's really a j?ph. :)

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If I may ask a further question, how do you get the directionalities in this phrase - up a hill but down a mountain - in Elkaril, if you use til- in both PPs?
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Silly me. Just realized that the directionality comes from the verbs, rich and ruch. I realized that last night, of course, because I had to coin rich using the featural continua; but today my brain seems to be on vacation. Sorry.

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