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Schleicher’s Fable in a Sister of Calintese
Smabá ravikíga
sheep-def horse-def=and
The Sheep and the Horse
Túlras kráze do smába ténda ravíkun,
hill-loc wool-abl without sheep see-perfv-f.s horse-acc.p
On a hill, a sheep without wool saw horses,
šap trélla briltó lušavé,
and=one pull-impf-f.s heavy-acc.f.s cart-acc
and one was leading a heavy wagon,
ap nérla úlo bre,
one carry-impf-f.s big-acc.f.s burden-acc
one was carrying a big burden,
šap nérla sónaru hívmum.
and=one carry-impf-f.s person-acc swift-inf-inst
and one was carrying a man quickly.
Smabá métda ravíkorag,“Záitak drába ténmo hivútak ravíkora sónaruda.”
sheep-def say-pfv-f.s horse-dat.pl.def / heart=1.s hurt-f.s see-inf-abl.m drive-dat.m.s horse-dat.p man-dat
The sheep said to the horses, “My heart pains me, seeing a man driving horses.”
Ravíkau métda, “Nor, smab, záitivont drába ténmo séda:
horse-pl.def say-pfv-m.p / listen-imp.s sheep-voc heart-1.p.exc hurt-f.s see-inf-abl.m this-dat.f.s
The horses said, “Listen, sheep, our hearts pain us when we see this:
sónar, bavarí, krázem smabáig ska sáltis gúmi larlú ši kráza ba smabédag.”
man master-def wool-abl.def sheep-gen.def from make-m.s=refl warm-acc.m.s garment-acc and wool not.be-f.s sheep-dat.s.def
a man, the master, makes the wool of the sheep into a warm garment for himself, and the sheep has no wool.”
Nórmo séda smabá ástida alónaram.
hear-perf-f.s this-dat.f.s sheep-def flee-perf-f.s plain-all.def
Having heard this, the sheep fled into the plain.
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