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Dodellian uses serial verb constructions. | Dodellian uses serial verb constructions. | ||
After the particle ''a'', a verb must immediately follow; ''a''-clauses use ergative syntax, with the particle ''ta'' as the ergative particle. | After the particle ''a'' (used as a relativizer), a verb must immediately follow; ''a''-clauses use ergative syntax, with the particle ''ta'' as the ergative particle. | ||
==Translation== | ==Translation== | ||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
We | We give thee thanks for giving us the land on which we dwell. | ||
Through thought, deed and toil we come and offer ourselves to thee. | Through thought, deed and toil we come and offer ourselves to thee. | ||
Prithee accept and be pleased, we pray, with this mediocre work of our hands, | Prithee accept and be pleased, we pray, with this mediocre work of our hands, | ||
and let wealth | and let wealth increase throughout the nation, our home! | ||
After the flow of sweat, | After the flow of sweat, call forth sweet rain; | ||
bless this urgent work, and grant harvest plenty! | bless this urgent work, and grant harvest plenty! | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||