Template talk:User na-1

New translations for the templates

I made a translation for the template:User_na-1! I strictly follow the rules of Kayser's Grammar book.

E tsimine kũrin isitsiet ian Dorerin Naoero ean amune/ãtune.

I glossed the text in order to make the translation more understandable:

E	tsimine	kũri-n	itsiet	ian	Dorer-in	Naoero	ean	amune/ãtune
3.Ps.Sg. it	exist	basis-3.Ps.Sg Poss.	knowledge	in (Prep.)	language-3.Ps.Sg Poss.	Nauru	on (Prep.)	this man/woman here

So literally you would translate it as: "There is a basis of knowledge in the Nauruan language on this person."

By the way, in my opinion, the word isitsiet listed in Delaporte's dictionary is wrong. Just see: When you follow the rules of Kayser, you would have the verb tsiet ‘to know’ (which both Delaporte and Kayser use). Now you would transform this verb into a noun by using e- or i- in front of the verb (Kayser, page 13, § 18). You would get the noun itsiet, which we should use here in Wikipedia, too.

Would that template be useful? Comments are welcome! --Jamovi 23:41, 24 December 2007 (UTC)