Sample Text
Untomān iyallēnīn tiwēna šūallamān šēniffuš katōšāššena ūriāššena, antillān ēmanāmḫa tānōšau. (aus dem Mitanni-Brief, Kolumne IV, Zeilen 30-32)
| Word in morphemes | Grammatical analysis |
|---|---|
| unto=mān | now = but |
| iya=llē=nīn | relative.pronoun = 3.plural.absolutive = truly |
| tiwē-na-Ø | thing-article.plural-absolutive |
| šū-a=lla=mān | every-locative=3.plural.absolutive=but |
| šēn-iffu-š | brother-my-ergative.singular |
| kat-ōš-ā-šše-na-Ø | say-preterite.transitive-3.singular.subject-nominaliser-article.plural-absolutive |
| ūr-i-ā-šše-na-Ø | want-transitive-3.singular.subject-nominaliser-article.plural-absolutive |
| anti=lla=an | those=plural.absolutive=and |
| ēman-āmḫa | ten-multiplicative |
| tān-ōš-au | do-preterite.transitive-1.singular.subject |
Translation: "Those things, which my brother truly said and wanted as a whole, now I have done them, but tenfold."
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