CALS: Translation of "I can eat glass" by AnonymousUser

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Translation of "I can eat glass" (Standalone)

Original:	I can eat glass, it does not hurt me.
Translation:	Risop kodop ɛaftɛalyar; hi duhkoçtu bopeir.
Interlinear:	ris-op kod-op ɛaftɛaly-ar ; hi duhk[oç]tu bop-eir can-1SG.AN2 eat-1SG.AN2 glass-INDEF.ACC ; NEG hurt[3SG.INAN] PRO.1SG.AN2-ACC 'ɹi.ʃop 'ko.dop 'ʕɑft.ʕɑ.ʎɑɹ ; ʔi du'ˀkoç.tu 'bo.peɪ̯ɹ This sentence uses the non-Firstborn first-person gender because a human is unlikely to pass as Firstborn, and is far more likely to pass as a human speaker of their language. If you are the exception, then you would say: Risat kodat ɛaftɛalyar; hi duhkoçtu dateir.

Original:

I can eat glass, it does not hurt me.

Translation:

Risop kodop ɛaftɛalyar; hi duhkoçtu bopeir.

Interlinear:

ris-op      kod-op      ɛaftɛaly-ar     ; hi  duhk[oç]tu     bop-eir
can-1SG.AN2 eat-1SG.AN2 glass-INDEF.ACC ; NEG hurt[3SG.INAN] PRO.1SG.AN2-ACC
'ɹi.ʃop     'ko.dop     'ʕɑft.ʕɑ.ʎɑɹ    ; ʔi  du'ˀkoç.tu     'bo.peɪ̯ɹ

This sentence uses the non-Firstborn first-person gender because a human is unlikely to pass as Firstborn, and is far more likely to pass as a human speaker of their language. If you are the exception, then you would say:

Risat kodat ɛaftɛalyar; hi duhkoçtu dateir.

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Translation of "I can eat glass" (Standalone)

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