Concerning « tup »

Started by Plumps, April 05, 2012, 12:37:59 PM

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Plumps

I couldn't remember that we had an 'official' example how to use tup, and my dictionary told me 'instead' can be an adverb as well, so I was curious how to use it.

K. Pawl's answer:


Quote from: K. Pawl, April 5, 2012About tup: Yes, it's a conjunction. I used it only once, I think, in the video game dialog:

Lam ngay oer, fo ka ì hilvan tup na'rìng.

'I bet they'll take the river rather than the forest.'

That's obviously short for: . . . fo kayä ìlä hilvan tup kayä ìlä na'rìng.

So tup conjoins clauses, which makes it a conjunction.

I think lam ngay oer is also interesting... Never seen this conversational bit before.

Tirea Aean

lam kangay oer ;D

This actually confirms my idea of tup thus far. Great to have a confirmation.

The dictionary currently has:

conj. instead of, rather than

which imo is a good definition, consistent with what Paul says here.

:)

*PS: "lam ngay oer" is an interesting usage of lam which is good to have canonized as it ... appears useful (pun intended??) ;D

Kemaweyan

Irayo, though I had no doubt :)
Nìrangal frapo tsirvun pivlltxe nìNa'vi :D

Eana Unil

Interesting, thanks for asking/sharing, ma Plumps! :)

Kamean

Tse'a ngal ke'ut a krr fra'uti kame.


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