Kamakawianin tent shúlte piedí
The Kamakawi speaker has swollen feet
This post was inspired by David's Kamakawi post on the word o'e. I was pleased to find that this language has a word for the verb 'swell', shúlant. After leaving a comment there I should record it here too. It appears to be a normal weak verb for this language.
Also I realised that this language does have a verb for 'have', tennam. Like Spanish the old verb a'nt has become an auxiliary and the verb tennam, 'hold, grasp', has shifted to fill the gap. The infinitive takes a different ending, which is a nasal ending. Otherwise it is declined like normal verbs in this language.
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Heh, heh... That's the first time I've ever been referred to as a Kamakawi speaker. :)
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