Exercise 2 in unit 8
Translate:
a threefold duty (give three translations – which comes closest to the English phrase?)
Solution
dÌxt trÌy. ‘three duties’
must-acc1 three-acc-acc2.
dÌxt krijtrÌy. ‘a duty, an ensemble of three’ – comes closest
must-acc1 ensemble-dat-three-acc-acc2.
dÌxt krijtrìy. ‘duties, forming an ensemble of three’
must-acc1 ensemble-dat-three-dat-acc2.
(krÌj. ‘ensemble’ is arguably more appropriate than qmÌ. ‘group’.)