Senjecas - Turkish Sayings
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The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that, because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them. - Turkish Proverb
fűro e-ṡűla. ésti ha̋isis kɔm̃ős rísa e-ope̋la. hi kɔ̋m̃o e̋ito e-e̋sa. da ha̋isin e-he̋ba—ȝa. hi nı̋ðlo maat̨őno e-e̋sa. eȝím éha tévo e-e̋sa: - ha̋þm̃o saas̈a̋m̃o
fűr-o e=ṡűl-a ésti ha̋is-is kɔm̃-ős rísa e=op-e̋l-a hi kɔ̋m̃-o e̋it-o e=e̋s-a. forest-N.s PST=shrink-IND but tree-N.p axe-G.s for PST=vote-FREQ-IND for axe-N.s cleve-N.s PST=be-IND
da ha̋is-in e-he̋b-a ȝa hi nı̋ð-l-o maat̨őn-o e=e̋s-a eȝ-ím éha tév-o e=e̋s-a and tree-A.p PST=convince-IND that because handle-INS-N.s made_of_wood-N.s PST=be-IND 3-G.p from one-N.s PST=be-IND
