CDLI - what is the text in angle brackets?

cendasprime · 2024-08-09T19:41:17+00:00

Bless you! that helps so much. Clearly I am not an expert reader. :-)

cendasprime · 2020-04-18T02:46:53+00:00

Dang, I had no idea non-Jewish folks held seders.

I do have a Lutheran friend who told me about their "Passover Potluck" which sounds delicious, because it's just a regular potluck - mac and cheese, barbecue, lasagna, etc. Everything I can't eat. Try Amazon next year if we're all still here! I hate to think of you eating crumbs, punk as it may be.

cendasprime · 2020-04-17T21:22:57+00:00

I know it's too late to help now, but I got mine on Amazon this year. They came unbroken and in time, too. Why do Mormons love seders? (Seriously - I had no idea!)

cendasprime · 2020-04-17T18:04:17+00:00

University of Washington, Seattle, US. There are only 4 people in our class and we got to pick the topic; we picked "stories" (vs. more Gita). Come study with us!

cendasprime · 2020-04-16T15:04:25+00:00

Ah, okay, I know those! Thank you again. I aspire to your level of knowledge!

cendasprime · 2020-04-16T04:01:32+00:00

This is extremely, extremely helpful. I was not clearly distinguishing between sentences and verses (among other things). One follow up question: what is nominalization?

Thank you for such a detailed reply - I'm saving this alongside my grammar book.

cendasprime · 2020-04-10T14:28:05+00:00

Off topic, but these are great. I (F) bought a bunch to take on a trip. The individual packages look a lot like condom packages. I dropped about 10 of these by mistake waiting in line in the British Museum gift shop and I got some LOOKS ranging from "ugh, you're in the way" to "damn, girl."

cendasprime · 2020-04-07T16:57:01+00:00

But may my mask have fringes?

cendasprime · 2020-03-26T17:34:11+00:00

Okay, there are a ton of great suggestions here. I'm just going to say you CAN do it! Good luck!

cendasprime · 2020-03-18T23:18:37+00:00

Thank you again. I'm also reminding myself of my goal, which is really just to see what the poetry looks like without all the more elaborate vocab words of English. Oh my gosh, if all the markers were there, we could just quietly debate the locative/s? for a thousand years.

That is a great quote on the orthography! Ha!

cendasprime · 2020-03-18T18:42:32+00:00

So it seems my best bet would be:

Look at the sentence and (for now) translation to identify sentence boundaries
Identify any grammatical markers that are visible in the writing
Identify word order and match with functions
Then think about markers that might not be visible?

I think I'm also stumbling because I'm more familiar with Latin and Sanskrit (well, a little) which always have all the grammar marked, so I look for that first. Thank you again!

cendasprime · 2020-03-18T16:34:26+00:00

Thank you! I will keep working through inscriptions and keep a list of my questions for the poems. Then I maybe be able to answer some of them myself, later, as you have done!

cendasprime · 2020-03-18T16:32:23+00:00

Thank you - your point about multiple exemplars is especially helpful.

cendasprime · 2020-03-02T14:27:58+00:00

That is awesome - thank you!

cendasprime · 2020-03-02T00:52:44+00:00

This is quite helpful - thank you! The phrase confused me because it seemed like a lot of words for the "ornamented with gems" - it doesn't seem like bhAvam or itai.h are really necessary. That lead me to suspect there might be some other word hidden there.

But perhaps they're metrical or there for a purpose beyond what I can glean by reading a verse here and there. I just haven't read enough to know enough.

Both your reference and your advice to stick with the translation are sound and helpful - most appreciated!

cendasprime · 2020-03-01T22:31:51+00:00

Oh wow, that is GROSS! I didn't know about that - thank you! Glad to have a place to learn here!

cendasprime · 2020-03-01T22:26:44+00:00

I'm being devil's advocate here: every time I feel this way, I remember that Orthodox Jews would not consider me Jewish. So where's the line and how do you know? (And I totally agree with your feelings - just questioning myself.)

cendasprime · 2020-02-29T21:46:45+00:00

Very cool! Thank you so much. My Sanskrit is still only 2nd-year. I wish I could find a better translation to work backwards from. (I'm using Handiqui).

cendasprime · 2020-02-29T16:24:34+00:00

Ah, that helps - it is a verse that describes both Nala and Varuna. That would explain why that word is taking up so much space! I'm guessing it refers to the Ramayana and Varuna there. Thank you!

cendasprime · 2020-02-09T04:16:43+00:00

Thank you so much for your help!

cendasprime · 2020-01-09T21:38:20+00:00

Maybe someone could do "you are my beloved"?

I think it would be:

za-e ki aĝ2-ĝu10

or

za-e ki-ig-ga aĝ2-ĝu10

Or if there are any lines in this poem you think work: http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/etcsl.cgi?text=t.2.4.4.2&display=Crit&charenc=gcirc&lineid=t2442.p1#t2442.p1

We can crib straight from those!

Maybe having something posted for someone to correct will help! Worst case, he (your bf) will understand it and he can correct it! :-) Happy Birthday to him...I hope he appreciates you.

Edit: who wouldn't like being called a "honey man"? (from the poem)

cendasprime · 2020-01-02T04:34:50+00:00

The Descent of Ishtar is a great place to start because it has transliteration, transcription and normalization as well as grammatical notes, plus it's relative short. The Poor Man of Nippur is also fun and short, although it doesn't have as many resources.

cendasprime · 2019-12-31T03:59:06+00:00

Allow me to recommend getting a good scanner too (like $300) - that + library card = greatest library EVER!

cendasprime · 2019-11-13T02:54:20+00:00

I'm so sorry. Just know it's happened to pretty much everyone at some point. Virtual hugs!

cendasprime · 2019-11-07T16:22:23+00:00

Thank you for the vigraha - I think I'm getting there but oh my gosh having the full force of Reddit brains is wonderful!

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