Xurnese glosses

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So Haleza Grise
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Xurnese glosses

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Running my eyes over some of the examples in the Xurnese grammar, I've spotted what I think are a couple of minor errors in the glosses (or I could just be misreading them).
Cu myes geun miw mu li geun ximaudo mu aycauryeyc citun bezzú.
that you correct words with and correct order with that read-3p.SUBJ therefore beg-1s
I beg of you, then, that you say them with the right words and the right order.
I think the second "that" is missing? There appears to be only one cu in the sentence.
Yes mavyú → Yes mavis šač.
you see-1s → you see-INF not-1s
I love you → I love you not.
I think the second line should read "love" rather than "see".
Berdursu ez šuema picayš ma jende?
2s every beer drink-PERF.3s or how
The Verdurian didn’t drink all the beer, did he?
Should be yes in the sentence or "Verdurian" in the translation.
Pudim peje, cutun Rajjay ray izom.
week of second-day stand-3s that.reason Rajjay in be-1p
It being the second day of the week, this must be Rajjay.
There seem to be some words missing here - should the gloss actually read "second-day stand-3s"? Also, the lexicon says that pudis is the singular and pudim the plural?
Deru buma mozú mnošuac. Ceš zimaysu, li cuš isaur.
pname two girl-PL date-1s / this.one pretty and that.one smart
Deru is dating two girls. One is pretty, and the other is smart.
I think the gloss here should be "date-3s" not 1s.
Toš inar duoyo (zi / ize šuči), cu xunj na grišnar ray cinar nudzú.
he here never (be-PAST.3s / be-INF not-PAST.3s) / that snore-3s SUB closet in there point-1s
He has never been here, especially in that closet that is snoring there.
A minor point - in other sentences toš is glossed as "3s" rather than "he".

I think there may be some others, but I haven't gone through every sentence yet.
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Re: Xurnese glosses

Post by zompist »

Thanks! You're right in all cases and I've made the corrections.

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