The other end from Babel

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janKipo
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The other end from Babel

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tenpo esun luka tu pini la jan nasin li lon tomo wan. tenpo ala pini la kalama pi sama kon pi wawa mute li kama tan sewi. tomo ni ali li kama jo ali e kalama. ona e lukin e ni: palisa pi sama suno seli li pana e sama tawa jan ali. jan ali li kama jo e palisa wan. jan ali li kama jo e kon sewi. jan ali li open toki kepeken toki ante tan ni: kon sewi li ken toki e sona ona e ona. tenpo ni la jan Juta sewi pi tan ma ali pi lon anpa sewi li lon ma tomo Jelusalen. tan ni la ona li kute e kalama ni la ona mute li kama li nasa tan ni: jan ali li kute e ni: jan nasin li toki kepeken toki pi jan ni. ona li sona ala mute li toki e ni: "jan toki ali li jan Kalile anu seme? kepeken seme la mi li kute e ona kepeken toki sama? mi li jan Patija li jan Metia li jan Elan li jan pi ma Mesopotanija li jan pi ma Jutea li jan pi ma Kapotosia li jan pi ma Pontu li jan pi ma Asija li jan pi ma Pisija li jan pi ma Panpilija li jan pi ma Ekito li jan pi ma pi Lipija pi poka ma Kilene li jan kama pi tan ma tomo Loma li jan Juta li jan lukin sewi li jan Kaleta li jan Alapa. mi ali li kute e ni: jan ni li toki e ijo pi pi sewi pi kon sewi kepeken toki sama." jan ali li nasa li pakala li toki e nimi "ni li sona e seme?" tawa sama, taso jan pi mute lili li toki e nimi "ona li jo ali e telo kasi nasa sin".
pali pi jan pana. tu: wan - luka luka tu wan

Not sure how to deal with the crossing pronouns when there is really one one, two at best.
Nor am I sure how to deal with the double DO, one for the modal one for the internal verb.
A lot of the vocabulary here needs improvement.
jan Lapale
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Re: The other end from Babel

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what does "jan nasin" mean, does it mean "Priest"?
janKipo
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Re: The other end from Babel

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No, "people of the way", an early self-designation of the Church. I needed some noun there; the original only has a pronoun, which cause enough problems later on. Neither 'jan pana' "Apostles" nor 'jan pi kama sona' "Disciples" quite fit; 'jan sama' is not bad but has been taken over for literal relatives.
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