Exercise 3 in unit 14
Translate:
AmĂŠlie didnât want to be seen.
(three possibilities, one stating that she was seen)
(three possibilities, one stating that she was seen)
Solution
laxtkå amelyè dmà ty vèe.
want-fact-opposition-fact1 AmĂŠlie-acc-nom2a see-fact-acc2 PInâ2-nom-nom3.
låxt amelyè dmatnà y vèe. (neg-raising)
want-fact1 AmĂŠlie-acc-nom2a see-fact-not-fact-acc2 PInâ2-nom-nom3.
dmĂ t amelyè laxtkĂ˝a vèe. (âUnwanted by her / Unluckily for her, AmĂŠlie was seen.â)
see-fact1 AmĂŠlie-acc-nom2 want-fact-opposition-acc-fact2 PInâ2-nom-nom3a.
(or affirmative case)