R: R: [gothic-l] Gen. 3

[Giuseppe Pagliarulo]

Matthaius melida:

>That's a great term. :)
I knew you would like it.:)

>1. to what extent should the articuloid be used at all, with "qens",
>"manna", "waurms", "frauja {sa} guth", etc.?

A suggestion for manna: no articuloid when the sense is "a certain
man" or "man(-kind)"; in the genesis you might use it when the term
clearly refers to Adam or whenever it is meant to be a way of
designating a person whose name you don't want to repeat ("Mr. X went
to the place Y. *The man* [sa manna] wanted to meet Mrs Z...").

>2. should the word "adam" be kept or translated as "mann(a)(n)"? In
the
>first case, I would have to include an articuloid with it to show its
case
>in certain places (i.e. dative especially); in the second case this
is
>simplified, but you don't hear the word "adam" which might be
important to
>the story.

I'd rather use adam. AFAIK Wulfila doesn't use the articuloid with
indeclinable names, letting their case be deduced from the context.

Hope this helps

Iosef Strawarila
  ________________________________________
                               Iþ gamain mis ist,
  hvaþro afleiþau; jainaþ auk aftra qima. (Parmainides)





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